Coach Stare Down (For Puck’s Sake #6)
All it takes is just one look. Adak After a series of relationships where I’ve been made to feel inadequate because of my asexuality, I’ve made the sole focus of my life my coaching career. I love hockey the chill of the ice, the fast paced, high stress game. I love the fans and the atmosphere. The energy. Now that ...
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I stop at Brandon’s office. He has Colby Minden, last week’s starting wingman, in a chair while he massages his shoulder and arm. They’re talking about a movie or something. For a minute, I lean against the doorframe and watch.
Colby is one of several players who has gotten injured this season. Every time we get our shit together, I lose a player to an injury. In Colby’s case, I’m just thankful that he didn’t break his arm. Instead, he pulled a muscle. It means far less time out than otherwise needed.
He’s the fourth injury of the year. Fourth! It feels like the universe is conspiring against us. The year I was hired to Anaheim, we finished first in the Pacific division. The following two seasons saw much the same success, making it to first in the division and then second.
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