But those who believe Boogaard loved to fight have it wrong. He loved what it brought: a continuation of an unlikely hockey career. And he loved what it meant: vengeance against a lifetime of perceived doubters and the gratitude of teammates glad that he would do a job they could not imagine.
The speaker really gives the audience a aha moment or the "oh snap, i didn't know" when the author talks about the brain.
Boogaard accrued three goals and 589 minutes in penalties and a contract paying him $1.6 million a year. Photo
with this piece, the author gets the audience into the writing and inform them about what type of a player Boogaard was.
Players scattered like spooked cats, fleeing over the wall or through the open gates
Its interesting to see how the writer is connecting hockey to animals and not something like another human.