Scoring that 1st Goal!

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Otis Boudreaux Jr Finally Scores His First Goal!

 

Otis Boudreaux Jr has a name to live up to, well, sort of anyway. His name-sake had a fantastic season in his only full season on Vasteras and scored 30 goals and had 68 points! Not bad for his only season there. It is really tough not to wonder what might have been if he had been able to continue his career. But what "if"s dont sell tickets!

Otis Boudreaux Jr, it is still tough not to think of Otis "Sr" and see his essence in "Junior" as he has that same quiet determination to get better. Yes, it will take work and will take time, but Otis Jr has already shown he is willing to put in the hours. He is at the doors when the practice rink opens and the staff has to chase him out every night. The only days he doesnt follow this routine is on game day. On those days, he gets to the rink by 10 AM and skates around the ice, almost like poetry in motion, he moves so effortlessly across the ice. The work has been there, but he still hasnt been able to find the net....until the latest game against the Brigade. 

Otis Jr was moving across the ice, trying to set up his teammates, yes, this is another area that he knows he needs to improve on, but after a set-up from Mark Calaway and Ronald Johnson MacWallace, Otis Jr found the back of the net with 12:20 gone in the 2nd period. It appeared he was more shocked than anyone else at the game!

After the game was over and the scoreboard showed the final score was Brigade: 3 and Warriors: 4, yes, the Warriors were victorious. Otis Jr was the last one on the ice, doing that slow, methodical circular skating that he does when he is deep in thought. He finally made his way to the tunnel where a few reporters were waiting. The first question, which became the only one, was very simple, "How did you feel with finally scoring your first goal?" Otis Jr smiled and replied, "We won, so yea, nothing else really matters."

And with that, he made his way into the locker room with the reporters watching him disappear into the fading light. But they all agreed, that this was one to keep their eyes on.