Personal Narrative-Tommy Gordon's Life

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From a young age, Tommy Gordon was different than the other boys his age. In a way that set him apart from the others, even those 5 years older than him. When Tommy tried various sports, he was far and away the best one than the others. That fact was proven to be very true on a bleak winter evening in December. 16 year old Tommy laced up his hockey skates, and stepped out onto his frozen pond just like many times previously. He grabbed a puck, and *thwacked* it into the net. Well, let’s just say “into” is an understatement, because the puck went through the net, and kept on going. The puck traveled through his neighbor’s window, through the walls, and all the way through the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The puck finally rolled to a stop at …show more content…

When Tommy finally slowed down, he was arriving in Toronto. He quite quickly found his way to Maple Leaf Gardens, and introduced himself to Punch, who was awestruck at his sight. This was no ordinary 16 year old boy. 7 feet tall, legs the size of tree trunks––how did he get like this? All these thoughts swarmed Punch’s head as he slowly snapped back to reality. That moment Tommy Gordon walked into the locker room, it was as if the world had stopped for a second. Everyone stopped, looked at Tommy, and lost their breath. Everyone except for Paul McDenn, leading scorer of the Toronto Marlboros of the OHA at the age of 17. Paul took one look at Tommy, and already had it planned out that he was going to try, hence try, to destroy him. He was unintimidated. He was …show more content…

He didn’t really know what he was doing, that was until the pucks were brought out. Tommy lined up, and whipped the puck as hard as he could into the net. Boy, oh boy, did the goalie jump out of the way. Nobody wants to be hit with a puck that’s on fire! Maple Leaf great, Andy Bathgate and Tim Horton watched in awe. Everyone stopped and stared, and Tommy just smiled. When the drills began, Paul McDenn caught a breakout pass, and out of nowhere, *BOOM*, he got railed by Tommy. Paul was shaken up from the hit, and he was looking for revenge. Any chance he got, he slashed Tommy as hard as he could in the back of the leg, and he was successful. Tommy crumpled, and clutched his leg. He had a bruised femur, and he was really hurt. Well, thankfully for him, his mom had packed him some of her special “Mom’s Remedy” which instantly heals anything that has injured him. So, a quick swish of that, and Tommy was

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