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FITZ
“Here! Here!” I tap my stick against the ice, begging for the pass.
The defenseman slides the puck my way from behind the net, and I take
off at full speed, keeping my head up and making sure I’m in the clear.
“Wheels, wheels, wheels!” someone yells from the bench. I’m not sure
who it is, maybe Greer? He’s not in the net tonight, but I know he’s sitting
there watching the game with sharp eyes. Either way, I listen, charging up
the ice, spinning around one LA player, then another. I lock eyes with the
goalie as I let the puck fly off the toe of my blade.
All twenty thousand people in the sold-out arena explode in cheers
when it hits the back of the net.
“FUCK YES!” I shout as the rest of the Comets empty the bench,
crowding around me, knocking my helmet with their own, and shoving at
me.
“Now, that’s an OT win, baby!” Rhodes says, tapping his bucket against
mine.
“That was all you,” I tell him as Wright, another defenseman, grabs me
and gives me an excited shake.
Rhodes gives me a look like I’m full of shit, but I’m not. If he hadn’t
read that pass the way he did, I wouldn’t have been able to take off like that.
He set it up, and I followed through on it.
The team bumps heads with the goalie, a tradition we have when we
win, then we make our way off the ice, feeding off the cheers from the
home crowd. I barely hold back a groan when I’m stopped in the tunnel and
told to get my smile ready. I’m about to be bombarded by the media; I
know it.
“Tonight’s first star of the game, with the game-winning overtime goal,
is Ivan FIIIIIIITZGERALD!”
I hop onto the ice, skate a few quick circles, and toss the t-shirt in my
hands into the crowd before taking a seat next to our commentator, J.P.
“Heck of a game there, Ivan! How does it feel to have the overtime
winner?”
I grin. “Good. Really good.”
“I heard you tap your stick for Beast to pass the puck to you. You saw
that opening from a mile away, didn’t ya, big guy?”
I did. I saw it playing out in my head before I begged for the puck, but I
can’t tell him that. I’ll come off as too cocky, and that’s not who I am,
especially not in front of the cameras.
“I saw something that might work, so I took the shot.”
“Good shot, too.” He laughs. “Well, we’ll let you get going, go
celebrate with the guys. Thanks for taking the time to talk, and hey, thanks
for that winning goal. Congrats on a great game, Fitzy.”
“Yeah, thanks, J.P.”
I shake his hand, give the still-roaring crowd another wave, and then
head down the tunnel to the locker room, more than ready to hit the showers
and go home for the night.
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