In junior hockey, there's this game that almost every team plays called tag. Brings you back to the good old childhood days, but just imagine playing with 25 grown hockey players. Basically, a veteran player has to start the game, and home base is the bus. Everyone has to touch the bus to be safe; we usually play after team meals or when we stop at gas stations on road trips. It gets pretty intense, especially when you throw in the fact that the last person to be "it" has to sing a song in front of the whole team on the bus over the loudspeaker. I have yet to have to do that, but today I came close.
I was the last one on the team who had not touched the bus, so I was screwed. The person who was it was sure he was going to tag me, but I was determined to not get tagged. I took a hot lap around the restaurant we were eating at, and then ran around one side of a hedge to use it as protection. Next thing I know, I decided to jump over the hedge to get to the bus safely and not get tagged. It was a legendary leap. No one was expecting me to make it to the bus without getting tagged. People on the team compared me to a gazelle and asked if I ran hurdles in track. One kid told me that this game of tag will live on in Idaho Junior Steelheads history forever. I've forever engraved my name in IJS tag history.
Now, onto the game against Fresno. It's a must-win game tonight, so it should be fun. I'm feeling ready to play.
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