AAOOOSC! Mini Stories!

The Vegas Golden Knights' locker room is energetic and vibrant, filled with music and laughter. Yet don't be deceived-- When a peek is taken, the scene is the opposite of what one would perceive is going on inside.

Inside the grand locker room is the only player on the team: Reid Duke. He is strapping his elbow pads under his black jersey's sleeves.

"Alright, captain," Reid begins to say, "what's your plan for tonight?"

He then hops to his feet and rushes to the middle of the room as fast as he can go with his skates against the carpet. He pulls out a "C" patch and slaps it over his heart and faces his stall.

"Well," Reid Duke, the captain of the Golden Knights, announces, "I say that we got to work on our team chemistry. It seems like I have to be doing all the work over here!"

He then tears his "C" patch off and scrambles to the corner of the room, where goalie equipment is lying around. He sits behind the leg pads and slips his padded legs in them.

"You're doing all the work here?!" Reid Duke, the starting goalie of the Golden Knights, shouts incredulous. "What about me?! I'm the only goalie here! I'm the one saving all of your mistakes!"

He then pulls his legs out from the leg pads and jumps back to his blades, rushing across the locker room. He sits in an unoccupied stall and plasters an "A" patch over his heart.

"Hey, if it weren't for us," Reid Duke, the alternate captain and defenceman of the Golden Knights, points out, "you would've let in way more shots than you already have."

He then dashes back into the goalie's corner with his leg pads in place. "Oh really?"

He makes his way back over to the defenceman's spot and puts the “A” back in place. "Yeah, really!"

Reid marches back to his original spot and shouts, "Guys!" He waves his hands in the air, attempting to calm his “team” down. "I just want to know what the captain's plans are!"

He then strides to the captain's place and places the "C" back in place. "Thank you! Now hush!" He stands still, absorbing the silence. "I think to solve our problems, we need more men on our team. Do you agree?"

He peers around the empty locker room. He nods his head pursed lips.

"You know, you can speak to answer the question," he tells the room. "I can't read your minds."

He sits in the defenceman's place and exchanges the "C" for an "A." "I agree!" Reid the defenceman proclaims.

He then slides over to the goalie's place and changes the patch for leg pads. "Same here!" Reid the goalie says.

He swings back to the center with a "C" on his jersey. "Great!" He then pauses. "On thing: we have to wait until June to get more players."

Reid then sulkily sits back down in his original stall. "Gosh, these NHL games are never fair!" He proceeds to shake his head with his fists against his cheeks.


The End!

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