00:00At 2.17 a.m., the mic pack my husband wore during the game automatically uploaded a raw, unedited recording
00:06to my cloud storage.
00:09It came from a sponsor's feature called A Day in the Life of the Captain.
00:14I reviewed the family segments, so the system still gave me access.
00:18The first two hours sounded normal.
00:21Skate slicing across the ice, the crowd roaring, and his ragged breathing after the game-winning goal.
00:31Then came the final four minutes and 17 seconds.
00:34He had forgotten to remove his mic, and I would never forget a single word it caught.
00:39A young woman laughed in the player's tunnel.
00:45Are you still going home to her tonight?
00:47Of course.
00:49She's pregnant, and the cameras still need a picture-perfect fan.
