After I struggled for a moment, someone yanked it into place from behind. I was almost done suiting up, but my practice jersey snagged on an exposed patch of Velcro on my shoulder pad. And it looked like we were just going to call the other one Frenchie. We’d known them for all of a half hour, and already one of them had earned himself the nickname Pepé, like the cartoon character Pepé le Pew. There were a couple of enormous Canadian recruits, with thick French accents and even thicker beards. We were all banging around in the locker room, feeling lucky. That afternoon was the first hockey practice of the season. So you can be sure that I didn’t see it coming. He saw a sign, or felt a disturbance in the force. In all my favorite movies, when something bad was going happen, the protagonist usually sensed it. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.įaceoff : the start of play, in which the referee drops the puck between two opposing players. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Names, brands, organizations, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination, or used fictitiously. The Understatement of the Year is a work of fiction. Cover image: BigLike Images / Shutterstockįor more information, and to join the author’s mailing list: /theivyyears
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