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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're getting

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Speaker 1: the hell out of Chicago for the holiday weekend. High's

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Speaker 1: It's almost June, Chicago, get your shit together. It's Friday,

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Speaker 1: May twenty third, and on today's show, we'll be chatting

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Speaker 1: with legendary hockey player Hillary Knight about her season two

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Speaker 1: PWHL reflections, her analysis of the current Walter Cup final

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Speaker 1: series between the Minnesota frosted Outawa charge, and her announcement

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Speaker 1: this week that next year's Winter Olympics will be her last.

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Speaker 1: Plus Northwestern's golf team mix history, got the FC's got

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Speaker 1: a chance at a championship and a women's hockey what

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Speaker 1: the fact that'll make you say, what the fuck? That's

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Speaker 1: all coming up right after this Welcome back slices, Happy Friday.

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Speaker 1: Here's what you need to know today to golf. Northwestern

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Speaker 1: won the NCAA Women's Golf National Championship on Wednesday, upsetting

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Speaker 1: top seed at Stanford to win the Wildcat It's first

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Speaker 1: ever NCAA title in the sport. It was Northwestern junior

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Speaker 1: Diana Lee who secured the title, making a four foot

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Speaker 1: putt on the eighteenth hole for the win More Golf.

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Speaker 1: The LPGA has announced that Craig Kessler has been selected

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Speaker 1: as the organization's next commissioner. Kessler, the Chief Operating Officer

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Speaker 1: of the PGA of America, will take over from Molly Marcusseman,

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Speaker 1: who stepped down from the role in January. In a statement,

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Speaker 1: Kessler said, he's looking forward to redefining what's possible for

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Speaker 1: the organization. Quite honestly, we're looking forward to that too.

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Speaker 1: We believe in you, LPGA, come on to the NWSL.

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Speaker 1: The Boston Legacy expansion team has announced that the club

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Speaker 1: will play its inaugural season home games at Gillette Stadium

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Speaker 1: in Foxboro, Massachusetts, due to delays with the development of

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Speaker 1: the team's planned home venue, White Stadium. In a statement,

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Speaker 1: the club said, while construction at White Stadium is underway,

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Speaker 1: it's not expected to be finished in time for kickoff

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Speaker 1: in March of twenty twenty six. Little background here, ever,

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Speaker 1: Since Boston was awarded an expansion team in twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 1: the club's plans to renovate White Stadium have been mired

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Speaker 1: in controversy and slowdowns. The project is a public private one,

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Speaker 1: meaning that renovation costs are being covered by both the

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Speaker 1: owners of Boston Legacy as well as public taxpayer funding.

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Speaker 1: The long term plan is for the Boston Legacy to

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Speaker 1: share the facility with other community and school teams. The

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Speaker 1: city and Boston Public Schools will be the owners of

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Speaker 1: the renovated stadium and will have priority in scheduling games there,

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Speaker 1: which could cause additional scheduling challenges for the Legacy down

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Speaker 1: the road. More soccer, The inaugural final of the CONCACAF

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Speaker 1: Women's Championship Cup is set. The NWSL's Gotham FC will

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Speaker 1: compete against Tigris UNL of Lega Mxfeminil this Saturday ten

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Speaker 1: pm Eastern kickoff. This tournament actually began last year, with

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Speaker 1: club teams from North, South and Central America competing in

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Speaker 1: advance to this week's semifinals and final. To reach the final,

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Speaker 1: Gotham defeated Club America of Lega Mxfeminial three to one

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Speaker 1: The winner of Saturday's championship game we'll secure a spot

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Speaker 1: in both the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight. More soccer. Just because Gotham's competing for

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Speaker 1: NWSL Pride down in Mexico doesn't mean the rest of

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Speaker 1: the league is on pause. There are two NWSL regular

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Speaker 1: season games tonight, with the Utah Royals hosting the Orlando

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Speaker 1: Gee wonder who's going to win that one? That's right, Chicago, baby,

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Speaker 1: I can feel it him a bones. We'll link to

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Speaker 1: the PWHL where Minnesota and Ottawa met for Game number

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Speaker 1: the series heads to Minnesota. We'll link to the full

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Speaker 1: PWHL later in this episode with Boston Fleet captain Hillary Knight. Also,

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Speaker 1: Mini where a member of Jelly Rolls band was rocket

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Speaker 1: trip to Ottawa. Very cool to tennis, the French Open

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Speaker 1: gets underway on Sunday, with top seed Arena Sabalnka opening

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Speaker 1: her tournament against Kamila Rahimova and second seeded Coco Golf

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Speaker 1: set to take on Olivia Gadeki. Meantime, Igaspontek will be

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Speaker 1: new US rights holder, has plans to shake things up

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Speaker 1: a little in the tennis world. They want to mike

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Speaker 1: those players during matches. We'll see how it goes to

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Speaker 1: the WNBA. And an update on a story you might

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Speaker 1: with Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury CEO Josh Bartlestein during

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Speaker 1: by Jane Trailer, someone I do not know and have

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Speaker 1: who bought the Sons In Mercury in twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 1: but the accusations have continued, and a lawsuit filed earlier

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Speaker 1: the Sun's director of safety, security and risk management, accuses

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Speaker 1: more WNBA news. According to multiple reports, on Thursday, owners

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Speaker 1: at a record valuation of four hundred and fifty million dollars,

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Speaker 1: More hoops. This weekend is chock full of WNBA games

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Speaker 1: to enjoy. Tonight's selection starts off strong with the Connecticut

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Speaker 1: Sun visiting the undefeated Minnesota Links at seven thirty pm Eastern.

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Speaker 1: Tune in as the Sun try to pick up their

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Speaker 1: first win of the season on Ion or WNBA League Pass.

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Speaker 1: Then there are two games on Saturday, one of which

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Speaker 1: four more games, all available on League Pass or local

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Speaker 1: our show notes. A little motorsports news friend of the show,

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Speaker 1: Catherine leg is racing this Saturday in the NASCAR Expinity

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Speaker 1: Series bet MGM three hundred event at the Charlotte Motor

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Speaker 1: Racing Team. Good luck Catherine, and good luck Elf. By

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Speaker 1: the way, shout out to ELF for sending me a

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Speaker 1: I'm obsessed. Finally, a little news for the put women's

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Speaker 1: streaming platform Fubo TV now has a women's sports hub,

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Speaker 1: making it easier for fans to find live games and documentaries.

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Speaker 1: The streaming platform already offered comprehensive WNBA coverage, as users

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Speaker 1: quick break slices when we come back. It's Hillary Knight.

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Speaker 1: cutie patuna named Bain. She coats her floors and pledged

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Speaker 1: Google it people, It's Hillary Knight. What's up, Hillary?

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Speaker 1: Thank you? Thank you? Is slap chopped? The most ridiculous

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Speaker 2: No, honestly, I keep you know, my younger teammates find

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Speaker 2: I'd like to say yes, but I know you never know.

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Speaker 1: I had a feeling the dog might have come into

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Speaker 1: Because you've done a lot of cool stuff in addition

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Speaker 2: It's it's really interesting to kind of see how this

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00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,760
Speaker 2: has become its own beast and you're seeing better games

431
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,200
Speaker 2: now at the international level. It's not just US versus Canada.

432
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Speaker 1: And you're you're all learning from each other in practice,

433
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,040
Speaker 1: learning what each other does well what each other. Yeah,

434
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,520
Speaker 1: all right, let's talk p WHL. Because your Boston Fleet

435
00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,800
Speaker 1: finished with the same number of points as the third

436
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Speaker 1: and fourth place squads, but just missed out on the

437
00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:44,439
Speaker 1: postseason after a loss on the very last day of action.

438
00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,600
Speaker 1: That is a heartbreaking way to see your season and

439
00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,960
Speaker 1: when you're that close. I'm so sorry to ask, I

440
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,120
Speaker 1: have to, I.

441
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Speaker 3: Have only like a loss was just it was such

442
00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:02,400
Speaker 3: a heartbreaking experience to go through because I love our

443
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,520
Speaker 3: fans and God blessed them for continuing to stay and

444
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,919
Speaker 3: cheer us on till the very last minute.

445
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,879
Speaker 2: But yeah, like it just goes to show that every

446
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:16,239
Speaker 2: single game, every single point was standings matters, right, Like,

447
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 2: we had an opportunity to close out and secure a

448
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 2: playoff spot, you know, well in advance of that last game,

449
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,119
Speaker 2: and unfortunately came down to the last game and the

450
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,920
Speaker 2: fashion that we lost was super unfortunate. But yeah, it's

451
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,639
Speaker 2: it's frustrating, and then to build off you know, the

452
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,159
Speaker 2: year before we got really lucky. New York did some

453
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,040
Speaker 2: wonky things for us, and we were able to find

454
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,400
Speaker 2: a playoff fit out of nowhere, being what like twelve

455
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,520
Speaker 2: or fifteen points back after Worlds something like that. Like

456
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 2: it was insane. So it every game matters, and you know,

457
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Speaker 2: I think now being in year two, going to year three,

458
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 2: you know, it's that's definitely gonna be a mindset shift

459
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 2: for us in Boston.

460
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Speaker 1: Yeah, what did you think was missing this season? I

461
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,000
Speaker 1: know you did get some luck on the way to

462
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 1: making it to the finals last year, but you did

463
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,879
Speaker 1: end up in the finals. What was missing?

464
00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:06,960
Speaker 2: Well, I think you always want to be control of

465
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 2: your own destiny, right, and you never want to leave

466
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 2: it up to chance. And you know two years we

467
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 2: kind of we've done that, and so yeah, it uh,

468
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,000
Speaker 2: you know, I joke around talking shop all the time,

469
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,920
Speaker 2: but you know, I think it's just every single shift matters,

470
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,399
Speaker 2: and I think being able to generate and feed and

471
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 2: build off of one another's momentum will put Boston in

472
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 2: a better place next year.

473
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Speaker 1: So get everyone to understand the urgency, get everyone else there.

474
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and you know it's tough, like we were

475
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,159
Speaker 2: playing a full contact like it is. It is not

476
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,439
Speaker 2: fun sometimes, Like we just came back from break, now

477
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 2: we're up in Toronto against their fans. You know, it's

478
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 2: those are hard games. Like we have tough schedules, but

479
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,400
Speaker 2: I think when you realize everyone else has a tough

480
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 2: schedule in the league, it you know, it's go time

481
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 2: and we need to be ready to embrace an opportunity

482
00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 2: to really control, you know, where we want to be

483
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Speaker 2: in postseason. And yeah, and I think you know it's

484
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 2: hard is we have such a great room and so

485
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 2: like we have that going for us, and so that's

486
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,359
Speaker 2: usually the hardest thing to have in a great room.

487
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 2: So we just need that to translate and to the

488
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,359
Speaker 2: on ice, and I think we're gonna be in a

489
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 2: great spot.

490
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Speaker 1: Season finale leaves a tough taste in your mouth, that

491
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Speaker 1: eight to one loss. And it's the Frost who you

492
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,240
Speaker 1: lost to in the Walter Cup finals last season, So

493
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,480
Speaker 1: safe to say they're the biggest rivals.

494
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they're big. I think everyone in the

495
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 2: league is, to be honest, like it's small enough. It

496
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,719
Speaker 2: feels like a blood bath out there, you know, regardless

497
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,360
Speaker 2: of who you're playing against. But yeah, I mean I

498
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 2: was looking at the schedule. I saw Fross as the

499
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 2: last game we're at home. You know, I think everyone's

500
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 2: thinking it. We had the three nothing loss in the

501
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 2: Walter Cup Finals last year, and you know, we were

502
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 2: really excited going into that game, and it just, you know,

503
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,160
Speaker 2: it just goes a show, like a bounce here, bounce there.

504
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,680
Speaker 2: It's it can be.

505
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Speaker 1: That's the worst part of sports that I always felt

506
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,440
Speaker 1: that way, no matter how hype I got, no matter

507
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: how prep di I got, no matter how much I

508
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 1: felt like my mindset was right, Like you just don't know,

509
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: and that sucks. It sucks, but it teaches you great

510
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,639
Speaker 1: lessons for life. The season's now over, which means, of course,

511
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 1: in the hockey world, everyone went to get surgery. Everyone's

512
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,359
Speaker 1: lower body injuries and upper body injuries and all the

513
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,479
Speaker 1: body injuries get revealed to be like extremely severe and

514
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 1: everyone talks about how were they skating with that? So

515
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,439
Speaker 1: tell us what yours was? What was your injury? What

516
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: was your surgery?

517
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think everyone's just banged up, but

518
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 2: mine is just uh yeah, I had to get surgery

519
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,600
Speaker 2: on Thursday, So that was not ideal. But you know,

520
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 2: it's it's just part of the game. I don't know

521
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 2: if hockey players are just like built different. There's like

522
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 2: a level of stoicism, there's a love of craziness where

523
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,399
Speaker 2: you just feel so impassioned to fulfill your duty and

524
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 2: responsibility to other teammates, and sometimes you just need to

525
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 2: take a step back and be like you were absolutely crazy.

526
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 2: But yeah, that's taken care of. Yeah, I you know,

527
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 2: felt like I didn't have as big as an impact

528
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 2: towards like the end of the year. So yeah, hopefully,

529
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Speaker 2: you know, we'll be going into next year full fully

530
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,399
Speaker 2: rolling and having fun and you know, slicing up the

531
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Speaker 2: game that I want to.

532
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Speaker 1: I noticed you didn't tell me what the injury was,

533
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 1: and I will let that stand and move on. What

534
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Speaker 1: do you make of the current p WHL final matchup?

535
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,040
Speaker 1: We've got Ottawa versus Minnesota. We're talking to you on

536
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Speaker 1: Thursday ahead of game two. So so far, you and

537
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Speaker 1: I have just watched one game in the series. The

538
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 1: listeners will have seen Game two by now. But you

539
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 1: played against these teams all seasons, so give us your

540
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 1: quick scouting report on them.

541
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:51,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the Frost plays with crazy transition speed,

542
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 2: you know, They've got some great shooters on that team,

543
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 2: so you want to keep them out of those Grade

544
00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 2: A opportunities and limit those. And then on the flip side,

545
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 2: like Ottawa plays with this like controlled chaos and has

546
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 2: some people who can just pull plays out of make

547
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,560
Speaker 2: plays out of nothing, which you know obviously tends to

548
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 2: be lethal when you're in these playoff games. So it's

549
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 2: a really exciting matchup. I think Ottawa doesn't necessarily get

550
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 2: enough credit for the type of team that they have,

551
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 2: and I know, like I do not like playing against

552
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 2: Ottawa or Minnesota, so you know, I'm curious to see

553
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 2: how this unfolds. You've got great goaltending on both ends,

554
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 2: and that's I mean, that's why you saw a game

555
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:36,200
Speaker 2: go into overtime.

556
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, Gwyneth Phillips, that was actually surprising. Best keeper, I guess, tender.

557
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: What do we say in hockey? I always mix those up.

558
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: Just goalie best goalie, and so soccer and hockey always

559
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 1: get in my in my brain about that. But best

560
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: goalie in the league all season, had the best goals

561
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,719
Speaker 1: against average, and then she just makes kind of a

562
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: boneheaded play coming out of her net, which ultimately lets

563
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 1: the frost get into that game and then thankfully for

564
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: Ottawa didn't end up killing them. But that's the whole thing.

565
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,439
Speaker 1: Anything can happen, Even the best goalie out there can

566
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 1: make a mistake like that. You mentioned expansion that's set

567
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,160
Speaker 1: for the PWHL heading into next season, Seattle and Vancouver

568
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: joining the league. What's the most exciting thing to you

569
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,880
Speaker 1: about either those two cities or the league growing after

570
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: just two seasons.

571
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think both more opportunity for women in sport obviously,

572
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 2: Like that's that's a no brainer. That's I mean off

573
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 2: the hop that's what we get, you know, to see

574
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 2: the success of the league and they make the decision

575
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 2: to say, you know, we're expanding, and obviously they've got

576
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 2: their data and numbers that show that it was successful.

577
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 2: I think as players, when we were all trying to

578
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 2: ide eate this thing, like we knew how successful it

579
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 2: would be, and so when people would ask us like

580
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 2: did you know how successfululd be? Like we've been pushing

581
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 2: for this thing for years, but Mark and kimber Walter

582
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 2: just you know, taking you know, an opportunity and really

583
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 2: building it into this thing that's going to succeed and

584
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: go the day since it's just incredible. And then in

585
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 2: terms of the actual locations of expansion, like Vancouver sounds

586
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 2: like it's an unbelievable setup, great hockey market. Obviously played

587
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 2: some awesome games out there, and Seattle is just like

588
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 2: a prime women's sports market. And I think people you know,

589
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 2: on the East in the middle, I like, you forget

590
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,080
Speaker 2: like Seattle is here to play, especially with women's sports,

591
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 2: and so that's really cool. I think, you know, as

592
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 2: someone in the league, I'm like, shoot, we don't want

593
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,760
Speaker 2: to lose our players. You know, you never want an

594
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:37,719
Speaker 2: expansion draft. So yeah, it is for players, it's depending

595
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 2: on what spot you're in your little it's a little

596
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 2: nerve wracking because there's so much uncertainty. You don't know

597
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 2: what's going to happen. You don't know what our team

598
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 2: is going to look like. And for someone who really

599
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 2: enjoyed our room and the players that we had on

600
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 2: our team, like, it's gonna be very tough. You kind

601
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 2: of have to start from from zero again.

602
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: So well, we talked about that on the show. The

603
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: expansion process the other day, five day exclusive signing window

604
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: with not protected players. So that's cool. It's sort of

605
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: this expansion team free agency before you even get to

606
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: the expansion draft. What do you make of that process?

607
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: And also teams only being able to protect three players.

608
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's wild, but you know, it's exciting.

609
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 2: It's exciting for fans. The you know, just the opportunity

610
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 2: of expansion is exciting. You know, as a player, you're like,

611
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 2: what is happening? I don't want to lose you know,

612
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 2: certain you know players on our team because we just

613
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 2: went through this whole process two years now. I'm sure

614
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 2: gms on inauurgural teams are not having as well because

615
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 2: they plan for the future. But it just goes to

616
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 2: show like this is not necessarily development league right now.

617
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 2: It's like a place in bank and you've got to

618
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 2: be ready to go. So from that standpoint, it's exciting

619
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 2: for fans. You know, you're probably gonna see more goal scored,

620
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 2: you know, and all the fun things that come along

621
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 2: with more teams and more spots. So that's that's awesome.

622
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 2: But do you think uncertainty is eating me up?

623
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Speaker 1: I'm just like, yeah, you're essentially such a veteran player

624
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: that I would imagine your coaches and GM come to

625
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: you wanting thoughts about things. Is there any chance they'll

626
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: come to you about who to protect or who to

627
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 1: who to look out for?

628
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 2: Oh gosh, no, that's I don't get paid for that.

629
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: Okay, well listen, I do a lot of things. I

630
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: don't get paid for.

631
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 2: Hillary.

632
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not how it. I know.

633
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 2: There's definitely, you know, there's definitely conversations, you know, just like,

634
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 2: you know, how are we feeling kind of thing? You know,

635
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 2: what's your ideal scenario?

636
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 1: You know, write three names down on a piece of paper,

637
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,959
Speaker 1: you hold it and slip it across.

638
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't know, but you're the only submission is that? Yeah? No,

639
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 2: you know it's I think personnel is like super important

640
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 2: in our room too, And so you know, I keep

641
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 2: talking about that, whether it's the US team or the Fleet.

642
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 2: You know, teams win championships. You know, people focus a

643
00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 2: lot on top six time on ice, who's scoring goals,

644
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 2: but it is so much the in between that don't

645
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 2: necessarily get those like sexy metrics that win US championships.

646
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 2: So when I'm looking at like, you know, hopefully I'm

647
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 2: staying with Boston, right, and so when I'm looking at

648
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 2: you know, how do we want to win a championship.

649
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 2: How do we bring a championship here to Boston? You know,

650
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 2: what do those pieces look like? And so I think,

651
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 2: like our staff understand like who I am and what

652
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 2: I can bring, and you know what I harp on

653
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 2: sort of like as a leader, and I think all

654
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 2: that will you know, hopefully align. And we're hoping, right

655
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 2: because we don't want to lose anybody.

656
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: But what if they just don't protect you and then

657
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: Hillary Knight leads Seattle to their first Walter Cup. Screw you, Boston.

658
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: You know the pw W Hotels go ahead.

659
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 2: I was gonna say, like it's it's like a win

660
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 2: win for anybody, right, Yeah, you know, you have opportunity

661
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 2: where you are, and if you know, these things are

662
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 2: completely out of a player's control, and if you go

663
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 2: somewhere else, you have an opportunity there.

664
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're not even gonna we're not even going to

665
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: talk about you getting an opportunity else. We're not doing that.

666
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: We're not doing that. The PWHL's success stems from a long,

667
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: hard fight from women's hockey players to demand better from

668
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: both the US Hockey Federation and from professional offerings, and

669
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 1: that included a really notable twenty seventeen threat to boycott

670
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: the World Championships on home soil if USA Hockey didn't

671
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: improve pay and conditions and resources. When you look back

672
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: at that fight and you consider where the game is now,

673
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: what stands out.

674
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 2: To you The game wouldn't be where it is today

675
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 2: without that. Yeah, And that's not just saying like that

676
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 2: specific team, but that team went through it to learn

677
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 2: how to stand up and fight for something and do

678
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 2: it so publicly and put everything on the line, but

679
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 2: also the strength of standing on shoulders before us, right.

680
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 2: It was you know, a team, team, team behind the

681
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 2: team effort to get something like that done. And you know,

682
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 2: I want to give credit to Lambreau, Twins and John

683
00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 2: langle Megs. You know, there's so many people that went

684
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 2: into being able to galvanize us in that way so

685
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 2: that when we were looking at the horizon what we

686
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 2: wanted for professional hockey, we knew what we wanted and

687
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 2: we could be stern and people looked at us and

688
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 2: said we were really crazy and we should be grateful,

689
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 2: as they always will. And you know, look where we

690
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 2: are for saying no, and it was a good no.

691
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: I have to say, there are some real lessons to

692
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 1: be taken from women's sports for the fights that we

693
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,320
Speaker 1: have in the rest of our world in society, because

694
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: when you look at how things get done, the hockey team,

695
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: the women's soccer team, fighting for equal pay across the board,

696
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: in these spaces, people are reaching back and asking for help.

697
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: It's people going to Cammi Granado and Billy Jean King

698
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: and Julie Foudy. They're looking back and saying, how did

699
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: you get this done? To Billy Jean back when you

700
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: had the one dollar contract, how did you get this done?

701
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 1: Faudy says to her. And when we look at how

702
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:04,279
Speaker 1: the the connections and the strength and numbers affects the

703
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: outcomes of places that feel almost hopeless, like places that

704
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: do not seem like they're going to move off of

705
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: their spot. And then you get enough people together, and

706
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: in your case, you're calling up every hockey player that

707
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 1: exists and saying they're going to call you, Like these

708
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: college kids whose dream it is to play for Team USA,

709
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: They're gonna call you and they're trying to get you

710
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: to be a scab and play in the World Championships

711
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: because we're not going to be there. You cannot do that.

712
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: You cannot take this dream in this opportunity because it

713
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: will hurt the rest of women's hockey forever. And they

714
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: didn't do it like that kind of solidarity is the

715
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: kind of solidary we probably need to model in the

716
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,280
Speaker 1: other fights that we have. And it's just like endlessly

717
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: impressive to me how women athletes and of the past

718
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 1: and present rally together for those moments. I wonder what

719
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: your relationship with USA Hockey is now.

720
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:55,839
Speaker 2: I think it's it's good. It is like to think

721
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 2: of the the growth that we've had in such a

722
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 2: small amount of times since twenty seven team because in

723
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 2: some ways like it was a long time ago, but

724
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:06,720
Speaker 2: in many it wasn't. We have an incredible support staff,

725
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 2: you know, fully fully employed behind us, which is awesome.

726
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 2: But you know, I'm always like it's a starting point

727
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 2: kind of thing. But yeah, I think you know, you're

728
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 2: seeing us play on a world stage like we've never

729
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 2: been able to compete before, and so that's exciting to

730
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 2: me that we've made so many strides in such a

731
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 2: short amount of time. And obviously contracts will come up

732
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,320
Speaker 2: for renegotiation and we have to go through those battles again.

733
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 2: But I continue to think that we show up and

734
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 2: we prove our worth every single time, and I think

735
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 2: that's one of the hardest things to do. And I'm

736
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 2: so glad you brought up BOUTI because you know, she

737
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 2: in John Laningle like she should be mentioned as a

738
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 2: name because she was the person that started. Here's the

739
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 2: catalyst for us to be like, oh, yeah, we should

740
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,359
Speaker 2: do that, and we can do that, you know. Yes,

741
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 2: I think we look at so many other like amazing

742
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,319
Speaker 2: women and what they've done and you're like, oh wow,

743
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 2: like that's great, but you don't feel like you can

744
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 2: be a part of that conversation. And so like she

745
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 2: was that that catalyst for us. But yeah, it's you know,

746
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 2: it's incredible what you're able to accomplish as a group.

747
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,400
Speaker 2: And as you put it, it was a dream. You know,

748
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 2: it's not nothing tangible really that you can ask someone

749
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 2: not to do. And so I think that was what

750
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,280
Speaker 2: was so powerful as we assembled this old fashioned phone

751
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 2: tree and had all these moments if you know, can

752
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 2: you can you say no to this because we promise

753
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 2: it's going to be better?

754
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 1: Yeah?

755
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 2: Can it even a dream? Ye?

756
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 1: Sick? So yeah, it's cool, you and I have talked

757
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 1: on my various shows over the years, uh, probably a

758
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: decade plus going back, and we've often discussed the pressure

759
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,359
Speaker 1: that women athletes feel, not just to be the very

760
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: best at their sport and everything that that entails, all

761
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: the workouts in time and energy, but also sell tickets,

762
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: promote the game, foster growth, be a role model. And

763
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,800
Speaker 1: you have been carrying the load for women hockey for decades,

764
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: one of the only household names in America in the sport.

765
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: That's it's getting better, But do you still feel all

766
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:03,720
Speaker 1: that pressure?

767
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 2: Honestly, I feel less pressure now that we have the league.

768
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:15,280
Speaker 2: I think the CBA negotiations, I think anybody who was involved,

769
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 2: like every everyone had their own I think lends to it.

770
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,399
Speaker 2: But in many ways it almost ruined me, I think

771
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 2: in my human life, because it was so exhausting and

772
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 2: so meaningful, and you felt the weight of all the

773
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 2: other players that you brought on this journey, and you

774
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 2: knew that we could not fail and the worst thing

775
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 2: would be to fail, and so that was that was

776
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 2: really tough and really trying, and now being in your

777
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 2: two to like take a breath and be like I

778
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 2: get to just go play now, you know, that's nice.

779
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 2: There will always be those pressures I think of, you know,

780
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 2: how you carry yourself, how you want to have an

781
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 2: impact on people. I think that's just innatly what comes

782
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 2: along with that Olympic space and being a leader in

783
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 2: your sport, and that's what it is specifically also too

784
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 2: in women's sports. People are going to, you know, really

785
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 2: dive down and look what you are you interested in

786
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 2: and what you believe in, and really pick that apart.

787
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 2: But I think that just comes with the territory.

788
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think about the impression that you

789
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: can leave on the next generation of players who are

790
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 1: just starting in the league, and how important it is

791
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: for you to make sure that they know how hard

792
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: you fought for it, because we're seeing that across so

793
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,319
Speaker 1: many women's sports spaces, where the folks who are just

794
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: now retiring or maybe retired a year or two ago

795
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 1: are like, damn, look at the money they're making in nil,

796
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: look at the contracts they're getting, and it's like they're

797
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: proud that they did that, but they're also like, m

798
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 1: you lucky ducks, Like look what we help to make

799
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: for you. So you're still around so you can tell

800
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: them all, Hey, this is what it looked like when

801
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: I started, and this is how different it is. So

802
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 1: be grateful, but also keep pushing because it can all

803
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: be taken away. Don't keep fighting for it in the

804
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: right ways, which is which is pretty cool. You just

805
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: mentioned the CBA, so I'm going to end on this.

806
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,839
Speaker 1: I read an article a couple of years ago where

807
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 1: you said, maybe after hockey you'd like to go back

808
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: to school after the CBA negotiations. Is that still something

809
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: you want to do or have you decided to hit

810
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,720
Speaker 1: in the books? Is maybe not the thing for you? Well?

811
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 2: So I always like I went to Wisconsin was history major.

812
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:27,759
Speaker 2: I have sort of always been like attracted to the

813
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 2: law right in that way and being able to have

814
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 2: an impact there. And it's funny because during COVID I

815
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 2: ended up getting my MBA because I was like, I

816
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 2: need structure and I went, wow, congrats, yeah thanks, So

817
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 2: like I wanted to, I didn't. It's so funny, like

818
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 2: this imposter syndrome thing. I was like, I've just been

819
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 2: playing hockey my whole life, like I want to make

820
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 2: sure what.

821
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: Am I doing with myself.

822
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 2: I'm a waist exactly. But then all the life lessons

823
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 2: I've learned in this sport are so invaluable and like

824
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 2: I can apply those anywhere. But yeah, so structure was

825
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 2: good for me during COVID with that, but I was

826
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 2: looking this far. I was like, is there an online

827
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:09,160
Speaker 2: law program? But no, I don't think I will. The

828
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,800
Speaker 2: LSA to me is just daunting and then.

829
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: You can do it. You can do it, Hillary Knight,

830
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: that squire has a real nice ring to if not

831
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 1: in life, it's a TV show. I would watch it.

832
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 2: I would watch it. There's so many things I want

833
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 2: to do and there's just it feels like there's not

834
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,440
Speaker 2: enough time. You know. I love that the same way.

835
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: I mean I do for sure, but also I feel

836
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: like I love that coming from an athlete. So many

837
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,759
Speaker 1: folks are so lost when they're done because they're like,

838
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: I'm only forty, but somehow I'm done with this whole

839
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 1: purpose of my life, Like what do I do now?

840
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: To me, it sounds like you're both wanting to keep

841
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,920
Speaker 1: playing for as long as you can and also very

842
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: much like excited about all the time you'll have to

843
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: do other things after. Yeah, what a gift. Like that's

844
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 1: such a great place to be.

845
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean just like h Like, I want to

846
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 2: invest in women's sports, right, and I want to keep

847
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 2: like talking about women's sports. I mean, so those are

848
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 2: like the two like things for me that I just

849
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 2: absolutely love to do. So awesome. Yeah, I think, you know,

850
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 2: obviously there's a transition point in time and I've been

851
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 2: playing for so long, and I will definitely be heartbroken

852
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 2: in my own way for not being able to wake

853
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 2: up and just train and do that for my job.

854
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 2: But you know, I think, you know, I'm so fulfilled

855
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 2: at the same time as well.

856
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love the Walter Cup Championship after bringing the

857
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 1: Walter Cup to Boston, to Boston, yes, and then potentially

858
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,399
Speaker 1: helping bring a team to Chicago so all your Lake

859
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: Forest fans can watch. That's even Chicago too, and.

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Speaker 2: Try we're trying to go, you know, honestly to like

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Speaker 2: Florida would be great. Like I'm just thinking places like

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Speaker 2: I want to travel, putting back.

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Speaker 1: To the list. Yeah, oh yeah, that's easy, good travel

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Speaker 1: spot throw some places in Europe on there. I've always

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Speaker 1: wanted to go to Prague. Why not? Well, we always

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Speaker 1: love catching up with you. Congrats on all the success,

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Speaker 1: enjoy the recovery from surgery and we look forward to

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Speaker 1: what's next.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much to Hillary for taking the time. We

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Speaker 1: got to take another break when we come back. Oh,

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Speaker 1: what the fact from the not too distant past, Welcome

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Speaker 1: talked with Hillary about her role helping demand more from

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Speaker 1: That work has helped create a very different landscape for

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Speaker 1: women's hockey players compared to the one Hillary played in

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Speaker 1: after graduating from college. So let's go back in time.

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Speaker 1: The year is twenty twelve and Hillary Knight just graduated

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Speaker 1: from the University of Wisconsin as a two time NCAA champion.

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Speaker 1: She's a regular member of the US national team, but

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Speaker 1: away from those team camps and tournaments, the women's hockey

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Speaker 1: landscape is a tough place. She initially joins the Boston Blades,

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Speaker 1: Nothing nada. That league operated as a nonprofit and while

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Speaker 1: some expenses were covered, players were not paid to play hockey.

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Speaker 1: After a couple seasons with the Blades, Hillary joins the

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Speaker 1: NWHL's Boston Pride in twenty fifteen. The NWHL was historic

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Speaker 1: in that it was the first league to pay women's

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Speaker 1: insurance and housing stipends were not included. Then salaries were

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Speaker 1: see you tomorrow. Good game, Hillary, Good game to that

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