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Two players went after Henry.
Another fight broke out.
Henry defended himself.
Joe came in and threw everyone away from Henry.
No penalties called on that one.
The game then settled for a few minutes.
Real hockey, moving up and down the ice.
A shot here. A shot there.
Jago looked really good.
I looked up and saw I was down to ten seconds until I could get out of the penalty box.
I looked to my right.
Hatch looked at me.
We both nodded at the same time and stood up.
The fans already started to cheer, knowing what was going to happen next.
The fans even counted for me…
Three!
Two!
One!
Hatch and I got out of the penalty boxes and went right for each other again.
This time we paid respect to the fight.
Pushing up our sleeves, then grabbing for the tops of each other’s jerseys.
We swung at the same time.
I hit him. He hit me.
My head buzzed for a second.
Hatch had fists like a hammer.
I hit him again.
He tried to hit me a second time but I lifted my other hand and drove my fist into his jaw.
Then we just attacked each other again.
My head thought about Boston. The flight to and from. The hours waiting to get there and to get back home. I thought about being at a game out there and having something happen with Hazel. Or our daughter. And I couldn’t get there.
Hatch and I ended up on the ice again.
