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...
hit missed net pipe stood tons
I think we outplayed them. We had tons of shots; they didn't go in for us. We missed the net and hit the pipe I don't know how many times. The goalie stood on her head. We had our chances.
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.
gotten talking
I've gotten better about talking more and being a leader,
brings bury eyes stood tears
Their goalie stood on her head, and we didn't bury it. It's hard. It brings tears to my eyes. I think we outplayed them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
across canada great hockey
It's great for women's hockey to see that it's not just U.S. and Canada across the board.
country great happen victory wish
It's a great victory for their country and program. I just wish it didn't have to happen tonight.