Pucking the Captain
When the puck dropped, I didn’t just play; I went to war.
I was emotionally exhausted, my heart was literally breaking, and the only outlet I had for the massive, chaotic storm of anger and hurt swirling inside me was the ice beneath my skates.
Every time I touched the puck, I played with a reckless, feral aggression that I’d never used before.
I wasn’t just skating; I was flying, my blades carving deep, violent grooves into the fresh ice.
When their defenseman tried to pinch me along the boards, I didn’t dodge him; I dropped my shoulder and slammed him into the plexiglass hard enough to rattle the glass, stealing the puck and accelerating down the ice.