The interview with the Graz coach Doug Mason was conducted in German much to the surprise of Aaron Murphy. (They
are in Austria Murph).
After years of learning German, I can finally put it to good use. Heres my best attempt at a translation. Canadians speaking German sound weird.
Interviewer: Very strong start, but despite that it wasn't enough. Why was that.
Doug: First period we played well despite being behind 1-0. The second period, the first 11 minutes were a catastrophy. We did not play well. Too quiet and two many one on one battles lost. In that time the 3-0 lead was built. In the third period after getting a goal back we woke up a bit and played some good ice hockey. But naturally it was a difficult task to comeback.
Interviewer. How much did you miss the players out with injury today.
Tom then talks about the injuries but I didn't quite understand it. I think he says "We started with 4 forward lines but ended up with 3. Its not enough of course and we need to find a solution." ( I welcome any clarification here from German speakers)
Interviewer. There are still two games to play. Do you still believe you can make the playoffs.
Tom: I always believe. We are in a professional sport. We are here to win. When its completely impossible then I will no longer believe.
In another interview later on he talks about having only ten forwards and I know that two of their top players are injured. However two of our top players are also injured. Amazing to think that we have more depth than an EBEL team.