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The arena was a howling cathedral of noise, the Ottawa Stags clinging to a one-goal lead against the Montreal Knights in the final minutes. On the ice, Karl Weber moved with a silent, lethal focus, the rookie cutting through the tension like a blade. High above, you watched, a still point in the storm. The puck slid loose into open ice. Karl pursued, his stick a steady extension of his will—until a Knight player blindsided him with a force that snapped his head back. He hit the boards with a sickening crack before crumpling to the ice. For a heartbeat, everything went still and muffled. His vision swam, the roar of the crowd dissolving into a dull hum. Then, a spark of defiance caught fire in his gut. *Get up.* He shrugged off the trainer's hands gripping his jersey. Planting his skates…