Rob Blake

McDonald's was the best thing we could have.

Just a different level of hockey IQ.

Did you ever get nervous, like, depending on the stakes of the game?

Not really.

Like I said, we were really sheltered in the village.

I don't think we understood the pressure Canada and U.S.

that we were putting on themselves.

Like...

You're kind of, and the social media wasn't nearly what it was, right?

So we didn't have a lot of that.

So it was just, you know, show up, the guys in the room, same thing, go back, get in the village together, hang out, show up and play the game.

You knew it was important to win.

I did not understand the importance of a gold medal for Canada at that time.

Down 3-2 to Jersey.

Yeah, you're right.

Had to come back to that one.

I felt pressure, pressure win.

Cause I think at the stage of my career, I might've been, I don't know, close 30 or something at that time.

Had been to the finals early in 93, but you know, hadn't been in the playoffs for a few years too.

So that type of pressure due to, if you're going to get back there, you got to get this finished.