cut down the angle But Logan saw an opening on the right side He wound up and blasted a slap shot The goalie stabbed the air with his glove hand But it was too late The puck sailed right past him bulging into the net behind Logan raised his stick to celebrate But there was no cheering from the crowd No mobbing by his teammates No skating by the bench and fist-bumping the other players Instead he skated straight to the corner of the rink He turned sideways cut his skates sharply into the ice and stopped sending a spray of snow into the air Then he smiled and said Milk It’s for everybody everybody Cut shouted a man with a thick black beard who crouched behind a big video camera Another man held a microphone on a long pole over Logan’s head Bright lights shone down on the spot where he had stopped That was really great Logan the bearded man said But let’s do one more take This time give me your biggest smile 2 Eric Howling
right into the lens He pointed at the front of the camera Okay let’s go again Logan skated back to the other end of the rink and waited for the command Action The director’s voice boomed across the arena Logan made his way up the ice scored and stopped in the corner sending another snowy spray toward the camera He smiled the biggest toothy grin he could and repeated his line And cut This time the smile on the director’s face was even bigger than Logan’s I think we’ve got it Pam The director looked over his shoulder at Logan’s mom who was watching a small video screen replaying the last take Looks good to me she said giving a thumbs-up If the ad agency is happy then I’m happy the director said loud enough for all the crew to hear That’s a wrap Within minutes the lights were taken down the camera and microphone were packed away in hard black cases and the ice was cleared of all the video equipment 3 The Mask
Can we go now Mom Logan asked skating slowly beside her She was walking carefully across the slippery surface but Logan didn’t offer his arm for support I’ve got a real game to play And it starts in less than an hour His mom looked relieved as she grabbed the gate and stepped off the ice She looked up at Logan who was a lot taller in skates and said Do you want to change out of your uniform What’s the point I’m just going to put it on again in half an hour I’ll ride in the car like this he said pointing a glove at his Westside Wolves blue jersey Will you keep your skates on too Logan rolled his eyes Funny Okay see you out there Logan put on his street shoes and then found his mom’s Jeep in the parking lot As they pulled out Logan looked through the frosty windshield at the bumper-to bumper traffic Oh great he said Now I’m going to be late 4 Eric Howling
But it was worth it His mom shot him a quick grin The commercial is going to turn out really well You’ve got a great smile It wasn’t Logan’s idea to be in the milk commercial But his mom was the creative director at an advertising agency and she was always asking him to be in her commercials commercials The last one he’d done was for some sort of cheese snack Now he was recog nized everywhere he went He had to admit he kind of liked being a little bit famous It wasn’t every fourteen-year-old who got stopped on the street and asked Haven’t I seen you on tv Plus he got to miss school for the photo shoots That was the best The team can start without you she said keeping her eyes on the snowy road They know you’re on the way What do you know about hockey he snapped I’m doing my best Logan I’m driving you to games and watching you play I’m trying to learn 5 The Mask
