The aliens had come a long way in their hockey journey. Thanks to my tutelage, they had learned the basics of the game, and they were now a force to be reckoned with.

But our biggest challenge was yet to come. General-Khagan Kul'Garath of the Sarris Star Empire had challenged us to a playoff series. The Sarris players were much bigger than us, and they had all seen the movie Goon several hundred times.

I knew that we would need to be clever to beat them. We couldn't outmuscle them, so we would have to outthink them.

The day of the game finally arrived. The Sarris players were bigger and stronger than us, but they were also sloppy and undisciplined. We capitalized on their mistakes, and we played a smart, disciplined game.

In the end, we won the game by a score of 6-3. It was a hard-fought victory, but it was a sweet one. We had beaten the odds, and we had proved that we belonged.