SamSam stood in the team suite, watching the Renegades play in the first round of the playoffs. He loosened his tie and unbuttoned his suit jacket, anything to be as comfortable as he’d be in his uniform. The dress shirt chafed at his neck and the jacket was hot. As he looked down onto the ice, every molecule in him wanted to be out on that ice with his team. His mouth was dry and his heart pounded. He wanted to be the man carrying the puck down the ice instead of Tyler. He wanted to be making a crazy play into the goal crease instead of Kris. He just wanted to be playing hockey.
A twitch formed in his right eye as he watched his friends and teammates playing the game that he loved. The smell of the arena, the sound of their skate blades scraping the ice… It all awakened the passion insid
