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Hockey Gods Rule

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"Shhh."

"That is it!"

"No, I wouldn't do that."

"Yes, you would. You see, Vermont just scoredto make it 4-3."

"Don't worry, Harvard's going to come back on agoal by John Murphy on a beautiful pass by MikeVukonich. I have decreed it."

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"Oh, so Harvard's going to win."

"Shhh."

A few minutes pass. They buy some pretzels andCokes.

"I told you Harvard would score. It's 4-4 now."

"So then, you're going to change things, right?Harvard wins a close one and begins to turn theseason around? This one's going to be it?"

"Shhh."

"Look, there goes C.J. Young on a power-playbreakaway. He's going to take a shot. He... wait,his stick broke. What's going on?"

The other god just laughs and munches on hispretzel.

"Wait. There goes Vukonich on a sweep. Heshoots, he... how did the goalie make that save?"

Snickers float through the rafters. A few moreminutes pass. There are less than 30 secondsremaining in the game. The god with the pretzelnudges his friend's stomach.

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