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PYEONGCHANG“Everything I do on a daily basis – since Sochi – is for PyeongChang. So it’s definitely in the back of my mind at all times; every single choice is like, ‘Is this getting me closer to PyeongChang? Is this getting me closer not only to our team goals, but to my personal goals as well?’ But at the same time, we are in a constant try-out and evaluati on process. The key to the game is to get better and progress, but also to stay healthy, so there are a lot of variables that go into this final stretch.”“I absolutely loved ice hockey as soon as I started at the age of five or six; I couldn’t get enough of it. I would go to sleep in all my equipment and just be really excited for practice the next day. I would have pucks underneath my pillow because I thought it was good luck. There’s nothing like it – there’s nothing that’s so dynamic and fast, and there’s nothing like the feeling you get when you’re skating around the rink and you get the wind through your hair.” PASSIONDESTINATION PYEONGCHANGOLYMPIC REVIEW 49