#1
Character: Semyon Varlamov
Team: Washington Capitals
Semyon pushed his mask up and quickly wiped his face. He had been stopping goals left and right tonight. So far, he hadn't let a single one in, and he wanted to keep it that way, after missing three games due to a persistent fever.
Pulling his mask back down, he settled into his area, the blue semi-circle painted in front of the region he guarded. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself down, and looked up just in time to see Sasha and Sanja skate by.
Sanja winked at him, his smile wide and joyful: he had scored a beautiful goal minutes into the first period of the game. Sasha's smile was a little more restrained, but not by much, he too had scored a goal. Semyon smiled back, he was feeling good tonight; the atmosphere of the game, the cheers from the fans, everything just seemed to click.
He knew he could win this game, knew that not a single goal would get past him tonight; he knew this in his bones.
Semyon Varlamov was back.
FYI: Sasha is Alexander Semin, Sanja is Alexander Ovechkin.