- Game 3 vs. Hamilton, April 22, 7:00 PM ET (home)
- Game 4 vs Hamilton, April 24, 7:00 PM ET (home)
- *Game 5 @ Hamilton, April 26, TBD (if necessary)
- *Game 6 vs, Hamilton, April 28, TBD (if necessary)
- *Game 7 @ Hamilton, April 30, TBD (if necessary)
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CHAPTER 58
FRANKIE
Logan told me this was coming, but as I read the Scoreboard story, I can’t fully believe it. Someone finally stood up to my dad. Not just anyone, butmy husband.
And my father turned and ran.
I start laughing.
“What’s so funny?” Liz slides onto the couch beside me.
“Have you ever been to Hamilton, Ontario?”
“Nope. Where is that?”
“Halfway between Toronto and Buffalo.” I take a deep breath. “I think we should take a girls trip to a new boy aquarium.”
There is a chance that my dad will return to the team. A chance that this new aquarium might have a dangerous shark in it.
But for Logan, I’m willing to take that chance. Because of Logan, I know that being fearless is a gift to myself that unlocks joy, and love, and endless potential.
EPILOGUE
April
LOGAN
We go into the fourth game in the playoffs down three to none in the series. Hamilton is clobbering us, and even if we manage to win tonight, it might be my last home game ever in Buffalo.
The GM isn’t happy with me.
Maybe he’d be happier if we continued our winning streak into the playoffs, but that’s not how the playoffs work. Four, five, six, seven games in a row against the same team—if they’re better, they’re going to win the series. Luck only gets you so far.
It got me all the way from New Year’s Eve to the end of April. It got me into the playoffs, and it got me a chance to play multiple games in a row in front of my wife and my sister and parents, against my future brother-in-law.
It got me an amazing four month long audition to every other team in the NHL, although I’m really only interested in signing with Los Angeles. Anaheim would be all right, too, although the commute will be a bitch.
