When Katy met Vipers...

Sorry, me again! Just one final post before this weekend's action, to let you all know that the crazy, crazy fools from Vipers management let me loose at the press day they held on Tuesday in aid of the Drive for Five promotion (what were they thinking?!). It was a much calmer, more sedate affair than expected (mostly due to the fact that I was too nervous to actually launch myself at anyone) and I managed to get some pretty good material which is now kindly being hosted on the Vipers website, under Vipers Hockey Radio. Linkage:

http://www.vipershockey.co.uk/vipers-hockey-radio.html

Alternatively, you can download the interview of your choice, or all three (oh baby) straight from Rapidshare, links below.

As will become eminently clear, writing is my most natural and comfortable form of communication, and I haven't actually interviewed anyone for a good six years or so, since my Birmingham days when I used to interview rock and metal bands for my radio show there. I grappled manfully with some audio editing software but I'm not a techie, so sorry if they're a bit up and down. Plus I had a cold. But anyway, enough of my blabbering excuses, here for your listening pleasure are three real live hockey players talking, occasionally interrupted by a stuttering, snot-ridden Southerner. Nice!

Danny Stewart - http://rapidshare.com/files/431983010/Danny_Stewart_161110.mp3

Scott Langdon - http://rapidshare.com/files/431983621/Scott_Langdon_161110.mp3
Jamie Carroll - http://rapidshare.com/files/431983363/Jamie_Carroll_161110.mp3

I did have all sorts of grand ideas about asking them silly questions and making some kind of Hockey Novice feature out of it, but I lost my bottle on the day, the gravity of the situation getting to me, and I ended up asking lots of serious and relevant questions like a proper journalist. Well, mostly. Sorry about that - I'll do better next time, if they ever agree to let me anywhere near real hockey players again.

Thanks to everyone for being so nice to me, it was much appreciated. And so, onward we go into the Drive for Five promotion. For those of you who don't know what this entails, it's two ice hockey matches. In one weekend. Yes, I'm a bit excited. See you all at the rink. LET'S GO VIPERS!