Natalie Rose Darwitz (born October 13, 1983) is an American ice hockey executive and retired player, currently serving as general manager of PWHL Minnesota in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).[1] (wikipedia)
It's great for their country, it's great for their program. I just wish it wouldn't have been us.
It definitely hurts. This is not why we came here, to play in the bronze medal game.
It's hard. It's really hard. After all we've sacrificed. After six months of hard work. I've been home only a couple of times all year.
Those boys are fast, and they can fly.
We're not used to this pace, this speed, and the guys were coming at us 100 miles per hour. I think in the second period, you really got a glimpse of how we could play against them.
It's all about pride now. Do we want to go home and throw it in the bag and say, 'Screw this' and get drunk tonight? Or are we going to try to turn it around and go home with a medal?
Maybe it's Lake Placid in their country; it's not in ours.
If you're going to the casino, I'd probably bet on the U.S. and Canada.
If you ask anyone on this team and they tell you they were pumped for this game, they aren't telling you the truth.
The better team doesn't always win. I think we were more dominant.