Boca Kid Gets A Puck And Ice
By:
Zoe Davis
and the first comment on Reddit is: ‘If I had a nickel for every time Ariana Grande got hit by a hockey puck at a Florida Panthers game, I’d have two nickels. It’s not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.’
Always behind the net, she’d been a fan for years. Players felt so bad they gifted her half the kit room in damages and for the paparazzi, a snapshot of a girl riding a Zamboni, waving like a queen from a carriage. Just a small bruise, taken care of in minutes with an ice pack. What are the odds?! her clearly shaken father wondered to a journalist back in 1998. Third time wouldn’t be the charm.
According to Reddit, her save percentage remains at zero.
Zoë Davis is a writer from Sheffield, England. She's a stubborn FND sufferer and fights what her body says she can't do by playing wheelchair rugby league. Forward Prize and Best of the Net nominee, she writes poetry and prose, and especially enjoys exploring the interaction between the fantastical and the mundane, with a deeply personal edge to her work. You can find her words in publications such as: Ink Sweat & Tears, Strix, Roi Fainéant and Red Ogre Review. You can also follow her on X @MeanerHarker where she's always happy to have a virtual coffee and a chat.