Post Game 2 Reactions

Another game gone and with the croud leaving, press starting to congregate between the locker rooms and the exit making escape close to impossible if they were trying to get some words out of you. With that thought came a glancing memory of the post-game press Tom saw last time. He quickly shook it off and headed out bracing himself for the hussle and bussle of the press before he could leave.

He walked through the croud waiting for someone to stop him, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Wait a minute... that's a clean stretch to the door. He looked back to see the members of the press who had missed him. He didn't quite know what to think of this, but whatever he did think about it he was a bit concerned by the ease of which he managed to get through. Either way, he carried on out to the door. Almost as soon as he layed the first finger on the door...

BANG! ... A man with a bunch scruffed up pieces of paper with notes, stats and various articles from various hockey related magazines grasped against his chest tumbled into the building, shortly followed by a woman doing pretty much the same, except she stopped before the door to check on her friend. Almost in sync there was muffled sounds of frustration and mildly explicit language coming from the pair of them as they scrambled to pick up what had just been dropped...

They straightened themselves up and stood up, obviously noticing James was a player, either by recognition or by the bag of equipment and stick. Also noticing that he wasn't already engaged in an interview with another member of the press.

Male Reporter - You're..

(James thinking it would be better to interject before he had a chance not to know his name)

James - Tom James, yes.

Female Reporter - Will you take an interview? (said with a bit too much enthusiasm to stay cool. Removing a few long pieces of her red hair from her face, that had scruffed up a bit during the scramble, she continued toning it down a little) That's if you wouldn't mind of course... It's for the local University, we're covering the sports page as part of an assignment.

James - .. Yeah, sure. (Thinking about it for a second before glancing around to see the reporters that had missed him, including the two women that interviewed him during the last game) Go right ahead.

Male Reporter - Thanks man, and sorry for hitting you with the door.

James - No worries, I got hit into the boards harder before anyway.

(This, accompanied by a small chuckle was obviously meant as a joke but the two reporters looked at each other as if they weren't sure whether they should write that down or not. They both decided to just start the interview and turn on their respective recording devices)

Female Reporter - W-what did you think of tonight's result?

James - I think it went quite well. 2 - 2 isn't to be sniffed at, at all. Especially when playing against players like Wheeler, Dooley, Nyrud etc. Some very good prospects coming through as competition for these all important draft spots. It's going to be interesting to see where they all end up. But yeah, 2 - 2 is a good result. We had some good performances, from Pittman in particular, Lockhart played good game, his was quite a nice goal, and we had some pretty solid performances from our net minders.

Female Reporter - Do you think you contributed to the team's effort well?

James - Yeah, I'm pretty happy with my performance, getting that first goal was a boost for me aswell. Hopefully there'll be more of them to come. I broke even with the +/- aswell, I would have liked to have been in the positives but you've got to start somewhere haven't you?

Male Reporter - Yeah man, you mentioned the drafts are you looking forward to them?

James - Oh definately, I think that whereever I end up it'll be a good do. Hopefully I can show them what I can do and how I play so they can think about how I would fit on there teams and they can hopefully see that there is a place there for me. So long as they've got #86 free and the team is fun to play for, I think I can have a good time in this league.

Female Reporter - There aren't a great deal of Brits going around, but of the Brits you mostly seem to already know each other, do you think this will spark off a rivalry if you are picked for different teams?

James - Too right it will! (Said with a hearty smile) With Becky, in Munich, there's always going to be a sibling rivalry, even if I do end up there. It'll probably only amount to trying block as many shots as she does but there you go, and if I end up somewhere else, you know I'll definately looking to get one passed her. I'm looking forward to playing for or against Ireland aswell with Reynolds on their roster. And then there's Wheeler, I suppose we're rivals by default as we're playing for the same draft picks so I guess if we end up on the same team or opposing each other we're probably always going to be trying to better one another.

Male reporter - Thanks a lot, man. (To female reporter) Did you get all that?

Female Reporter - Got it! (Back to James) Thanks a lot for your time, I think we've got what we need. It's been great interviewing you! (Realising her enthusiasm had gone up a bit again, she once again tried to bring it back) I mean, it's been a pleasure. (She said shaking my hand)

After shaking both their hands, they went off to scour around for more interviewees and James left the building, this time slightly more cautious of the door before walking through.