Jordan Ellis had known for months that he wanted to ask Rowie Harper to marry him.

He’d known since the night she came home from a tough road loss, dropped her bag in the foyer, and curled into his arms on the couch without a word—trusting him to hold her silence until she was ready to speak.

He’d known since the morning she scored her first pro hat trick and skated straight to him in the family lounge, eyes shining, whispering “I did it” like he was the only person in ...