WEBVTT - Heatin' Up At The Right Time with Maddie Rooney 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:02.800 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're cooking 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.560 up a plate of poutine, pouring a pint of mulson, 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:09.440 and clearing a spot on the old Chesterfield. PWHL finals 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:13.520 are on tonight in Canada. Eh It's Tuesday, May twenty. 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:15.520 At the on Today Show, we'll be chatting with Minnesota 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:18.720 Frost goaltender Matti Rooney about facing off against the Ottawa 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:22.120 Charge in the PWHL finals, plus how she stays confident 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:24.840 in high pressure moments and why the Frost seemed to 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:28.920 relish the underdog mentality. Plus a top seed topples non 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.440 frosty relationships and a CV that sends a message. It's 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:40.360 all coming up right after this welcome back slices, Here's 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:44.640 what you need to know today. Let's start with hockey 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:48.000 and the PWHL. The best of five Walter Cup Finals 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:50.640 get underweight tonight with the number four seed Minnesota Frost 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.680 taking on the number three seed Autawa Charge at Ottawa's 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:57.280 TD Place a seven pm Eastern puck drop. Live coverage 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:00.560 in Canada is on TSN with French Length which coverage 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:02.880 on RDS, and in the US you can watch live 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.240 on YouTube or check your local listing to see if 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.880 regional broadcast partners are carrying the game. Ahead of the finals, 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:12.559 the PWHL looked ahead to next season, releasing the rules 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:16.160 and procedures for the upcoming expansion Draft. With two teams 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.360 joining the league next season, Vancouver and Seattle, each of 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.560 the existing six teams is set to lose four players. 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.280 The process the league is using is just a little 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.680 bit complicated, so stick with me here for a minute. First, 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.399 each of the original six teams have between now and 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:37.120 June third to protect three current players. Yeah, just three players. Then, 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.840 beginning on June fourth, the new expansion teams will be 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.480 allowed to negotiate with all non protected players during a 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:48.280 five day exclusive signing window. It's essentially expansion team free agency. 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.160 Both Vancouver and Seattle will be allowed to sign five 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.680 players each during this period. Then, on June ninth, the 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:58.760 expansion Draft, Seattle and Vancouver will take turns making picks 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:02.120 until both teams have so elected twelve players total, either 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.600 through the initial signing window or the draft. Once one 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.519 of the existing teams has lost two players to expansion, 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.280 that team will be allowed to add a fourth player 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:15.160 to their protected list. Finally, all eight teams will take 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.560 part in the official PWHL Draft, which is primarily for 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.320 recent college graduates. That's on June twenty fourth. Got all that, 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:24.639 Even if you didn't, the good news is you don't 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:26.080 have to worry about it for a little bit because 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:29.640 in the meantime you can just enjoy watching the PWHL Finals. 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.440 More on that later in the show with Matti Rooney 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.600 to softball, where for the first time in Division one 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:39.079 softball history, the top seed in the tournament didn't make 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.960 it out of the regional round. Number one Texas A 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.680 and M was upset by Liberty, losing the decisive game 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:49.639 on Sunday six to five. Now softball's NCAA bracket uses 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.799 a double elimination format, meaning that after losing the first 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.600 game to Liberty on Saturday, the Aggies had to win 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:57.920 out the rest of their games during the weekend competition 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.760 in order to advance to the Super Regionals. They were 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:04.120 victorious in their first rematch against Liberty on Sunday afternoon, 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.960 winning that one an extra innings, but they couldn't pull 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.000 off the Sunday sweep. Liberty trailed three to one, but 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.120 scored five runs in the sixth inning to secure the upset, 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.400 and there were three other upsets over the weekend too, 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:20.519 with Nebraska upsetting number ten, lsu Ole miss upsetting number 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:24.919 thirteen Arizona, and Georgia upsetting number fourteen Duke. The Super 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.679 Regionals get underway this coming weekend with number two Oklahoma 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:32.000 now the highest remaining seed in the tourney. They're looking 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:36.560 for a fifth consecutive Women's College World Series title. We've 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.160 got two WNBA games tonight, both tip it off at 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.000 seven pm Eastern, so get out that second screen. The 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.720 Indiana Fever hosts the Atlanta Dream and the Las Vegas 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.880 Aces host the Connecticut Sun. All teams, but the Fever 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.920 looking for win number one on the season. More WNBA 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.880 one loose end to tie up from a big opening weekend. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.720 Ahead of their season opener, the Phoenix Mercury announced that 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.200 Kalia Copper will miss four to six weeks out after 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.880 undergoing a left knee arthroscopy. Copper, a four time All 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.680 Star in the Mercury's only returning starter from last season, 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.240 was expected to be a central part of the Mercuries 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.240 rebuilt following the retirement of Dinah Tarrassi and Britney Griner's 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.800 move to the Atlanta Dream Now. Copper also dealt with 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.760 injury during the offseason, playing in just seven of sixteen 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.760 games for her unrivaled squad due to a right leg injury. 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.920 The Mercury will also be without Natasha Mack for two 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.280 to three weeks as she nurses a lower back injury. 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:32.159 To soccer, Let's talk, Balloon Dior aka Ballon d'Or, the 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.200 award given each year to the world's best male and 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.040 female soccer players, and beginning last year, also given out 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.359 to the best men's and women's coaches. On Monday, it 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.120 was announced that the Ballon d'Or annual award ceremony will 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.719 be held September twenty fifth this year, a date that 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:48.000 will better accommodate female players. You may recall that last 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:50.960 year's event was scheduled during a women's international window, meaning 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.279 many of the top female players were unable to attend. 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.680 In fact, since a women's category was introduced in twenty eighteen, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.520 the ceremony has consistently overlapped with an international women window. 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.240 Emma Hayes, who last year was named the Women's Coach 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:05.720 of the Year, called out event organizers, saying it was 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.960 quote like running an Oscars or a Golden Globes without 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:12.480 having any females present. Glad to see they've made the switch. 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:18.200 Now about those weird photos they use every year, We 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:19.960 got to take a quick break when we come back. 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:22.400 It's Frost goalie Mattie Rooney. I caught up with her 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:24.600 Monday afternoon. I had a game one of the PWHL 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:34.839 finals tonight. Stick around joining us now. She's one of 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.480 the starting goaltenders for the Minnesota Frost at the Professional 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.520 Women's Hockey League and won the league's inaugural Walter Cup 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.920 with the team last season. She was also the starting 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.000 goaltender for the US women's national team when they won 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.400 gold at the twenty eighteen winner Olympics, and she also 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.240 went silver with the team at the twenty twenty two 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.960 Games in Beijing. A Minnesota Duluth grad, still the Bulldog's 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.880 all time career saves leader, She's got a pup named Riley, 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.760 and she gets coffee with legendary NHL goalie Mark Andre 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.040 Flury every Tuesday. It's Maddie Rooney. 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.840 Hi, Maddie, Hey, thank you for having me. 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.400 Is Tuesdays with Flurry really a thing? 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.839 No, I don't know why My fiance decided to start 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.360 that rumor. But no, I'm shutting that down right here. 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.240 It is not true. Though I wish it was true, 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:17.720 but no, he. 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.400 Said it with such like certainty and seriousness. He's like, yep, 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.000 she gets coffee with him every Tuesday. 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:24.599 Yeah, the amount of times I've been asked that, I'm like, no, 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.479 I don't know why he just pulled that out of 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:26.919 his butt. 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.720 But maybe he's manifesting it. Maybe Mark Andre will hear 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:31.640 it and be like, all right. 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.400 Him in Yeah, I wouldn't be mad. 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:38.400 Let's talk about this Frost team, the underdogs rising again 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:41.440 second straight year that your team makes the finals as 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:44.279 the number four seed. How similar or different does this 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:45.479 season feel from last year? 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.279 It honestly feels pretty similar, just with kind of our 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.960 record going into the home stretch. Like last year, you know, 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.040 we're kind of on a little bit of a losing streak, 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.760 but we turned it around at the right time and 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:58.680 got hot at the right time, and it feels kind 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:00.360 of the same as this year. We have a little 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:03.320 bit of a downtime after that international break, but we're 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.120 heating up at the right time, and I thought we 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:10.040 had a great series against Toronto obviously really did well offensively, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:11.880 and I think we're going to use that momentum coming 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:13.280 into this final series here. 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.960 Evny guesses as to why the squad seems to peak 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:18.640 end of season and in the postseason. 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.520 I don't know. We always joke we do our best 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.160 elimination games, but I think I think this group just 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.120 has a ton of heart and like we truly just 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.680 want to win, so we do what we can to 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.560 get it done here in the final stretch and in playoffs. 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.960 Yeah, you yourself, You've been in some pretty high stress, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.040 high pressure situations, including being between the pipes for the 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.520 USA and those Olympics that I mentioned, leading the team 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.520 to gold at just twenty years old, and I'm wondering 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.640 what are your tools for staying calm and present because 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:49.880 you are truly the last line of defense for your team. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.000 You know what I would think of the gold medal game. 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.320 I would never think it would come down to a shootout, 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.400 So I love shootout. So grateful it came down to 0:07:57.480 --> 0:07:59.840 it like that. But there was a lot of nerves. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.000 I think in the moment. I just remember kind of 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.320 relying on that bench energy, you know, looking over at 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.240 the bench and seeing like my teammates excitement or support 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.000 whenever they were yelling. I just try to stay like 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.480 as in the moment as possible. Goalie is such like 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.840 a mental game. It's easy to think like, oh, I'm 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.600 going into this player again. She's done X, Y and 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.560 Z in the past on previous shootout moves. But that 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.040 just kind of leads to too much overthinking. So I 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.200 think in order for me to stay calm, I truly 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.040 just constantly remind myself to just play in the moment, 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.040 be present, don't think in the future, don't think in 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.040 the past, and it's worked out well for me. 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.720 I can't believe you just said you love shootouts as 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.880 a goalie. Why do you love them? You love the 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:39.800 pressure put on you? 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.280 Yeah, I think I do like the pressure and kind 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.040 of just being in that position to make or break games. 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:45.559 It's fun. 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.840 Yeah, And I guess nobody else is contributing to that 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:51.160 moment except for you. It can't be a deflection. It 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.360 can't be a player standing in front of you and 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.680 you can't see. It's like just everything on you. But 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:56.560 you're in charge. 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:58.080 Yep, You're in full control. 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:02.760 Yeah. That game against Canada, that twenty eighteen gold medal 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.360 is one of my favorite sporting events to watch of 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:10.439 all time. It was so tense but so joyful that 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.360 Joscelyn Lamaroue goal, the oops I did it again, reverse 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.880 deek in the shootout, and just the back and forth, 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.920 Like I can't imagine what being a part of that 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.560 would feel like in those moments. Are you able to 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.400 sort of block out how big of a deal it 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.720 is and just focus on I'm just playing hockey, and 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:27.920 I play hockey all the time. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.920 Yeah. I think it was a little bit of a 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.480 bunch of different things, you know, that being my first 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.760 Olympics and haven't gone through the heartbreaks of some of 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.400 those veteran players on the team did in previous Olympics. 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.480 But it was also just kind of to talk more 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.440 about the veteran leadership. There was such good leadership on 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.559 that team, and they throughout the whole residency, they made 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.160 us feel like basically we were a part of that 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.440 loss in Sochi in twenty fourteen in the previous Olympics, 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.040 and I wanted to win it not only for myself, 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.439 but I really wanted to win it for those veterers 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:03.280 on the team. And we just had, like I said, 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.400 such great leadership and when it came down to it, 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.480 it was just a lot of fun playing with that group, 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:12.480 and yeah, it'll be one of the best memories throughout 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:13.360 my whole career. 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.839 So your two of the p WHL playoffs, How do 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:18.360 they compare it to Olympic pressure? 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:25.800 Honestly, kind of similar. Definitely not quite as high as 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.800 the Olympic pressure, but it's similar. I'm playing in these big, 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:32.880 big games against the most elite players in the world. Essentially, 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:35.360 it's a lot, but it's also a lot of fun. 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:38.120 Like it's so competitive. The atmosphere and the with the 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:41.240 audiences and the crowds in the arenas is so it's 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:45.600 so high level and it's so exciting. So it's just 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.040 it's a lot of fun. Like I said, this group 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.320 that we have this year, I think we really lean 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:54.559 on each other. Everyone has their own role, and uh, 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:56.960 I think this is the best team to go out 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:57.600 and do it again. 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.600 So, yeah, you mentioned the crowds. It's been fun to 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:04.040 see some sort of organic things start to build in 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.000 such a young league of you know, the dance breaks 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.040 or the music in certain areas. Is there an opposing 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:11.840 team barn that you most like playing in. 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.600 I really like playing in Toronto. They get a consistent 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:18.480 good crowd each night, and they're loud, they're fun to 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.480 play in, or their rink is fun to play in. 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.400 But nothing be playing at home at the Xcel. You know, 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.920 whether we only have three thousand fans in the arena 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:31.400 or fifteen thousand, they bring the energy every night and 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:35.079 it's just no matter where we're playing. Truly, the PWHL 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:39.200 has had so much interest and the women's hockey movement 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:43.199 is still going so strong, so continue I hope we 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:46.199 continue to grow here. But yeah, the atmospheres in every 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:47.439 arena have been really great. 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.520 Did you get to play in a couple I think 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.360 takeover tour games and was one of those your favorite 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:53.800 places to go? 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.480 I really liked playing in Denver, not only because the 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.560 city itself was so it was so cool too, but 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.640 the fans were really passionate and it was it was 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.640 considered one of our home games. So though it was 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:10.040 a takeover to our game and a neutral sight, we 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.559 were there and they had their Frost Frost jerseys, Frost 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:15.960 signs and really made it feel like a home game. 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:17.840 So I thought that was a really cool experience. 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:22.280 Any opposing team fan base particularly good at chirping you, 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.080 as anyone get under your skin a little more. 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:30.000 I don't think I've really want to be chirped, though 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.120 I don't hear them. Maybe someone's out there chirping me. 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.040 But I think the hardest kind of rinked to play 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:39.680 in is probably Montreal. Other fans are very passionate and 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:43.280 it gets pretty loud in there. But it's yeah, yeah, 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:44.160 I would say Montreal. 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.000 They're swearing at you in French. You're like, I don't 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:46.760 know what you're saying, but. 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.160 It sounds me help you. I don't know what they're saying. 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.000 All right, take me back to baby Mattie. Why did 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:54.400 we decide to get it in the goal? 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:58.440 Yeah? So I started hockey rooms age four. My parents 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.200 kind of just threw me into a bunch of so 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.840 I started off as playing forward for about five years, 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.200 six years, and then switched to goalie at age ten. 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.720 I really was just intrigued by the equipment, but my 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:14.240 parents knew how expensive the position of goalie was, so 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:16.760 I had to beg for like three years to get 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.080 my dad to finally agree to letting me try out 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.920 playing goalie. And so once I tried it, out in 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.480 a squirt practice. I never went back. 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.680 You're kind of still a squirt no fence, but you're 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.679 very You're a little nugget, you're like five to five. 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.120 I always think of the joke when people are like, 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:34.960 why don't they just throw like a sumo in that 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:36.600 that takes up most of the space, Like you're the 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.920 opposite of that. Was there ever a question about whether 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.679 you were built for the position and to take it 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:44.000 all the way to the pros? 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:47.280 I don't think so. I think on the women's side 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.679 having smaller goalies is definitely more common than the men's side. 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.000 I think us smaller goalies kind of make up for 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.040 that lack of height with our quickness. Something I focused 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.760 on my whole career is having good footwork, movement and 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.200 kind of making up for that lack of height with 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.960 my agility and speed, able to move well down low 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.440 and like I said, have quick movement. 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:14.080 Let's talk about the PWHL finals starting Tuesday night. Give 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:17.280 us your scouting report on the Ottawa Charge. 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.960 Yes, they're a good rush team. I think they generate 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:22.800 a lot of the chances off of rush, So we're 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.040 going to have to have a good neutral zone They're 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.000 also a very quick team. They have a lot of depth, 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:29.880 but I think we do as well. We're a quick 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:31.520 team and we also have a lot of depth. So 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:33.440 I really think it's going to be a good matchup. 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.080 What's going to set us apart, I think is just 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.560 our overall grit, like the hungerest to be able to 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:41.520 score and to be able to want this next win, 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:46.120 to be on the attack every single shift. So yeah, 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.720 I think our focus will be speed and physicality for sure. 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.320 What did you see from them out of their semi 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.600 final series against the Victoir that you thought, Okay, that's 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.040 really something we're going need to watch for. 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.840 Yeah. I think definitely their rush chances like I had mentioned, 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.120 and also they just looked very very quick, very fast, 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:07.040 they moved the puck well. So yeah, it's gonna be 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:08.960 a good matchup because I think those are some of 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:09.960 our strengths as well. 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.840 Any particular player on the other team you're least excited 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:18.480 to see skating your way open path to the net. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.760 I don't know. They have a lot of skilled forwards. 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.880 I think Brian Jenner has had my number on a 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.520 few of their power play goals this year, so I 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:33.520 think I'm going to have a extra sense when she's up. Nice. Yeah. 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:37.120 Yeah, what's it like splitting starts in time with your 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.000 fellow frostcool tender Nicole Hensley. 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.640 Yeah, we've been goalie partners now for seven or eight 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.680 years since that twenty eighteen Olympic team. So we started 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:50.200 training together in twenty seventeen and it's just been it's 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.840 just been fun. Like we're great friends outside of the rinks, 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:56.640 so each and every day we're pushing each other to 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:58.280 be better, but we also are just having a lot 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:01.360 of fun. We crack jokes all the time, and we 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.640 just have so much support for each other. I mean, 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.760 it's hard being in our position given that only one 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.920 goalie is getting the nod each night in the game, 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.720 but whoever's in net, we know that the other is 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:15.760 on the bench giving us the utmost support and just 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:17.640 being there for each other. So it's been it's been 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.160 really fun and I'm grateful to have her. 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:24.080 That's very mature. How has it been navigating a friendship, 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:28.000 a teammate relationship in the midst of a really competitive situation. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.880 Yeah, you know, sometimes I don't know how we do it. 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:33.960 Sometimes people like look at us and be like they 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.480 shouldn't be friends. Like I know, like coaches that we've 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.640 had over the years are like, this doesn't make sense. 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.720 But it's just been something that we've been doing for, 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:43.960 like I said, seven or eight years now. We live 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:48.360 together in the twenty eighteen Olympic residency, so I think 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:53.360 there's never really been any you know, tension or like awkwardness. 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.240 It's always just came very naturally, and so I'm grateful 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:56.600 for it. 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.120 How much notice do you usually get as to who's 0:16:59.120 --> 0:16:59.880 starting when. 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:04.280 Typically it's maybe the day before or two days before. 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.359 Why do you think the team continues to split minutes 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.359 and goal instead of deciding on one of you and 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:10.960 riding it out. 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.960 Yeah. So I think it showed last year, especially in 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.399 the playoffs, that we could both be relied on in 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.879 different situations, me closing out the Toronto series and then 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:23.480 Nicole closing out the finals against Boston, and it's rolled 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.600 into this year. I think we both just bring a 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.320 different aspect on the ice, but both of our styles 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.000 have contributed to the team's success obviously, and it's just 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.359 it's for me personally. It's been grateful because you know, 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:40.760 this season can be long and the position is very 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:45.479 mentally tough, so it's been almost like it's just been 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.000 a good tantem, I guess to say, like to know 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:49.800 that I can go in and win the game, and 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.040 then also Nicole can come in the next night and 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:53.879 win the game. And if one of us is off, 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:56.359 you know that the other might be in that next game, 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.720 and it's kind of just become a natural thing that 0:17:58.760 --> 0:17:59.600 we've gotten used to. 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:03.280 Does it feel merit based, like if one of you 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:05.040 is just standing on your head and crushing it, you 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:07.080 stay in for an extra couple of games before making 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.240 the switch. Or is it feel more like it's on 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:12.640 a schedule of take a few off, take a few, 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:13.320 take a few off. 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:15.800 Yeah, maybe a little bit merit based, But I think 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:18.359 that's just something we came to kind of expect and 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:20.439 we know that that's probably how it's going to go. 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.080 But it also has kind of allowed us to just 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:25.240 raise the bar for each other day in and day 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:27.359 out in practice. You know, we got to be have 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.879 a great work ethic, we got to be doing well, 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.720 and just it's just pushing each other and like I said, 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:34.359 there's a lot of support for each other. But I 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:36.560 think it is like a really healthy environment. 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:40.000 So I'm so impressed, I have to admit, because there 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:41.760 is a lot of pressure in like, oh, no, I 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:44.119 had a bad game. What does this mean? As opposed 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.359 to when you're the starting star and they know they're 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:48.280 counting on you. You know you can get through some 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:52.400 tough times. But I also just think your mental fortitude 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:56.199 to see those breaks as beneficial instead of being on 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:58.480 the sidelines, like, oh, I should be in there. If 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:00.600 I was in there, this would be happening. Being able 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:04.119 to support your partner, It's really special. That's really really cool. 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.720 How much of advantage do you think your team has 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.000 having been through this last year and coming out on top, 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.440 not just winning it all, but coming from the fourth position, 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:14.000 knowing that you weren't maybe the strongest all season long, 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:15.480 but that you could put it together at the end. 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.000 Yeah. I think it's just giving the team a bunch 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.400 of belief knowing that we were at rock bottom last 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.240