van de Schubbekuteveen "happy" after first season on the juniors over

[Thunfish 72]

SCHUBBEKUTEVEEN, ZEELAND, THE NETHERLANDS - The favourite son of his very own village, hockey player Sunrise van de Schubbekuteveen has just arrived in Amsterdam after his first season as a hockey player. Currently contracted to the Mexico City Kings of the Victory Hockey League Minors, Sunrise took the off-season break in order to take a little break, visit his relatives in the backcountry of Zeeland and then return to regular activities in the world of ice hockey, based after whatever happens on the draft, which he plans to watch from home. He arrived in the Eindhoven Airport and only accepted interviews a couple of days later, as he wished to enjoy his time in the farm first.

Once he finally opened up for questions, the left winger decided to answer several questions on a row, mostly questions from his home region about the sport of hockey and the cultural clash between his old, peaceful and somewhat boring home of Schubbekuteveen and his current living place, the capital city of Mexico and its much more lively lifestyle. His general opinion was, and to quote him word by word, "it was a bigger shock in the start but once you get used to it, there's nothing you can't really manage with enough effort, time and love for the game and, thankfully, I got that last one by the ton".

He was also asked about how did he see his performance on his debut season, to which he seemed rather non-fussed about, saying that it was a pleasure to debut for Mexico City to begin with and that he was fine with his performance although, to quote his own words, "as a professional, I wished to do more, but that's more on me as a player than the team itself, they gave me every tool to improve and I will be looking into reaching a higher level of play next season". Whenever he was asked about what was his higher point in his career so far, he simply shrugged, smiling afterwards while adding "the playoffs, it feels... special and unique, the sort of stuff you only hear about in books, reports and interviews, granted the real big dance is in the majors".

And then, it came time to talk about the VHL Draft, that one event that Sunrise seemed to be the most adamant about, for reasons he chose to mostly keep to himself, although he did privy to his family members and some of his closest friends from the village that he was worried the major teams would see him more as a curiosity than an actual respectable, quality player. To the press, he tried to be blunt, stating that "focusing on such matters as a Draft is really just a distressing matter that I would rather not get hold up on because I prefer to look towards the future and to how I can improve so that whoever gets me, ends up getting a really competent player that can help their squad to reach silverware".

Like many other players who were in the minors this season, Sunrise will be watching the Draft from his hometown, hoping for that phone call to come sooner than later.

Edited July 5, 2021 by Thunfish