Down the Ice

by SupRspi

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My skates chittered on the ice, shaving ice curls as I pushed left to get my glove down into the bottom corner.

Thwack!

I tossed the puck down, and Chad grabbed it, skating around back of the net before heading down ice. Chad was tossing the puck around in front of him, back and forth, playing with it.

He made puck handling look so easy, like a pro. Of course, he thought he almost was too, just because he’d played in a minor league when we were just out of high school.

Still, some of the juniors were having trouble following it. Chad passed it off to Phil, who picked it up, faked out a defenseman and passed it back to Chad.

It seemed like slow motion, and I almost pitied the young goalie on the other end of the ice. Chad’s stick came way up, and as it slammed down he nearly stopped, sending the puck sideways instead of the hard slapshot expected. Good teamwork.

Phil picked it up and flicked into the top right corner that was hard to cover with a pad.

Old guys 2, young punks 1.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Down the Ice

    AeroPen's Buddy Icon AeroPen

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow I never would have guessed there was an age difference until the end. Very well written =]

  2. Down the Ice

    SupRspi's Buddy Icon SupRspi

    Posted 8 months ago

    Thanks. mitchg’s prequel inspired me to try writing something I don’t normally write, and to write about something I know little about.

    I’m a Canadian, so hockey is supposed to be part of my blood, but I guess I’m a bad Canadian cause I don’t know much about it, don’t follow it, and really don’t like it much…but it’s still pretty cool.

  3. Down the Ice

    madwriter108's Buddy Icon madwriter108

    Posted 4 months ago

    it’s sort of funny when you think about it…......

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