51 Quotes by Hayley Wickenheiser

It's really exciting. We've been working eight, nine months for this moment. It felt a little surreal, going to the rink, getting our stuff and leaving but we're ready to go.

It's our first meeting since the worlds, so it will be interesting to see what they look like, and how we look as well.

It's great to see the other nations doing well, but as far as this tournament goes, we've got to be ready to beat the U.S.. We'll try not to think about it until the final, but it's always there. It has to be. We always play them, and it's a rivalry.

It was kind of a nice moment. It was exciting to get the 100th goal and to do it in Finland where I played before... it was sort of a neat feeling.

It was painful. So I just tried to pass more than shoot.

It (Sweden's participation in the final) is great for the game.

They made a huge banner and all the kids and staff signed it. It's a little hard to say goodbye to Noah. He's almost six now so he knows what's going on. He said 'I'll see you over there mom,' and gave me a stuffed animal to send me on my way - a shark, so I'll have that in my room.

I hope that (Canadians) will be proud and understand how we had to go through this tournament to get to the end result.

I didn't expect much from Italy, but Russia I thought would be better. I don't think they played with much heart.