Lucky.
The one adjective used to describe my
entire hockey career. I prefer to call it hard work, at least I did until my
game went to complete crap. I haven’t scored in eight games and my team owner
is talking about trading me.
I’ve never believed in superstitions. Never
needed one. I suppose I was “lucky” in that way. But now the best way to refer
to me is desperate. I’d wear the same socks for an entire year just to be the
high-scoring center I used to be.
Imagine my surprise when after spending New
Year’s Eve with a woman, I score a hat trick in the next game—that’s three
goals in one game for you non-hockey lovers. Now, I have to track her down and bribe her to do it again before
every game. Get your mind out of the gutter, I’m not talking about it.
I find her and when I get to know her
better, I end up spending more time thinking about her than my game,
but she’s made it clear she wants no part of me. She’s going to learn that I
didn’t become a professional hockey player without having to fight for what I
want.
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