Ben Smith
Ben Smith
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The players named themselves. They stepped forward with the way they played. I think we'll start to take on a personality now.
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We are excited with the talent assembled for our U.S. women's national team. The festival featured a deep pool of players and really highlighted the tremendous development of women's hockey in the United States.
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Well, you saw why she's here. She's one of those players that's scored in every sport at every level she's played at. She's always had that particular knack.
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Great players are left behind when teams are selected. This team is no different than any other team.
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Of all the players here, she might have the best chance of being here in 2010 or 2014 because of what the game means to her.
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The young players coming up in our team are really remarkable. That's one thing I hope people will remember about this year for this team: That we gave several young players a chance to take ownership and assert their place for the United States. ... I realize everybody has an opinion, and a lot of those opinions favored Cammi. But that's part of my job.
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In Shelley's case ... she's left parts of her body in rinks all over the world. Now it's up to the players left in the program not to fill that footprint -- those are special players -- but just to be able to line up alongside it.
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I think they're ready to except the responsibility of being the leaders of this team. The natural feeling for players is to hang on too long. But time marches on. We're setting the clock to players that are playing at the highest level right now.
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The core is pretty much intact from the world championship team. We think we have players of equal or greater ability. We still have a lot of experience. Their hockey knowledge is solid because of their backgrounds.
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I think we need more women in our leadership positions. I hope that day is coming, and I hope it comes soon.
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I think anytime you can give yourself flexibility in this type of an event, it just gives you a way to take care of the unexpected.
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It isn't the same game it was four years ago, or even one year ago. We're a much different team, and the Canadians have made changes as well. The rest of the world is getting better every day. You've got to meet those challenges head-on, or you're going to get caught from behind.
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We figured we'd get in one last bit of exercise before being cooped up for days.
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I think it's a good thing for them to keep up. It opens your eyes to different aspects of biology.