Motivational Speech for a Team Down 2-0
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sweetandshortTitle: Motivational Speech for a Team Down 2-0
Fandom: NHL
Challenge: April 2023 Bingo
Prompts: Memories, Smile, Defense, Consolation
Word Count: 180
Rating: G
Summary: They can get right back into this.
A/N: Mods, can I have tags for "creator: cmk418" and "based on: real people", please?
“This series is not over. We are down, but we are not out. One game can swing this. You have been told to have a memory like a goldfish, to not dwell on what happened last game, and that's true. Let it go. Let the last two games go. As far as I'm concerned, this is game one.
“We know who we are facing, we've been there before. We can go back into our memories. We owned this team during the regular season. We have to get back to that style of play- get the puck to the net, make tape-to-tape passes, be solid on defense. If we do that, if we play that way, they're not going to be able to stop us.
“Win and we're back in, boys. There's no other option. You want to be the guy in the consolation handshake line at the end of the series with a smile on your face, not with tears in your eyes. There's only one way to do that. Winning tonight is the start.
“Time to get after it.”
Fandom: NHL
Challenge: April 2023 Bingo
Prompts: Memories, Smile, Defense, Consolation
Word Count: 180
Rating: G
Summary: They can get right back into this.
A/N: Mods, can I have tags for "creator: cmk418" and "based on: real people", please?
“This series is not over. We are down, but we are not out. One game can swing this. You have been told to have a memory like a goldfish, to not dwell on what happened last game, and that's true. Let it go. Let the last two games go. As far as I'm concerned, this is game one.
“We know who we are facing, we've been there before. We can go back into our memories. We owned this team during the regular season. We have to get back to that style of play- get the puck to the net, make tape-to-tape passes, be solid on defense. If we do that, if we play that way, they're not going to be able to stop us.
“Win and we're back in, boys. There's no other option. You want to be the guy in the consolation handshake line at the end of the series with a smile on your face, not with tears in your eyes. There's only one way to do that. Winning tonight is the start.
“Time to get after it.”
