Three minutes left. Noah got open again, and everyone could see it: a direct shot to the goal with no defenseman. He signalled to Chase, but Chase kept the puck, tried to shoot from that impossible angle again, but lost it. The opposition counteredattack immediately and scored another goal.The arena roared, and Coach Jenkins lost it."Voss!" he yelled out, and Chase turned to him."Sit down."Chase skated over, confusion all over his face. "What?""You heard me.""Coach—"Jenkins exploded. "Sit. Down."Chase looked toward the bench, expecting someone to say something, but nobody did. Not Morrison, not Callahan, and not even the assistant captains. Furious and humiliated, he gets off the ice and walks. For the first time all season, the captain is benched.And with less than two minutes remaining, the hosts scored again. Four-three. The final buzzer sounded shortly afterward, and the hosts poured onto the ice as the Michigan team slowly skated off.Inside the tunnel, they began removi
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