Hilary Knight

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Hockey superstar Hilary Knight joins Kelley to talk about her historic career and the battles she’s fought on and off the ice. Hilary discusses wanting to be an Olympian before women’s ice hockey was even included in the Games, breaking records at Wisconsin, the perils of too many college shenanigans, how she survived on closing-time Dunkin’ Donuts during her first professional seasons, fist-fighting with the Canadian national team, and why the Americans and Canadians put their differences aside to form the PWHPA. Go deeper. Together With: WISS, your full-service accounting & business growth advisory partner. Get a 30-minute advisory session Sports Save You Money.

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0:00.0	That's not the life I want. Like I want to like make a living playing women's hockey at the highest level.
0:07.0	Welcome to the Just Women's Sports Podcast, where we talk to the biggest athletes in the world about the untold stories behind their success.
0:17.0	I'm Kelly O'Hara, and my guest today is Hillary Knight.
0:20.0	Hillary is one of the most decorated hockey players of all time, a two-time national champion at the University of Wisconsin,
0:26.3	Hillary has won eight world championships with the US national team as well as an Olympic gold medal in the 2018 games.
0:32.4	Off the ice, Hillary is a vocal advocate. as well as an Olympic gold medal in the 2018 games.
0:33.1	Off the ice, Hillary is a vocal advocate for women's hockey,
0:36.0	and in 2019 she helped found the Professional Women's
0:38.6	Hockey Players Association, which continues to push
0:41.0	for change in sport.
0:44.8	Hillary, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me.
0:46.2	Yeah, of course.
0:47.6	Just to start at the beginning, how did you first get into ice hockey?
0:52.4	I read you wanted to be an Olympic hockey
0:54.9	player since you were five, but then I like went and did some research and saw that
0:59.2	women's
1:03.0	hockey wasn't going to be until 98 is that correct?
1:04.0	So you're five women's Olympic hockey isn't even a thing.
1:08.8	How does that come about?
1:10.3	Yeah, I think it's kind of crazy looking back. so I'm like, wait, what? Like where did I get that idea from? But, you know, I think just seeing like the guys on TV and watching the NHL and that was how I viewed hockey. And that was like the ultimate level and also seeing them in the Olympics and obviously that the
1:27.1	1980 I wasn't around for but hearing about it and how instrumental and pivotal it
1:31.8	was for the sport and also for the world.
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