Maria Rooth
Maria Rooth
Maria Elisabeth Roothis a Swedish ice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey player to have her jersey retired above the ice of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Rooth is alternate captain and one of the most experienced players on the Swedish national team, which she has been a part of since 1996...
beat bigger confident felt heart kim proved today win
I felt confident that we would win because we had Kim and they had all the pressure. I always thought a bigger heart could beat better talent, and I think today proved it.
felt kim pressure win
I felt we were going to win because we had Kim and they had all of the pressure. We had no pressure at all. We could go out and have fun.
chance kim knowing stayed stop
We just stayed positive. This is the chance of our lives. We just went out in the shootout knowing that we had Kim in net. She's going to stop most of the pucks, and hopefully, we can put some in, too.
beat bigger heart
I've always thought a bigger heart will always beat talent.
chance goal kim knew knowing stay stop
We had to stay positive. It's the chance of our life. And knowing we had Kim in goal ... we knew she was going to stop most of the pucks and we just had to put some in.
athletics gold hearts medal played proud team
I am so proud of this team and to be in the gold medal game. This team has a big heart. We played our hearts out. It is awesome.
asked beat believe deep everybody felt last night past talked
We talked last night and asked everybody to try to feel what it would feel like to win. We wanted everybody to see that picture. ... The one thing different in the past was deep down, we didn't believe we could beat them. We felt we could this time.
chance kim knew knowing lives stop
It was the chance of our lives and, knowing we had Kim in goal, we knew she would stop all the pucks.
seen
We've seen 'Miracle' so many times. We said (Thursday) we were going to make a new miracle.
cent chances per
They're probably going to have 80 per cent of the puck. We're just going to take the chances that we get.
front ice puck
There was so much ice in front of the net, I wanted to shoot. I didn't want to deke because I thought the puck would stop.
beat bigger heart proved today
I always thought the bigger heart will always beat talent, and today proved it.
apart believe believed close deep tonight
We've been very close with the Americans before. The one thing that set us apart was, deep down, we didn't believe we could win. Tonight we believed it.
happy huge proud team
I'm so proud of this team. We couldn't have done it without everyone on this team and I'm just so proud and happy to be in the gold-medal game. ... Big heart, that's why we won. We have a huge heart.