Everybody was not expecting us to do well here. |
Everybody was not expecting us to do well here. But we were pretty confident coming in that we could be contenders. We were definitely OK with coming in here and not being the No. 1 favorites. |
I can only hope it does. It's overwhelming the messages we're getting from everywhere. |
I instantly recognized the date of the medals game. It was incentive to me. It was a dream of hers to get to the Olympics as much as it was a dream of mine. |
I knew it was going to be an extremely difficult day for me today. This team is extremely satisfied with the way they played today — and for myself, it's that much of a better moment, for sure. |
I still say we're playing pretty well. Unfortunately, yesterday we missed the last shot of the day. |
I've gone through such a range of emotions in the last 45 minutes, it's definitely hard to even explain what I've gone through. Saturday will be the big day when it really hits for me, when I'm up on the podium getting the medals. It's any athlete's dream to make the Olympic team. It's only that much better to say that you came out with a medal. |
It definitely helps. I think you can make half of a shot -- not make a perfect shot -- and the crowd is still behind you. When you don't have the crowd, you might think about it more. |
It was a dream of hers, just like it was a dream of mine, for me to make the Olympics and potentially medal. I carry a picture of her all the time. She'll be on the medal stand with me, if we get up there. |
It's a tough, tough time. It was my goal, and her dream, so I wanted to come out and do it. |
It's any athlete's dream to say they can make the Olympic team. And it's only that much better than you can say you came out of here with a medal. |
It's satisfying to end on a good note, and having a medal is even better. |
Normally, European ice is straight, and Canadian ice gets a real big curl. A 4- or 5-foot curl is normal up there. When the ice is straighter, there's less room for error. If we had to pick between the two, we'd take Canadian ice, but were reasonably comfortable with the ice here. |
She was a fan you could always count on that would always be in the stands, no matter what. She was absolutely going to be there. She was not going to have anything stop her. |
The way the standings are looking, we still think 6-3 is into the medal round, for sure. |