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your coat?”
    â€œHow will that help?” Johnny asked. But he handed his coat to Tom.
    Tom walked across the dressing room in his skates. He pushed open the door to the toilet. Everyone on the team watched. Tom reached into the pocket of Johnny’s coat and gathered up all the change he found. Then he dropped the change in the toilet.
    â€œWhat did you do that for?” Johnny said. “That was all the rest of my money!”
    â€œYes,” Tom said. “Now you
have
to put your hand in the toilet to get it. And while you are doing that, you can get the two loonies you lost too.”

Chapter Two
    â€œLook!” Johnny said to his friend Stu Duncan. “See in the stands? That’s Ian James!”
    Stu and Johnny were in the players’ bench. The referee was ready to drop the puck to start the third period of the game. The score was two to two against a team called the Calgary Rams. If the Timberwolves won the game, they would go on to the semi-finals.
    â€œIan James!” Stu said. “He’s watching our game? Wow!”
    Ian James was a defensemen for the Calgary Flames in the NHL.
    â€œI wonder why he is here,” Tom said.

    â€œThat must be his son on the other team,” Stu said. “The name on the back of the sweater says James.”
    Then the whistle blew. Johnny and Stu went on the ice to start the game. They were going to play against the son of Ian James.
    After the face-off, Johnny Maverick had the puck at center ice. He passed it to his left wing. Johnny skated fast to the blue line and yelled for a pass back. The left wing gave it to him.
    Johnny faked that he was going to the left of the defenseman. Then he cut quickly to the right. He was around the defenseman! He had a breakaway!
    Johnny fired a hard wrist shot. It went between the goalie’s legs. A goal! The Timberwolves were ahead three to two.
    â€œGreat move!” Stu said as they skated back to the bench. “That was Ian James’s son you beat.”
    The other line went on the ice for their shift. They made sure the Calgary Rams did not score.
    Johnny Maverick went on the ice the next shift. The face-off was in the Timberwolves’ end.
    Johnny lost the face-off. The puck went back to the same defenseman he had beat the shift before. Johnny rushed toward the defenseman. Ian James’s son took a shot that bounced off Johnny’s shin pad toward center ice.
    Johnny chased the puck. The defenseman fell down.
    Johnny had another breakaway!
    This time Johnny deked the goalie. He scored again! The Timberwolves were ahead four to two.
    Then Johnny and Stu went back to the bench. The other line went on the ice for their shift. Once again they made sure the Calgary Rams did not score.
    Johnny Maverick went on the ice again. This time the face-off was in the other team’s end.
    Johnny won the draw. He kicked the puck back to the Timberwolves defenseman. The defenseman took a shot at net.
    Johnny was in front of the goal. He was trying to push the Calgary Rams defenseman out of the way. Johnny looked up in time to see the puck coming. He lifted his stick and deflected the puck into the net.
    Another goal! The Timberwolves were ahead five to two.
    The coach on the other team called for a time-out.
    â€œThat’s three goals in three shifts,” Stu said to Johnny when they got back to the bench. “A hat trick. And you scored them all against the son of Ian James!”
    â€œHey, Johnny,” Tom said. He was standing near the boards. He heard what Stu said to Johnny. “Three goals. That should put you in a good mood. Maybe you won’t be mad at me anymore for my little trick.”
    â€œYou should listen to him,” Stu told Johnny. “He did say sorry. Revenge is never a good idea. And remember, we are all friends, right?”
    â€œI don’t want revenge,” Johnny said. “I just want to get even with him.”
    â€œOh,” Stu said.