It's odd, that's why I don't like telling people I played field hockey. It's real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, 'Oh, you girl!'
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In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada.
When I was growing up, you didn't know there was a women's national team. Now girls grow up dreaming of playing for Canada.
Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.
I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia, I'm not sure why, but we didn't have any ice where I lived. It was very hot - a coastal town.
I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.
Growing up, I was like any Aussie kid - you know we love our sport - that was my favourite subject at school. That is a subject, right?
I have a huge interest in hockey because I grew up in Canada, where it's kind of the law that you love hockey.
Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.
I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on.
Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it.
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