On the Ice (Stick Side, #1)

by Amy Aislin

Dean had once been the Golden Boy of the GH Mountaineers. During his four-year tenure at GH, he’d helped raise the Mountaineers’ standing from a so-so NCAA Division I team, to a standout one that even went to the Frozen Four in Dean’s senior year. They lost, but it was the first and only time in GH’s forty-nine-year history that any of its sports teams had made it to the championship games. Dean was a legend among the Mountaineers. Hell, Dean was one of the reasons why Mitch had chosen GH. Not because Dean was his hockey hero—though he wasn’t ashamed to admit that Dean was his hockey crush—but because if GH’s hockey coaches could take a small-town kid like Dean and turn him into a first round draft pick by his senior year, what could they do with Mitch, who’d taken figure skating and gymnastics as well as hockey while growing up, in order to improve his skating and flexibility? Mitch could be first round draft material too, and GH could help get him there. Mitch had a plan for the next ten years. He may not have all the minute details figured out—like which team he’d be drafted by or what post-grad courses he’d need for his post-hockey career—but the steps were clearly laid out in his head.