Pete Fenson
Pete Fenson
Peter Fensonis an American curler. He was the skip of the men's rink that represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the bronze medal, the first Olympic medal for the United States in curling. He has won eight national championships, the most recent in Philadelphia in March 2014, and six as skip...
ProfessionCurler
Date of Birth29 February 1968
closing ending feeling felt festive opening rather ready strange
It felt a lot different than the Opening Ceremony. It was a little more festive rather than feeling like the ending of the Games. It was a strange feeling to be closing down, but because we've been here so long, we're ready to go home.
couple ice missed played struggled
I struggled with the ice a little bit. Don't get me wrong, they played well ... and made the ones they had to make and we missed a couple and that usually makes the difference.
expected hear swiss yelling
We could hear the Swiss yelling and stuff. We expected that.
coming control expected fantastic far game games knew
So far so good. We've been in control of the games so far. We expected it to be a fantastic game today. We knew we had to play well coming in.
came game guts guys playing rock throwing tough
Obviously, we feel very good. The guys showed guts today. It was a tough game to play. We've been playing well all week, everybody's been throwing the rock good. Today, we came out and just did it again.
bring gave heart miles shot thousands
My heart was going 100 miles an hour. I gave it to my sweepers to bring home. It's a shot we've done hundreds or thousands of times.
family
My family was, and is, a curling family.
ceremony close olympics opening people shocked
We were shocked to see this many people when we got into the terminal. The opening ceremony in the Olympics was unbelievable, but this is a pretty close second.
break fact miss points
We got kind of a break on a miss by him. The real thing was his miss more than my make. The fact that we stole two points was big for us.
call clubs explosion exposure game local people trying
That's our No. 1 goal, to get people out there and trying it. Any kind of exposure that the game can get is going to help. That's why we see an explosion with the Olympics, because people see it on TV, they watch, they call their local clubs and they want to participate.
bring chance early losses win
It's very much too early for that. This was an important win for us. It was a chance to bring them back to us. But more important, we have two losses and we've got to win some games.
good sink starting
It's starting to sink in now. It's good to be home.
beats call country fantastic few hard italy time
It's fantastic for them. It's fantastic for their country. Any time a country with as few curlers as Italy beats Canada, it's a big deal. It's pretty hard not to call them a powerhouse.
ask funny seen
It was funny to see. If you were to ask me if I had ever seen that at curling, I'd say no.