Jenny Potter
Jenny Potter
Jennifer Lynn Schmidgall-Potteris an American ice hockey player. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Currently, she plays for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League, where she won the league championship and was named MVP for the 2008–09 season. She was...
challenge face great kindness looking reminder wondering
We were all kind of looking at each other, wondering what we had to do. It was a great reminder to just keep working for every minute. This is the kind of challenge you have to face in the Olympics.
coming convenient letting schedule store train work
The store I work with, they've been fantastic, working around my schedule, being able for me to train when it's convenient and letting me go for tournaments and coming back and just working around my schedule has been great.
job older role toward veterans younger
Because I'm one of the older players, I'm more of a role model, ... I'm someone to look toward for the younger kids. Our job as veterans is to show how it's done.
came chances hundred levels top
At other levels you get a hundred chances to score. Where I came from, I was a top player. When you get here you take every chance you get.
chances few maybe missed net work
We had a lot of chances and maybe missed the net a few times, but that's all things that we can work on in practice.
capitalize chances needed twice
We had twice as many chances as they did, we just didn't capitalize when we needed to.
changing enjoy experience game screw
You just go out and play your game. You can't think about 'What do I need to do to make the team.' All you can do is your best. If that's what's going to do it, that's what's going to do it. If you try changing yourself, you're going to screw your game up. You've got to try to enjoy the experience and have fun.
good
I think they're going to be a good team. They're going to be fast. They're going to make you think.
brings eyes game tears walk
Obviously, it's disappointing, but we have another game to win. It's hard. It brings tears to my eyes. But we've got to walk away from this with something.
backbone close games helped others played playing saved solid
She's a solid goalie who's been playing really well. When we played (Mankato) in college, she was the backbone of their team. She really helped them out and saved a lot of games or made close ones out of others that would've been blowouts.
basically biggest factor game won
She basically won the game for them. She was the biggest factor why they won today.
basically game stood won
She basically won the game for them; she stood on her head.
beat beginning dream people surprised tournament
We said at the beginning that people were going to be surprised at how competitive this tournament was. This is disappointing, and it's hard. It's all you dream about. But they beat us. What else can you say?
bronze excited great hard redeem rest throw worked
We were excited to go out and redeem ourselves. We wanted to show the rest of the world we're a great team. We worked hard this year. We weren't going to throw it away because of one game. We wanted that bronze medal.