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
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.
bit color definitely friday help medal sure victory
A medal of any color is good. That definitely would help us get over it. I'm sure a victory on Friday would make us feel a little bit better.
bad common knew played shook stay thinking
I just told him to stay strong. It's a pretty common thing. But you can't keep thinking about bad throws. He just shook it off and played the way we knew he could play.
extremely playing
He's extremely strong. And he's been playing great.
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.
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.
kitchen parlor pizza shoot
We actually had a shoot at a pizza parlor the other day. They had me in the kitchen making pizza.
feels good great grow help
Hopefully, this will be a great thing. Hopefully, it will help grow the sport. It feels very good right now.
knew played shook
He just shook it off and played the way we knew he could play.
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.
close good key position rest win
The key for us is to win the close ones. We're still in a good position for the rest of the way.
amount competition guys played throughout time tough
The guys played good. I didn't have to make a whole lot of tough ones today. They just did what they've been doing throughout the whole competition and the amount of time we've been together.