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the next thing i knew i was sat in the changing rooms helping connie put on goldberg's jersey.

"there you go goldy, you look fab if i do say so myself," i said as i high fived connie once we finished helping him put his jersey on.

i looked up as i heard the door open to see adam banks walk in with his hockey gear, coach following him a minute later.

"hey, wasn't sure if you'd show up," coach said while patting adam's shoulder.

"yeah, whatever. i just wanna play hockey." adam replied.

"good. ducks, you all know adam banks." coach spoke looking at us all.

"on behalf of the ducks, i'd like to say welcome," charlie spoke while moving forward to greet adam before jesse stood up pushing charlie back.

"cake-eater," jesse spoke.

"ooh, the jess-man, dissin the new guy! the jess-ster!" averman spoke a laugh bubbling up my throat as jesse told him to shut up. averman looked at me with a smile on his face, me returning it.

"puttin on a ducks jersey doesn't mean you're a real duck," jesse spoke to adam walking out of the changing rooms, the rest of the team slowly following.

i stopped infront of adam just before leaving, "don't listen to them they're just salty, welcome to the ducks," i spoke before leaving the room.

just like that we were back on the ice and i was sat on the bench shouting along side coach for the team to pass to adam.

adam managed to score our first goal, i was starting to like him.

"goldberg, you're gonna sit this one out," coach told us as we were taking a break on the bench.

"what? you're pulling the goalie when we're tied?" karp questioned as a bunch of disagreements were being shouted at coach.

"listen, listen, listen! a tie isn't gonna help us. we need the win. okay, fulton, you're our extra man. everybody get the puck to fulton. that's your job." coach told us.

"we pulling the statue of liberty play?" fulton questioned.

"no, take your shot. you may only get one so it's gotta be good."

"but coach, one outta one?"

"soft hands, fulton. concentration, not strength." guy told fulton, shooting connie a not so sly wink.

"that's right! okay? let's get the huskies! let's go! come on!" coach shouted.

i nudged fulton on our way out to the ice, "you're gonna do great fulton, don't doubt yourself," i said giving him a soft smile before taking my place as defence. 

the puck was passed straight to fulton but a huskies player knocked it away from him skating towards our goal.

i ran towards him knocking him down and passing the puck back to fulton.

"that's my girl thena!" i heard my dad shout from somewhere in the crowd.

fulton made his shot which put us 2-1 winning us the game.

we all ran towards him on the ice cheering, it felt good to win and we made the playoffs!

a few days before the play offs coach took us to see the north stars practice and their game as a reward for making into the championship.

"wow this is so cool," i spoke as everyone agreed with me.

i was in too much shock as the north star players began talking to coach, i didn't even hear their conversation.

"hey ducks," he spoke snapping me out of my daydream.

"listen to this guy. he knows what he's talking about. if you ever want a shot, i'll get you a tryout in the minor league clubs."

"thanks," coach spoke with a smile.

"all right let's have some fun!" coach shouted as we all ran onto the ice.

connie left to go and skate with guy so me and averman were skating together.

i sat down on the ice as charlie and les grabbed an arm each to pull me around the ice, we had so much fun! now time for the north stars game.

"hey there we are!" i shouted as our faces appeared on the board welcoming coach and the team. the whole team cheering. we watched the rest of the game and ate some ice cream as we waited for our parents to pick us up.

as soon as my dad picked me up i fell asleep in the car on the way home, too tired from the fun.