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Women's hockey legend Hilary Knight joins the Coors Light Landing, 1st intermission (1/21) · Seattle Kraken Audio Network

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  Speaker 1: with the neighbors of the Cracked this evening, without further Ado,
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  Speaker 1: live on set here a women's hockey legend. Fifth times
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  Speaker 1: she'll be at the Winter Olympics, most ever in the
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  Speaker 1: women's or men's gamer final one. By the way, she's
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  Speaker 1: won one gold medal back in twenty eighteen, looking for more.
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  Speaker 1: This is a legacy in the making. Without further Ado,
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  Speaker 1: Hillary Night joining us live the one and only here
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  Speaker 1: on set. Thank you very much for being with us.
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  Speaker 2: How you doing, Thanks for having me. I'm ecstatic. This
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  Speaker 2: game's electric.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you get to play first off and one
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  Speaker 1: more Winter Olympics here a dream for many. But I mean,
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  Speaker 1: what's the feeling like getting a chance to do this
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  Speaker 1: now for a fifth time.
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  Speaker 3: It's the same magical feeling as the first one.
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  Speaker 2: Right, you hear your name call, You're like, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna represent TMOSA in the world stage with such
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  Speaker 2: an incredible group, and yeah, it's a magical moment, dream
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  Speaker 2: come true.
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  Speaker 3: I can't wait to get over there and start getting
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  Speaker 3: to work.
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  Speaker 1: Many of us remember goldback in twenty eighteen. It electrified
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  Speaker 1: this entire country, and to the average viewer, it might
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  Speaker 1: be hard when you comprehend what that feeling is like
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  Speaker 1: once you get up on stage. But yet many say
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  Speaker 1: that when you win one, the craving grows to win
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  Speaker 1: another one. How much of that is true?
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  Speaker 3: That's why I'm still cracking on it.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's an incredible feat to be able to go
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  Speaker 2: to the Olympics and then to bring back some sort
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  Speaker 2: of hardware. But to have that experience in twenty eighteen,
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  Speaker 2: you just get bitten by.
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  Speaker 3: It and you want to bring more golds to the
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  Speaker 3: United States.
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  Speaker 2: You understand what it is for the growth of women's hockey,
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  Speaker 2: and it's just such an incredible visibility moment, that tangible
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  Speaker 2: object you win at the Games that you can then
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  Speaker 2: bring back to your community and share with everybody.
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  Speaker 1: How long did it take for you to clear your
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  Speaker 1: phone out of text messages after you won that gold medal?
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  Speaker 2: I yeah, it was nuts, it was wild. I heard
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  Speaker 2: from people I hadn't heard from in a while. But
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  Speaker 2: it just goes to show like there's so many people
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  Speaker 2: part of this journey. It's not just necessarily us players
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  Speaker 2: on the ice. We were a part of something bigger
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  Speaker 2: than ourselves. It's really cool to feel that support and
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  Speaker 2: extremely grateful to be able to have an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: represent our country.
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  Speaker 1: That's a winning goal does as far as putting you
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  Speaker 1: in a different stratosphere. As Hillary Night joins us live
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  Speaker 1: right back here by the Corps light landing and Session
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  Speaker 1: twenty going here to the Winter Olympics once again, but
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  Speaker 1: also a big part of the Torrent. And I'll get
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  Speaker 1: to the Torrent here shortly, but let's get to your
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  Speaker 1: teammates here for the Torrent. In this mixer for the
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  Speaker 1: Winter Olympics, six are going. You're a part of four
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  Speaker 1: going for Team USA. And I look at this across
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  Speaker 1: the board from Carpenter to Bilka to Gostling, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: what makes you the most proud for what they're doing
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  Speaker 1: as well to also play on the stage.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I absolutely love what everyone's bringing right now on
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  Speaker 2: the Pro Series and going to continue that success on
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  Speaker 2: Best on Best tournament play. But you've got some outstanding players,
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  Speaker 2: people who have been there part of course before, like
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  Speaker 2: a Kayla Barnes, and then you've got some new energy
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  Speaker 2: coming up through the rings with Hannah Bilka Goss as well.
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  Speaker 2: Tej has obviously been there before. But it's an awesome
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  Speaker 2: mixture and we're really lucky here in Seattle to have
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  Speaker 2: this these caliber of players be able to play here
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  Speaker 2: night and night out.
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  Speaker 1: The Olympic record for hockey medals is five that is
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  Speaker 1: held by Janet Hefford and Haley Wickenheiser. Should Team USA
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  Speaker 1: resea podium you tie those record holders? What would that
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  Speaker 1: mean for you as far as the stage of your career.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, those are incredible names, right, I mean those
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  Speaker 2: are those are goats and they're you know, it's just
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  Speaker 2: so special to be able to be in those conversations,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I'm incredibly grateful to have been in
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  Speaker 2: the program for as long as I have been an
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  Speaker 2: honor to be able to represent Team USA for for
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  Speaker 2: this many years. But what I'm hearing is you're saying
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  Speaker 2: I should go for six.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, right, and six might be right around the corner here.
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  Speaker 1: And at this stage of your career when you wear
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  Speaker 1: a seat special what defines leadership. But what kind of
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  Speaker 1: leaders make the most of an impact for you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think just understanding the room, knowing how to
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  Speaker 2: communicate effectively with different players. We all come from different
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  Speaker 2: backgrounds and making sure that we can, you know, access
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  Speaker 2: the most potential out of one another and really know
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  Speaker 2: when to drive, when to take off a little bit
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  Speaker 2: in high pressure situations. But really just getting along and
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  Speaker 2: developing that chemistry and you know, advocating for people and whatnot.
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  Speaker 2: But there's a lot that goes into wearing the sea.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously surrounded by incredible other leaders as well, so it
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  Speaker 2: takes the big pressure off of that role a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the times. But yeah, it's getting your team to
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  Speaker 2: get going at the right moments is critical.
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  Speaker 1: The more you win, the more. It just seems to
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  Speaker 1: grow the women's game as far as its impacts vision
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  Speaker 1: and the exposure as well. And it means you're a
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  Speaker 1: part of this now in Seattle for this for a season.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen some gray Crafts turn out here for these
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  Speaker 1: home games that climb the Pledge Arena and this team
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  Speaker 1: turning plenty of aheads of Torrent are in year one.
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  Speaker 1: But what does it mean to have Torrent hockey right
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  Speaker 1: now live and see that become a reality here in
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  Speaker 1: this town.
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  Speaker 3: It's incredible.
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  Speaker 2: We walk into the building for Cracking game tonight, We're like,
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  Speaker 2: this is this is our home?
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  Speaker 3: CPA is our home? Like that that's insane right year one.
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  Speaker 2: To play in such a caliber facility is incredible, and
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  Speaker 2: then to have the fans that show up for us
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  Speaker 2: is just it's awesome to be able to take the
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  Speaker 2: ice in front of so much love, so much support.
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  Speaker 2: You can feel the energy in this facility and it's
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  Speaker 2: it's incredible.
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  Speaker 3: So hopefully we're here for a long time. Awesome.
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  Speaker 1: You and the rest are making some great strides. All
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  Speaker 1: the best. You're coming up in the Winter Olympics. Thank you, Hillary,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you again. Team USA opens a prelim round February
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