Olympics: Staff USA's Taylor Heise talks American pleasure at Winter Video games

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With the load of the complete nation on her shoulders in the midst of additional time within the Winter Olympics gold medal matchup towards Canada, American Taylor Heise handed the puck as much as Megan Keller after which made a beeline for the bench.

Heise stated she didn’t see what occurred subsequent.

"I handed the puck up and I skated as quick as I may to the bench and by the point she’s already scored, I used to be nearly there after which everybody began to hop and that’s after I knew she had scored. So, I simply turned proper again round," Heise recalled in an interview with Fox Information Digital on Saturday. "After I’ve watched it about 10 occasions, like, it’s unbelievable she did that and simply such a ballsy play to make in an additional time however she’s somebody that’s so gifted and might completely try this with grace each time."

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Taylor Heise #27 of Staff United States Laila Edwards #10 of Staff United States have fun the victory after the Girls`s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Sport between USA and Canada (2-1 OT) on day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic video games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Enviornment on Feb. 19, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Pictures)

It was pleasure and triumph from there.

The American staff ran over to Keller in celebration as Staff USA took home its first gold medal in ladies’s ice hockey since 2018 and solely third general within the staff’s historical past on the Olympics.

"It positively was reduction," Heise stated of the second she was capable of throw her gloves up within the air and hit the ice in celebration. "I believe after I was capable of throw my gloves in and do all that and get to have fun with the women, I simply suppose reduction in one of the best ways, not reduction in the truth that we didn’t consider that we may do it, however reduction in the truth that we had been carried out and we lastly completed the job and climbed Mount Everest and did what we wanted to do.

"Simply an unbelievable feeling and it’s been tremendous enjoyable to relish in that. And I believe now as we speak’s been the primary day I can similar to chill out and take a second to essentially bask within the glory that we’ve made for ourselves right here and I’m tremendous excited to stay in it and it’s positively moments I’ll have for all times."

One second that Heise urged stood out for her was the power to listen to "The Star-Spangled Banner" play after the staff obtained the gold medal.

She talked about the significance of it in her postgame media availability with reporters on Thursday and opened up about it once more with Fox Information Digital.

United States' Grace Zumwinkle, left, and Taylor Heise have fun after victory ceremony for ladies's ice hockey on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photograph/Hassan Ammar)

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"Taking part in on your nation and the pleasure of the place that you simply stay in is fairly superb and to put on that USA emblem in your chest daily it’s one thing that you simply don’t wish to take without any consideration daily," she stated. "I believe typically issues can get repetitive. We’ve been right here for 22 days and also you’ve bought to typically bear in mind why you do what you do and do not forget that hockey is a child’s sport and it’s only a enjoyable sport to be part of, and to symbolize your nation on the highest degree there's, it’s fairly unbelievable.

"And to have the total assist of everybody again dwelling, that’s most likely been my favourite half. The messages we’ve gotten from previous alumni and individuals who performed on the staff and simply people back in the U.S. , that’s positively been one among my favourite elements as a result of they clearly see the expertise and pleasure that we performed with for certain."

Heise will take the unforgettable second in for the following few days, however her season is way from completed.

She is going to return to the ice for the Skilled Girls’s Hockey Leage’s (PWHL) Minnesota Frost. She is one among six Frost gamers who were on Team USA . The staff will get again to motion on March 1 towards the Montreal Victoire.

With tens of millions of individuals watching the gold medal sport, Heise urged she was assured that the PWHL picked up some new followers.

United States' Grace Zumwinkle, left, and Taylor Heise (27) have fun after successful the ladies's ice hockey gold medal sport towards Canada on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photograph/Carolyn Kaster)

"I might take every week off in Mexico however I perceive that’s not potential," Heise joked. "However yeah, we’re all excited to return and to get began again with the PWHL. It’s positively a league that’s given us a platform to play on and form of wanting again to the WNBA and the way they began. It’s a constant grind and it’s not simply you go from right here to right here in two days.

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"With our expansions and every little thing, it’s positively been a tough course of for lots of people, transferring groups and such, however I simply suppose, you understand, 7.7 million those who tuned in for that gold medal sport, which is superb by the way in which, I simply suppose it’s fairly particular as a result of I believe we gained lots of new followers. No matter for those who’re only a ladies’s hockey fan otherwise you tuned in to the Olympics and now understand that we play in knowledgeable league. It’s fairly particular and I count on us to have just a few extra followers that present up for our video games and resolve that they wish to be PWHL followers sooner or later."