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hen I think of the hockey play that made Riley Judd an instant rookie legend, I always remember it beginning where he's alone against two Spokane Chiefs defensemen.
After all, most times a forward should not be able to beat even one defenseman. The defensemen have too many options. They can knock the puck away, body check* the forward, block the shot, or move the forward to the side.
Not only was Riley facing two of them alone, but our team was also trying to kill off a penalty. It was late in the game, tied at six goals each. The screaming hometown crowd was going wild. A goal for us would be a huge break. But next to impossible.
And Riley was at center ice, puck on his stick, trying the impossible against those two Chiefs defensemen. "Come on, rookie!" It was Brett Beckham yelling, the
* An asterisk in the text indicates a hockey term that is in the list of definitions on pages vi-viii.