It's late in the game and the coach wants someone to go out there and send a message. We are down huge and I'm the rookie, so I hit the ice and go after the next guy I line up against at the faceoff dot. I am not a fighter, but I am a bigger dude, so I can hold my own. The problem is... the other team sent out their enforcers and I'm up against the biggest guy on the ice. I ask him to go and he just laughs at me, I slap his stick and tell him I'm serious, so we drop and well... I drop. I put in some good hits and I think I did ok, but my check is bloody. As I get up to go to the box, the entire arena and bench are on their feet and applauding me. I notice that my opponent is also bleeding. This is a weird experience, but I think I did ok.