Jesse Pierce

Something that Bill Guerin always talks about is something he looks for when he builds a roster.

And so I love it.

I love all the buzz that she got.

I love all the attention she got.

The goal you're talking about went viral.

And for women's college hockey, that doesn't happen very often.

And when I say viral, I mean everybody on all sides at the pro level.

We're watching it.

We're talking about it.

So pretty impressive to see that kid make that kind of a splash and then have the tournament that she had.

You know, for many stretches during the prelims, I thought she was the American's best player.

So certainly the future is bright for this kid.

She's going to end up being a star at the PWHL level.

Whoever gets her is going to have a wonderful, wonderful hockey player.

Yeah, and I think here in the States, you're going to see everybody kind of rally around that because what we watched last week brought everybody together, right?

Both the women's and the men's game were both so dramatic and so intense that for a while, all of us in this country that have dealt with all this division, right, the left and the right and the politics, especially here in Minnesota, for just –

at least for a day anyway, all that was put aside, and we were all on the same team cheering together.

Bars and restaurants were packed.

TVs were on.

Ratings were up.