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The puck is dropped and Tacker is lightning fast, et his blade on it Like an orchestrated dance, it shoots right onto Bishop’s blade and he’s already a full stride away froround on the Demons’ net

That faceoff was everything So lightning fast, so perfect, that Bishop is streaking down the ice Dax is on the opposite side when a Deoal

The arena erupts in a ement from the crowd

I slipfuck out of it He doesn’t say a word, butin on the action I start juo”

Bishop continues to maneuver down ice The Demon player starts to commit, but Bishop skillfully passes it across to Dax as they race toward the net, forcing the defender to square up in the opposite direction Dax closes in on the net, drops his left shoulder, and winds up The goalie now has to commit as well The Demon forward tries to poke the puck away from him, but Dax expertly hands it off to Bishop, who now has a clear and unobstructed path

As the puck glides across the ice toward Bishop, he ives it a tiny flip It starts to tuoalie tries toover his shoulder and into the net

It see if we did, in fact, actually just score the gaht behind the net starts to blaze in glory… and the fans go berserk The roar is so deafening I feel a slight pressure inI know, I’ me around and around and around

I laugh, holding hiht

I get gliing, Billy bouncing up and down in his wheelchair, and Regan with tears pouring down her face

Holy shit We scored an aluaranteeing the victory There’s only 27 seconds left in the ga with There are fewhappier than I am now

Dominik finally puts me down, and I steady myself with a hand on his chest I take in the action down on the ice, searching foreach other on the hel as they watch it happen again, this time in slow motion

I’ but pure jubilation circulating

Regan and I hold each other tight She’s giddier than most as her husband just handed off the oal opportunity