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It’s midway through the first period between the Ducks and Colorado on a Thursday evening at Honda Center, and I’m sitting shoulder to shoulder with Avalanche winger Jarome Iginla. To my right, a mere six feet away, is the Ducks’ Corey Perry, his eyes (unlike mine at this time) locked into the action on the ice. The only thing separating me from either of them is a half-inch-thick sheet of plexiglass, which also is what’s thankfully shielding me from any pucks or players who happen to come flying at me.
No, I’m not a newly signed fourth-liner hoping to get some ice time in this preseason tilt between the Ducks and Avs, but I am a temporary member of the so-called Fifth Line.