Ellen Weinberg-Hughes

Can you talk about that? But then also like going into that gold medal game, where does, people always ask and we always hear the questions like, do you plan these calls? Do you find, do you have to, I would assume you have to have an idea of something that's going to be said, but you can't predict what's going to happen.

But did you know going into that game that this could be one of the biggest moments in hockey history? And does that change the way you approach it?

So it used to be an NHL sweater up there above my shoulder.

I switched it out when I went on Matthew Kachuk's podcast back in May.

So I was not working the Canada-Czech game earlier, but I was there in the building.

And that game went to overtime, and Canada pulled it out.

And then U.S.-Sweden, Mika Zibanejad, ironically, ties it in the final moments, 1-1, and it goes to overtime, and then Quinn Hughes scores the winner.

So the U.S. and Canada come that close on Wednesday.

They are surrounded by people who will make excuses and accommodations for them, so that's how they begin to live their life, and it manifests in even simple things.

Um, you know, like day-to-day things, like Ellen Hughes parking in the middle of a crosswalk in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to run in and get her coffee.

Mm-hmm.

And she's not, I mean, she's, uh, a pro athlete.