I stood grabbing what I needed to get ready. My dress, my makeup, and curling iron. I curled my hair and did my makeup then I got into my dress.

     I walked downstairs and grabbed my hockey equipment. I went and put it in my white jeep and drove to the Bridgestone Arena. When I got there we walked down the red carpet and went to change into my equipment. I got into my equipment and walked out to the guys. Coach talked to us and we got on the ice for warmups. As I slid around I looked over to watch a couple of their guys warmup since that's what I always did in high school. Suddenly I made eye contact with a guy who I knew to be Miro Heiskanen. He was cute in person. He smiled at me and I blushed. I turned back around and continued to warm up. We went off and then after Coach talked to us we went back on the ice for the first period. I was starting. Our center, Matt Duchene, was at the face-off circle. He was doing the face-off against Tyler Seguin. The puck dropped and Matt was able to bat it towards me. I got the puck and flew down the ice. I was quicker than most of the guys. I heard Coach yell something from the bench. 

     "Behind you, Smith!" He yelled. I sped up and made a shot. Right past Ben Bishop, into the goal! I turned around and saw Miro was right behind me. I blushed as I skated around him to my team. We celebrated and went back to the game. I sat on the bench when Coach came up behind me.

     "Good shot. Make sure to keep up a fast pace because Heiskanen can catch up with you," He patted me on the back. I nodded and went back to watching the game. My next shift I got back on and saw the Stars were running a man-defense. I saw Miro was put on me. He looked at me and I smirked. He smirked back and I began to look at where the puck was and when the best time to cut to the net was. Suddenly I saw a moment when Miro took his eyes off of me for a second. I cut around him and to the net. I called for a pass and got one. I shot and barely missed. I went deep behind the net to get the puck and tried to wrap around a shot. I scored. When I was skating to my teammates I saw Miro shaking his head. He was going to have to try harder to keep me from scoring. At the end of the first period we were winning 2-0. We felt confident but knew the game was far from over. As we were all putting our jerseys back on we could all hear shouting from the visitor locker room. We all ignored it but I heard Heiskanen's name come up about 10 times. 

     "Play like you did in the first period and we'll win," My good friend Dante Fabbro said patting my back. I smiled and nodded. We went back out on the ice for the second period. As we slid around briefly I saw Miro staring me down. I shivered and went to my spot for face-off. This time Tyler won the face-off and the puck went down the ice. I smiled and took Miro for defense. Coach didn't think it was a good idea to put me on him since he was kind of big, but all the guys on the Stars were big. I slid back a bit giving us a little 'cushion.' He faked a cut and I didn't move. We had a similar way of thinking in these games. He looked over to Tyler, who currently had the puck, and called for a pass. I rolled my eyes and slid back ready for a charge. He got the puck and he looked straight into my eyes. I stared back as he slid closer slowly. I slid back slowly when all the sudden he charged. I immediately flew back and he shot. I was able to swat it out of the air with my stick. I took the puck and flew down the ice. I was going down the boards. Suddenly I took a hit from behind. I hit the glass then the ice. I shook it off and got up. By now Miro had already gone back and scored. I shook my head and went over to the bench. I sat down next to Dante. 

     "You good?" He asked. I nodded and looked back at the ice. At the end of the period we were tied 2-2. Miro also got another goal. I sighed and went back into the locker room. When we sat down by our gear Coach walked over to me.

     "Come on, we need you to get your head in the game," He said. He wasn't angry, just wanted to tell me to focus. 

     "Yes, Sir," I said quietly. I needed to wake up. I sighed and we all listened to Coach talked to us. We went back on the ice. I slid to my position. I looked across the ice. They had some big guys. Oleksiak, Bishop, Heiskanen, they were all huge. I sighed and got ready. We lost the face-off and went to play defense. I took Miro for defense and we got ready. He looked at me and called for a pass. I was ready and when he went to take the pass I stole it. I flew down the ice and shot. Score! Hat trick in my first NHL game ever! I smiled and sat on the bench as they picked up the hats. This was a good game. We won 3-2 and when I went home I sat on my bed smiling.