He lost the faceoff. Lefty managed to scrounge the puck back and shot up the ice. Nico and Mucker followed, up past the blue line, where an opposing player got into Nico’s face, pushing at him, blocking him. Nico shook him off, skated around him—and fuck, Lefty was running one of their drills. They’d practiced this move dozens of times, but Nico missed the memo—he’d gone the wrong way and wasn’t quite in position. Lefty passed, Mucker two-timed the puck, but no matter how Nico stretched, he couldn’t catch it. But their opponent did. Then Nico, Lefty, and Mucker were dashing back up the ice in
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