Transformation Beginning: Day 10

Word Count: 60,013

Summary of Events:
Alizabeth went for lunch to Cole's house, which she found a surprisingly awkward and unsettling experience. Chalmers had a lengthy discourse with Brandon about his frustrations before they played against Prince George. Joseph watched as the frustrations boiled over between Chalmers and Charles and wondered if it was partially the General Manager's doing.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Wiping off the table, Alizabeth took the newspaper up off of one of the chairs and carried it over to the newspaper rack. She set the newspaper down, then noticed a small headline in the corner: Broncos with serious off-ice issues.
Taking the paper out, Alizabeth set it on the lunch counter and flipped to the page written under the headline. A picture of the Broncos logo was all there was for imagery on the page, the rest of it being filled with words.
Broncos Coach Florence at war with MacKenna, the main headline read. Florence and MacKenna had lengthy shouting match that went to dressing room, the subtitle said.
In spite of the hard-fought win the Broncos earned last night in Prince George over the incredible Cougars club that's posted franchise record numbers in the shutout columns, and is knocking hard on the doors of the WHL records with half the season still left, there is trouble in the water; big trouble.
Since October there has been no shortage of surprises regarding Coach Charles Florence's management of former Brandon Wheat Kings phenom and Winnipeg Jets third overall draft pick Chalmers MacKenna. First of all, MacKenna was put on the third line; then he was hardly played at all before being scratched for five games without an obvious reason; now he's suddenly returned and played as few as five minutes a game — although none of this has hampered his scoring touch, and he's certainly found a magic combination with Justin Taylor-Kirby and Zachary Awberry since they were put together in Calgary before he was scratched, and have now since become the third line pairing.
However, last night, some more sudden shifts took place: first being that MacKenna played just about thirty minutes on the ice in thirty five minutes of game time, playing with all four lines to varying degrees of success that went downhill the longer he played — naturally really.
Additionally, after coming in with about five minutes left in the second period, MacKenna and Florence got into a heated altercation that disappeared into the dressing room for several minutes before Florence returned, followed shortly thereafter by MacKenna — no longer in his playing equipment, but in his suit.
For the remainder of the game MacKenna stood on the bench, and downed something like ten bottles of water. Following the game neither Florence nor MacKenna would give any comment on the matter — nor would anyone else — but I think it is fairly obvious to anyone observing that there is trouble going on behind the scenes in the Broncos organization.
MacKenna has registered no less than forty five goals in all three of his WHL seasons — peaking at 73 in his sophomore season — and has had no less than one hundred points as well — peaking with 139 in his sophomore season as well — and in the BCHL he was equally as good. He was picked third overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL Entry Draft this summer — a surprising move after his actions in Brandon toward this stage last season."