SHOOTING A SHOT AT THE ICE KING
"Guy looks like a corpse walking. One clean check from Miller or Kovacs and they're going to scrape him off the dasher board with a shovel."
I turned my head slowly, my eyes locking onto the photographer with a cold, sharp intensity that made his arrogant grin instantly fade.
"Keep your lens on him," I said softly, my voice laced with steel. "So you don't miss the shot when he proves you wrong."
The whistle blew, warmups ended, and the starting lines were announced.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... YOUR CHICAGO FIREBIRDS!"
The home team skated out to a deafening explosion of pyrotechnics and stadium sirens. Leading their top line was Kovacs, their notorious six-foot-four heavy-hitter whose sole mand