September 23, 2025 • 15 mins
The captains for Chris MacKenzies' Women's Hockey Team trying to three peat as regular season champs, plus get back to the NCAA's
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I think hopefully going forward we continue with that.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What's it like where some of the rest of the
country got their start last weekend and you guys are
sitting here just waiting to finally get out there and
do your things.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
I think it makes us more eager than anything. I
think we've invested a lot in each other, a lot
of time just pushing each other and ourselves to get better,
and I think being able to see other teams compete
just makes us that much more excited to hit the
ground running.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
What as it say about the confidence and the joy
and everything that you guys feel.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
In this building that the senior class has stayed together,
stayed here, been here where you just sort of.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Is what can you tell us that we don't get
to see that has made it you guys be able
to stay here.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
I just feel like we all have like so much
love for the game, and that brings like a lot
of love for each other as well. We also have
like great dynamics outside of the rink, which really helps
bring like positivity and closeness like into the rink.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So I think that helps a lot.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Just going off of what Kyla said, I think something
that really resonates with a lot of us. Is that
the people make the place, whether it be the staff,
the team, the rest of the girls like that kind
of love, Like Kyla was saying, just fosters such a good,
nurturing environment that doesn't make anyone want to deviate from
anything that we're really building.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
So to your coach said that this is the hardest
schedule he's put together thirteen years, and you stand.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Here, Just what does that say about you, guys? That
trust he has in you? And are you looking forward
to the job? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (01:30):
I think we're all looking forward to the challenge. We
all like to play good opponents. I think he definitely
trusts us and we've kind of built this program up
so the heart of the schedule that's probably means we're
getting better, right, So I think it's a good thing.
I think we're all ready for the challenge. We want
to play better teams.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yeah, we're ready.
Speaker 7 (01:52):
Tia, your career since you got here and spanned a
lot of versions of this program, I remember talking with
you TSA, and how have you seen this program grow
and evolve and get to the point that it is
now since you first arrived.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
Yeah, I mean, you guys probably know the stats better
than I do. But we were probably about a five
hundred team when I got here, and we hadn't won
any championships. Right Like then, we had a season where
we went to the NCAA tournament one hockey's regular season,
won the playoffs. Like I think that year really set
us apart, and that year it made us feel like
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we don't have that underdog mentality anymore, which we definitely
still want to have that mentality, but it's definitely a
different mindset that you need to have every game. Other
teams are going to be giving you your best if
you're the top dog, right, so we have to show
up every game. It's not like back when I started,
you know, like we're in middle of the pack team,
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like some teams might take us lightly and we can
upset them.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Now it's it's not like that.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Every game is we're going to get the other team's best.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
And as one of the defends, when seven on this team,
it's some saying that you know, on any given night,
freshman defensemen are going to have to jump right in
and be detective. So how has your role been in
bringing them along to make sure that they are ready
to hit the ground there.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Yeah, for sure. I think I was fortunate enough in
my experience to play a variety of different roles on
this team, and I think being able to use my
experience to kind of get in touch with the other roles,
connect with them early on, give them that kind of
safe space to open up will help facilitate their ability
to perform on the ice. And you can tell to
even just based off our exhibition game, there's a lot
of confidence from our group, which is awesome, and that's
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something we really like to embrace.
Speaker 8 (03:40):
Piggyback on this question to you because Coe said that
with the decor, you're you know, a big vocal help
to the defense, and maybe I mean you can talk
about it as well, like how can a goalie other
than making saves all the defense, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
As far as communication and break out and all that stuff.
Speaker 6 (03:59):
Yeah, well, how I see it is I'm always looking
up ice right, Like if pucks in the corner, their
back is to the play. So I just try to
give them as much as I can as far as
like how many people are coming on, how hard they're
coming at them. What I see is a good play,
and I think that helps you guys.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
For the young D.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
It just helps them like they of course they need
a shoulder check. Of course they need to, but it
gives them a little more confidence. Like if they see
they need to go D to D and I say
D to D, it just gives them that confidence. And
then like as far as in the locker room, like
just reassuring like we're doing the right things, like they're
doing the right things in the ozone D zone. I
think confidence for freshmen is a huge thing. They've worked
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so hard to get to this point. They deserve to
be here. It's just now we got to perform.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Just sorry, oh, I was just gonna say. Kind of
piggybacking off of that communication is definitely key. And having
Tea on the back end being able to vocally like
help us out when we need it helps us feel
more secure in ourselves to make the right but also
trust each other. And because we have Tia, knowing that
she's watching her back makes us a lot more confident
in the place that we're making.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You know, how much of you developed here? A lot,
A lot. I think that's a hefty question.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
I think every aspect of my game has gotten better
in some regard.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Like I think back to my first year here, I probably.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
Didn't even come into the net to play pucks behind
the net half the time.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Now I'm eager to get out there. And coaches, even like.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
They hold off sometimes you don't like, No, I want
to be in the play. And then just like learning
the speed of the game, when to freeze, the pluck, management,
all that stuff. I think in that regard has gone up. Athletically,
our strength coach told Demcro He's done an amazing job
in helping me physically get better. So I think every
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aspect has improved, and I just hope it's well rounded.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And yeah, you mentioned the strength coach, and this year,
I'm assuming the offseason you're mentally preparing for a larger
workload just without Meghan alongside. So what have you been
doing this offseason to get yourself ready.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
For that increased load.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Yeah, Well, we were really fortunate the last couple of
years to have Meg and I because we were a
one A one B. You know, we could go off
each other if one of us wasn't healthy that day,
the other one is right there. It's not like we're
going to number one goalie to another number two goal
It wasn't like that in the last few years and
not saying that's the case this year, but I think
for me, looking for a higher workload, just keeping recovery good.
(06:38):
Like in the gym, I'm not trying to push through injuries.
I think it's more of like a smart do the
right thing physically, stay healthy, that kind of thing.
Speaker 7 (06:49):
Kila team's been defense first the last few years, and
then the goals come from that. But how much of
a spark does coming in and how much does she
give you guys in the forward group.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Yeah, looking back on her history, she's definitely been a
top scorer, top producer in her past teams. So having
her come on our team, it kind of gives us
a little bit more confidence in a way that she
wants to score and it makes us want to do
the same and kind of follow after her. She's already
been such a leader just coming in within the first month,
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and she's a phenomenal player, Like she has so much speed,
so much accuracy with her shots. So I feel like
she's fitting in very well and she's going to really
produce a lot of offense, which will make us want
to produce more offense as well. Dude, what team?
Speaker 1 (07:48):
What excites me?
Speaker 6 (07:49):
Most is the ability to win a championship. I think
we all get fired up about that fact. I think
we have some some fight because of what happened last year,
Like we won the regular season, but it was like
unfinished business, like we didn't we didn't have that end goal.
And this year we have a young core and you know,
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like they're energized to go. We're all energized to go.
I think we have high skill. I think we have
those grinding forwards, so I think we're well rounded. It
excites me that we have the ability to go far.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
You guys are part of a bigger picture here at
Yukon where a.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Lot of teams have a lot of success. You've raised
the bar the last few years.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Cavs boys finally got to an NCAA's last year. But
then you just go down the road and you see
all the success that ends up big cample. Is there
a do you guys ever think about a certain mentality
that you have to keep the high standard of ukond
of athletics up to a certain point and if you're
not there. Grace Jackins said this last year they were
seeing it all around them and they finally won the
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biggiest championship last year to hold up there into the bargain.
Do you ever think about that love of success that
goes out in this place?
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Yeah, we got these. This is kind of a I
don't know, but at the basketball game, I think it
was one or two years ago, they were handing out
these T shirts that said Championship DNA, and I think
in a way that kind of resonated with me in
terms of how encouraging and how inspiring it is to
see how successful all these teams have been. Aside from
the championships, but just the cultures that they've been creating
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and being able to build off of that within our
team has really helped us.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Do you ever get a chance to talk to some
of the other athletes around here and we kind of
get a vibe.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
On what that's like.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
I've been super fortunate to be a part of Kyle
and I are in the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, so
we have the opportunity to interact with multiple student athletes,
and then Broke Campbell and I are also part of
a Husky Advantage group, so we get to chat with
other girls and leadership roles on other teams from time
to time. Which also is really beneficial for us as well.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Also, like you said, something like holding the standard, I
feel like there's no pressure at all to be the best.
It's more of like a sense of community throughout each team.
We have a lot of mutual friends on each team,
and it's more of like a community where we want
to push each other to get better while still having
like that friendship and having fun at the same time
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in a way.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
All right, I'll piggyback on that what page, just the
ore around page and what she meant not only to basketball,
where her little kids everywhere you see that. I mean
that's something kind of getting off, can't you. I mean,
just appreciate as fellows student athlete, just to see what
she means to a lot of people, and maybe you
feed off of that.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Yeah, I think it's really cool, like seeing what she's
done and what she has created here. Just seeing like
especially what you said, like the little kids like looking
up to her. That's something that we want to also do.
Especially her being like a woman in sport, it's kind
of inspiring for each one of us to want to
be at that level in our sport and be successful
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like she is.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
I think it's just amazing what she's done as an athlete,
Like the media draw she has, she has a voice
in women in sport, inclusivity, that's the right word in sport.
I think it's amazing what she did with her her title,
kind of like we're all, yeah, her platform, her, we're
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all student athletes, and I think some of us could
take more of an advantage of that sometimes. But I
think she did such an amazing job of using that
platform and running with it and doing the right thing
with it. So I think that's really amazing to look
up on.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I know she's sitting right next to you. What does
it mean to have somebody like Tia in goal for
the team?
Speaker 8 (11:42):
I mean, does it do something for the confidence or whatever.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
Within the program?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
For sure, definitely from a confidence standpoint to have someone
that solid behind you, it just instills a sense of
confidence in all of us that we can do what
we need to do. And having Tia on our backs,
obviously we can.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Trust each other, trust ourselves in a.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Way that I don't know if a lot of other
teams would be as fortunate enough to have.
Speaker 7 (12:05):
How does Cameron compare to Riley?
Speaker 4 (12:09):
No comparison, like they're two totally different people. They definitely
have similar similarities for sure, but yeah, they're both just
like full of energy, full of hard work, grit, Like,
they're amazing people to be a part.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
Both both of them kill it in the gym, kill
it on the ice. Like the fitness that comes out
of that family is at a level that I haven't seen,
and like from their parents right down to all three
of the kids, Like.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I wish I had those genes. Yeah, they're amazing. Yeah,
who'd you guys? How'd you get started in hockey?
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Three of you?
Speaker 5 (12:46):
Was there a player or just parents or where did
it start for you?
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Guys?
Speaker 6 (12:52):
I have two older brothers and they both play hockey,
and I always wanted to be like them, obviously, so
I learned to skate.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
And then anytime we'd play street hockey.
Speaker 6 (13:03):
They needed a goalie. So I guess who was thrown
a net? It was me, And here we are.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Mine's kind of similar. I have an older brother, he's
three years older than me. He was also into hockey,
and when I was like being able to walk, I
was like, put me in skates kind of deal, and
then I just wanted to follow in his footsteps. Grew
up on a street with like a bunch of guys too,
so we were playing street hockey as well, but basically
just looking up to my older brother.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
My dad played hockey at a varsity level, and my
mom was kind of on the fence being like, oh,
let him, I explore, do what she wants to do.
So it's actually deciding between dance and hockey, and after
my first on stage performance with dance, I decided to play.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
It's gotta be cool. You know you mentioned street hockey.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
I mean even a lot of us probably growing up playing.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Street hockey, dreaming of playing Game seven for the Stanley Cup.
Now you have that ability now to dream that dream
with a pro league.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Does that make you even hungrier.
Speaker 6 (14:05):
To oh, definitely, definitely, And like the platform with the
Olympics is amazing, Like I think that's before there was
the pro League, all of us dreamt of playing in
the Olympics, and so there's that, and then now we
have the Pro League, which is something that we didn't
really even think about when we were younger, and it's
a dream we have now, but it's also a reality
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that can happen for all of us.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
I think with younger girls as well. I think there's
going to be a lot more not even talent, but
a lot more like higher caliber of play because from
such a young age, they can look up to these
girls and it's a new mentality of wanting to go
pro and wanting to be that next level that they
can have and they can dream of, and it's a
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real reality now that they can have, which is pretty cool. Mhm.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Answer the other question, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Guys six wise, Hello,
I think hopefully going forward we continue with that.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
What's it like where some of the rest of the
country got their start last weekend and you guys are
sitting here just waiting to finally get out there and
do your things.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
I think it makes us more eager than anything. I
think we've invested a lot in each other, a lot
of time just pushing each other and ourselves to get better,
and I think being able to see other teams compete
just makes us that much more excited to hit the
ground running.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
What as it say about the confidence and the joy
and everything that you guys feel.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
In this building that the senior class has stayed together,
stayed here, been here where you just sort of.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Is what can you tell us that we don't get
to see that has made it you guys be able
to stay here.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
I just feel like we all have like so much
love for the game, and that brings like a lot
of love for each other as well. We also have
like great dynamics outside of the rink, which really helps
bring like positivity and closeness like into the rink.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So I think that helps a lot.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Just going off of what Kyla said, I think something
that really resonates with a lot of us. Is that
the people make the place, whether it be the staff,
the team, the rest of the girls like that kind
of love, Like Kyla was saying, just fosters such a good,
nurturing environment that doesn't make anyone want to deviate from
anything that we're really building.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
So to your coach said that this is the hardest
schedule he's put together thirteen years, and you stand.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Here, Just what does that say about you, guys? That
trust he has in you? And are you looking forward
to the job? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (01:30):
I think we're all looking forward to the challenge. We
all like to play good opponents. I think he definitely
trusts us and we've kind of built this program up
so the heart of the schedule that's probably means we're
getting better, right, So I think it's a good thing.
I think we're all ready for the challenge. We want
to play better teams.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yeah, we're ready.
Speaker 7 (01:52):
Tia, your career since you got here and spanned a
lot of versions of this program, I remember talking with
you TSA, and how have you seen this program grow
and evolve and get to the point that it is
now since you first arrived.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
Yeah, I mean, you guys probably know the stats better
than I do. But we were probably about a five
hundred team when I got here, and we hadn't won
any championships. Right Like then, we had a season where
we went to the NCAA tournament one hockey's regular season,
won the playoffs. Like I think that year really set
us apart, and that year it made us feel like
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we don't have that underdog mentality anymore, which we definitely
still want to have that mentality, but it's definitely a
different mindset that you need to have every game. Other
teams are going to be giving you your best if
you're the top dog, right, so we have to show
up every game. It's not like back when I started,
you know, like we're in middle of the pack team,
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like some teams might take us lightly and we can
upset them.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Now it's it's not like that.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Every game is we're going to get the other team's best.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
And as one of the defends, when seven on this team,
it's some saying that you know, on any given night,
freshman defensemen are going to have to jump right in
and be detective. So how has your role been in
bringing them along to make sure that they are ready
to hit the ground there.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Yeah, for sure. I think I was fortunate enough in
my experience to play a variety of different roles on
this team, and I think being able to use my
experience to kind of get in touch with the other roles,
connect with them early on, give them that kind of
safe space to open up will help facilitate their ability
to perform on the ice. And you can tell to
even just based off our exhibition game, there's a lot
of confidence from our group, which is awesome, and that's
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something we really like to embrace.
Speaker 8 (03:40):
Piggyback on this question to you because Coe said that
with the decor, you're you know, a big vocal help
to the defense, and maybe I mean you can talk
about it as well, like how can a goalie other
than making saves all the defense, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
As far as communication and break out and all that stuff.
Speaker 6 (03:59):
Yeah, well, how I see it is I'm always looking
up ice right, Like if pucks in the corner, their
back is to the play. So I just try to
give them as much as I can as far as
like how many people are coming on, how hard they're
coming at them. What I see is a good play,
and I think that helps you guys.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
For the young D.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
It just helps them like they of course they need
a shoulder check. Of course they need to, but it
gives them a little more confidence. Like if they see
they need to go D to D and I say
D to D, it just gives them that confidence. And
then like as far as in the locker room, like
just reassuring like we're doing the right things, like they're
doing the right things in the ozone D zone. I
think confidence for freshmen is a huge thing. They've worked
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so hard to get to this point. They deserve to
be here. It's just now we got to perform.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Just sorry, oh, I was just gonna say. Kind of
piggybacking off of that communication is definitely key. And having
Tea on the back end being able to vocally like
help us out when we need it helps us feel
more secure in ourselves to make the right but also
trust each other. And because we have Tia, knowing that
she's watching her back makes us a lot more confident
in the place that we're making.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You know, how much of you developed here? A lot,
A lot. I think that's a hefty question.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
I think every aspect of my game has gotten better
in some regard.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Like I think back to my first year here, I probably.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
Didn't even come into the net to play pucks behind
the net half the time.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Now I'm eager to get out there. And coaches, even like.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
They hold off sometimes you don't like, No, I want
to be in the play. And then just like learning
the speed of the game, when to freeze, the pluck, management,
all that stuff. I think in that regard has gone up. Athletically,
our strength coach told Demcro He's done an amazing job
in helping me physically get better. So I think every
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aspect has improved, and I just hope it's well rounded.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And yeah, you mentioned the strength coach, and this year,
I'm assuming the offseason you're mentally preparing for a larger
workload just without Meghan alongside. So what have you been
doing this offseason to get yourself ready.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
For that increased load.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Yeah, Well, we were really fortunate the last couple of
years to have Meg and I because we were a
one A one B. You know, we could go off
each other if one of us wasn't healthy that day,
the other one is right there. It's not like we're
going to number one goalie to another number two goal
It wasn't like that in the last few years and
not saying that's the case this year, but I think
for me, looking for a higher workload, just keeping recovery good.
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Like in the gym, I'm not trying to push through injuries.
I think it's more of like a smart do the
right thing physically, stay healthy, that kind of thing.
Speaker 7 (06:49):
Kila team's been defense first the last few years, and
then the goals come from that. But how much of
a spark does coming in and how much does she
give you guys in the forward group.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Yeah, looking back on her history, she's definitely been a
top scorer, top producer in her past teams. So having
her come on our team, it kind of gives us
a little bit more confidence in a way that she
wants to score and it makes us want to do
the same and kind of follow after her. She's already
been such a leader just coming in within the first month,
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and she's a phenomenal player, Like she has so much speed,
so much accuracy with her shots. So I feel like
she's fitting in very well and she's going to really
produce a lot of offense, which will make us want
to produce more offense as well. Dude, what team?
Speaker 1 (07:48):
What excites me?
Speaker 6 (07:49):
Most is the ability to win a championship. I think
we all get fired up about that fact. I think
we have some some fight because of what happened last year,
Like we won the regular season, but it was like
unfinished business, like we didn't we didn't have that end goal.
And this year we have a young core and you know,
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like they're energized to go. We're all energized to go.
I think we have high skill. I think we have
those grinding forwards, so I think we're well rounded. It
excites me that we have the ability to go far.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
You guys are part of a bigger picture here at
Yukon where a.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Lot of teams have a lot of success. You've raised
the bar the last few years.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Cavs boys finally got to an NCAA's last year. But
then you just go down the road and you see
all the success that ends up big cample. Is there
a do you guys ever think about a certain mentality
that you have to keep the high standard of ukond
of athletics up to a certain point and if you're
not there. Grace Jackins said this last year they were
seeing it all around them and they finally won the
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biggiest championship last year to hold up there into the bargain.
Do you ever think about that love of success that
goes out in this place?
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Yeah, we got these. This is kind of a I
don't know, but at the basketball game, I think it
was one or two years ago, they were handing out
these T shirts that said Championship DNA, and I think
in a way that kind of resonated with me in
terms of how encouraging and how inspiring it is to
see how successful all these teams have been. Aside from
the championships, but just the cultures that they've been creating
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and being able to build off of that within our
team has really helped us.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Do you ever get a chance to talk to some
of the other athletes around here and we kind of
get a vibe.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
On what that's like.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
I've been super fortunate to be a part of Kyle
and I are in the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, so
we have the opportunity to interact with multiple student athletes,
and then Broke Campbell and I are also part of
a Husky Advantage group, so we get to chat with
other girls and leadership roles on other teams from time
to time. Which also is really beneficial for us as well.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Also, like you said, something like holding the standard, I
feel like there's no pressure at all to be the best.
It's more of like a sense of community throughout each team.
We have a lot of mutual friends on each team,
and it's more of like a community where we want
to push each other to get better while still having
like that friendship and having fun at the same time
(10:13):
in a way.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
All right, I'll piggyback on that what page, just the
ore around page and what she meant not only to basketball,
where her little kids everywhere you see that. I mean
that's something kind of getting off, can't you. I mean,
just appreciate as fellows student athlete, just to see what
she means to a lot of people, and maybe you
feed off of that.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Yeah, I think it's really cool, like seeing what she's
done and what she has created here. Just seeing like
especially what you said, like the little kids like looking
up to her. That's something that we want to also do.
Especially her being like a woman in sport, it's kind
of inspiring for each one of us to want to
be at that level in our sport and be successful
(10:57):
like she is.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
I think it's just amazing what she's done as an athlete,
Like the media draw she has, she has a voice
in women in sport, inclusivity, that's the right word in sport.
I think it's amazing what she did with her her title,
kind of like we're all, yeah, her platform, her, we're
(11:19):
all student athletes, and I think some of us could
take more of an advantage of that sometimes. But I
think she did such an amazing job of using that
platform and running with it and doing the right thing
with it. So I think that's really amazing to look
up on.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
I know she's sitting right next to you. What does
it mean to have somebody like Tia in goal for
the team?
Speaker 8 (11:42):
I mean, does it do something for the confidence or whatever.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
Within the program?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (11:47):
For sure, definitely from a confidence standpoint to have someone
that solid behind you, it just instills a sense of
confidence in all of us that we can do what
we need to do. And having Tia on our backs,
obviously we can.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Trust each other, trust ourselves in a.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Way that I don't know if a lot of other
teams would be as fortunate enough to have.
Speaker 7 (12:05):
How does Cameron compare to Riley?
Speaker 4 (12:09):
No comparison, like they're two totally different people. They definitely
have similar similarities for sure, but yeah, they're both just
like full of energy, full of hard work, grit, Like,
they're amazing people to be a part.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
Both both of them kill it in the gym, kill
it on the ice. Like the fitness that comes out
of that family is at a level that I haven't seen,
and like from their parents right down to all three
of the kids, Like.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I wish I had those genes. Yeah, they're amazing. Yeah,
who'd you guys? How'd you get started in hockey?
Speaker 4 (12:46):
Three of you?
Speaker 5 (12:46):
Was there a player or just parents or where did
it start for you?
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Guys?
Speaker 6 (12:52):
I have two older brothers and they both play hockey,
and I always wanted to be like them, obviously, so
I learned to skate.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
And then anytime we'd play street hockey.
Speaker 6 (13:03):
They needed a goalie. So I guess who was thrown
a net? It was me, And here we are.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Mine's kind of similar. I have an older brother, he's
three years older than me. He was also into hockey,
and when I was like being able to walk, I
was like, put me in skates kind of deal, and
then I just wanted to follow in his footsteps. Grew
up on a street with like a bunch of guys too,
so we were playing street hockey as well, but basically
just looking up to my older brother.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
My dad played hockey at a varsity level, and my
mom was kind of on the fence being like, oh,
let him, I explore, do what she wants to do.
So it's actually deciding between dance and hockey, and after
my first on stage performance with dance, I decided to play.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
It's gotta be cool. You know you mentioned street hockey.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
I mean even a lot of us probably growing up playing.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Street hockey, dreaming of playing Game seven for the Stanley Cup.
Now you have that ability now to dream that dream
with a pro league.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Does that make you even hungrier.
Speaker 6 (14:05):
To oh, definitely, definitely, And like the platform with the
Olympics is amazing, Like I think that's before there was
the pro League, all of us dreamt of playing in
the Olympics, and so there's that, and then now we
have the Pro League, which is something that we didn't
really even think about when we were younger, and it's
a dream we have now, but it's also a reality
(14:26):
that can happen for all of us.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
I think with younger girls as well. I think there's
going to be a lot more not even talent, but
a lot more like higher caliber of play because from
such a young age, they can look up to these
girls and it's a new mentality of wanting to go
pro and wanting to be that next level that they
can have and they can dream of, and it's a
(14:50):
real reality now that they can have, which is pretty cool. Mhm.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Answer the other question, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Guys six wise, Hello,
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