Goal Annie shouted her voice muffled by both her mouthguard and her visored mask After the Grizzlies quick score the two teams settled in The Rockets best left wing was a girl named Bryn Larson She was remarkably good and she wasn’t afraid to take a shot Annie kept her eyes on Bryn Once still early in the game Bryn took a wrist shot that blazed toward the corner of the goal but Annie deflected it with her leg pad Another time Bryn tried a slap shot in front of the goal but Annie knocked it away with her blocker Her teammates nicknamed Annie The Wall because hardly anything got by her 8
As the end of the first period was winding down the Grizzlies were still up 1-0 Ruby brought the puck up the ice and across the blue line As she lined up a shot the puck was stripped away by one of the twin Rocket defensive players She passed up to their center The center passed it over to Bryn who immediately shot the puck The puck looked a little fuzzy to Annie as it sailed high past a Grizzlies defensive player But Annie easily caught it in her oversized glove called a trapper The ref stopped play Piece of cake she thought one moment and then next that was a little weird thinking about how the puck looked fuzzy to her As Annie passed the puck to the ref Ruby skated past Nice save she said 9
Annie nodded and slapped her stick on the ice Then she waited for the ensuing face-off 10
CHAPTER 2 Second period 1-0 Annie liked seeing that goose egg up on the scoreboard Before the start of the second period Annie lumbered out to the goal Her skates were different than the rest of the team’s Her blades were wider and flatter giving her more stability on the ice The boots were more rigid as well which made it hard to turn sharply 11
