Episode 16

The Flats came to the Temple with a hot hand and a salt-white wall. And for two periods, the room went quiet.
First visit for the Flats. Salt-white against deep red. And the Temple, full, loud, and waiting.
Two shots. Two goals. Their sniper had the Temple silent before the first period found its feet.
Then the big one answered. A goal — and the room remembered who lives here.
The hat trick came on the power play. The answer came on the power play. Three-three, and the Temple held its breath.
Back in the lineup, the captain did what captains do. One goal. Two passes. And a room that believed again.
And then a kid who had never scored in this league — first one — tied it late. Four-four. The Temple came off its feet.
Overtime. Three on three. Thirty seconds gone. Thirteen, snap shot — and the streak is alive.
Five-four, overtime. The Flats gave us everything — and the Temple gave it back. Next: Saturday, on the road. On se revoit.