Melody Davidson
Melody Davidson
Melody Davidsonwas the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was the head coach of the gold medal winning 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics Canadian women's team...
accepted
Our sport hasn't always been accepted by every nation.
horses
I was honest. I just said we were horses---.
either hits motivate whatever
We don't like to see any hits like that from either team. But whatever we use to motivate us won't come from the other team. It will come from us.
along move playing puck room smaller
We didn't do that intentionally. We were playing on smaller ice, so it's a lot more physical. There's not as much room to move, so if you don't move the puck along quickly, you're going to get hit.
days next
We just didn't compete. We'll be much better the next days and the next games, but that's just not acceptable.
finland game playing stealing sweden tournament win
We're pretty young as a sport. If you look at the men's game way back, it was just a one- or two-team tournament as well. It's a long process, but they're getting there. If we're not playing sharp, I could see Sweden and Finland stealing a win on us.
hope men patient people
We just hope people will be as patient with us as they were with the men when they started.
along coming mission since towards
We've been coming along all year. Everybody's pretty excited. We've been on a mission since May and we're just going to keep working towards it.
leadership matter period team tremendous wears
We've got tremendous leadership on this team period - it doesn't matter who wears the letters.
bodies canadian everybody flag nobody proud question wear women
These women wear the Canadian flag in every part of their bodies and everybody has to be proud of them and nobody should question them.
believed game knew negatives team trusted
The team believed and trusted in each other. There were no negatives on the bench. Everyone knew we had a lot of game left.
help lost replace share team value
The whole team agrees, the money, we can share that and help each other out, but we can't replace that sentimental value that Becky has lost right now.
caught drama earlier motivated ready sure team
After the drama of the earlier game, I'm sure the Finns were motivated and our team was a little caught off guard. I think as a team we just said 'let's get ready for our game.
best motivated teams
You're always motivated to play the best teams in the world.