96 Quotes by Angela Ruggiero

I've never played a consolation game in my life. We expected to be playing for a gold medal.

That's who the book was written for. It's awesome to go on the road and be able to influence so many young girls. The team is so excited to be able to do that and I take it as an honor.

That's women's hockey. Some refs think that if somebody falls down, you've got to call it. Part of that is the talent differences, because things look different to the refs when two teams are playing at two different speeds. Hopefully they're not doing that when we play Canada.

This has been a long time in the making for our game. They say there's no parity in women's hockey. Well, now you know better. It doesn't make me happy, but that's hockey.

This has been a long time in the making for our game.

You can't look at it as a consolation prize. At the beginning of the tournament, we said we wanted to bring home one color, and we're bringing home another, but we're still proud.

You can't look at it as a consolation prize.

There was no need for that. They're trying to pad their stats. Canada is running up the score for whatever reasons personal, short-term.

It was really important for her to play at this tournament, get the nerves out. That's the biggest thing for the goalie. Had they scored earlier in the game when they had the chances, it might have been a different ballgame.