Free Write From Class 2/9/08 -- When Have You Been Silenced?

I play ice hockey. I love to run my mouth out on the ice. It's part of my game. However, sometimes I run my mouth to the wrong people. For instance, one game, I just didn't stop talking to and aggravating this one defense man throughout the duration of the game. Every shift we were on the ice together, he heard my voice chirping in his ear. I didn't particularly have anything against him, it was just a matter of him being my opponent that evening. However, I should've seen my knock-out punch coming. Late in the game, I recieved a pass in the middle of the ice, only to skate directly into what I thought was a brick wall. Instead it was the defense man. I have never been hit so hard in my life. I flipped on my back and got the wind completely knocked out of me. For the rest of that game, and for one of the few times on the ice in my hockey career, I had been silenced.