It has been a couple of weeks since the christmas break and you are getting ready for the next game. You can feel the tension because it is the last game before the conference finals. At least you have the opportunity to win against the New York Islanders. It doesn't take long for you to get yourself ready. You can feel the apprehension ooze from Evgeni. You can understand why but you know it would be better for him not to worry about you.

"Geno it will be alright," you try to calm him down.

"Will it be right though?" Evgeni retorts. The good thing is you can take the tension out on getting your skates on. You wish he would just lighten up and not worry about you. You quickly tie your laces. A minute later you have made it onto the ice. You proceed to do some warm up drills with Iggy.

"You seem worried Mia," Iggy remarks as she gets to work on taking the puck from you.

"Yeah I'm worried about Geno because of what happened last time," You reply as you dodge around Iggy. The good thing about the warm ups is the fact that they will take your mind off of the tension. After twenty minutes of warm ups you are getting ready to take the face off. You can feel the death glare of the centre. You get the feeling that he may be trying to annoy you but you are not going to give in that easily.

"We meet again Princess," He seers.

"Yes but you remember what happened last time you called me Princess," You retort. Thankfully it doesn't take long for the umpire to drop the puck between the two of you. You are a little rough but you are able to get the puck off of him. Maybe you will take the chirping in your stride. The defence soon swarms on you but you are able to get the puck to Sidney before it becomes too much of a problem. A minute later Sidney has hit the same problem as you.

"Sid I'm open," Evgeni calls out. He gets the puck to Evgeni through his legs. Evgeni tries his best to score but it bounces off the goalie's helmet. Thankfully you are able to pick it up. You manage to get it between the goalie's legs. The only thing that interrupts your joy is the fact that you need to take the next face off. There is a loud thud as your sticks make contact. You try your best to get the puck but you are a little bit slow.

"Better luck next time Princess," He remarks. It was a bad idea on his part.

"I think you might want to watch between the legs," You respond as Iggy pulls the puck from between the centre's legs.

"There you go Mia," Iggy says as she passes the puck to you. It doesn't take long for you to get the puck to the other end. You are suddenly struck by the funny feeling that you get when someone is about to get injured. Because of it you pass it to Sidney. At least he is smart enough to use the opportunity to score. Ten minutes later the period has come to an end and thankfully there has been no injuries sustained yet. Despite the fact there were no injuries sustained the feeling is still persistent.

"What's wrong Tiger?" Evgeni asks.

"You remember the feeling that I got when Sid dislocated his shoulder?" You bring it up because it is the only way you can describe it.

"Da. What about it?" Evgeni is clearly confused.

"I've got it again," You reply. Evgeni mutters some Russian curses because he knows it means. You hope it is a minor injury.

"I'm sure it will be easy to handle whatever it may be," Evgeni responds. Two minutes later you have taken to the ice again. You get the feeling that it is a good thing that the chirpy centre is having a break. At least Mat Barzel should be a little more relaxed. You get to work on getting the puck as soon as the umpire drops it. Thankfully you are quick enough. There is a tussle between you and Mat but you are able to pass the puck to Phil. It doesn't take you, Phil and Jake to get to the goal. You try your best to get the puck away from the boards but you can feel the force of one of the wings pushing you into the boards. You can feel a sharp pain run through your finger and the rest of your hand as your full weight collides with the boards. Dang it. You try your best to grab your stick but the pain is too great. You take yourself to the bench. At least Evgeni is quick enough to sub in for you. The medic soon descends on you.

"Can you hold out your hand please?" The medic asks so he can get to work. You timidly hold out your hand but you find yourself wincing at the pain.

"Sorry," You mumble.

"Don't worry. I think you got off lightly," The medic responds as he begins the process of taping the worse affected finger to the one next to it.

"So I basically jarred my finger?" You ask.

"Yes," He also passes you a bag of ice. You join the others back at the bench. It is the day after the game. The good thing is the Penguins won which means the team is going to the conference finals.

"Do you want some help cooking?" Evgeni asks.

"Ya. you might as well help," You say as you try your best to grip the knife with your taped up hand. You are a little clumsy with the knife but as soon as Evgeni carefully wraps his hand around yours it improves a little. Evgeni's care puts a smile on your face. At least your hand should be better before the conference finals. With Evgeni's help it doesn't long for the food to be finished. You are looking forward to the possibility of getting to the Stanley cup playoffs in your first season.