{"time":1777426008095,"blocks":[{"id":"MSLolNoW3m","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Seattle Torrent player leadership conducted one final media\navailability a mere twelve hours following their final game of their inaugural\nseason. While deep reflection is still to come for most, there were a lot of topics\nand common trends top of mind for captain Hilary Knight, and alternate captains\nAlex Carpenter and Emily Brown."}},{"id":"i9loMmPlEF","type":"header","data":{"text":"Initial Reflections","level":1,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"Mx6jqOyhUM","type":"header","data":{"text":"Question: What are your initial reflections at the end of\nthis season?","level":3,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"5SkMuSdnSp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Knight: Incredibly proud of the group to be a part of\nthe first. Whenever we grow in newness and expansion there are a lot of\nintangibles that are difficult to overcome, but I thought our group rose to\nevery occasion regardless of what kind of adversity that we faced. I’m really\nexcited to be representing Seattle and build something outstanding here. It’s a\ntestament to the type of people we have in the room and really excited that we\nbuilt a solid foundation from a culture standpoint. It's no mistake that we\nwere at the bottom of the standings, so looking forward to next year, finding\nourselves a little bit higher up in a playoff spot will definitely be the\nutmost priority."}},{"id":"Fg2Z_tM9KE","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Carpenter: It was definitely a long season. It's\nalways hard coming into a new place and we had 20-however-many-people do\nthat. We had to put together an entirely new group, in a new building, with\nnew fans. It's always a challenge, but extremely proud of what this team\nput together. It might not look that way from an outside perspective, but\nthis group has grown a lot over the past year. You can see in our play. Every\ngame we got better. Obviously, there's ups and downs throughout the\nseason, but you can see from the first time we stepped on the ice together\nto the last game last night, how much growth every player has had."}},{"id":"yQP6Cu3BYf","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Brown: You try and stay in the moment when the\nseason's happening, but when I look back at this year and kind of the\nwhirlwind of my experience being picked in expansion, kind of getting thrown\ninto Seattle was one of the best things that happened to me. I wasn't\nreally sure what to expect. A non-traditional hockey market coming from\nMinnesota, growing up there, and it sounds cliche, but Seattle's just blown me\naway. It truly set a new precedent for hockey and fans and the culture\nhere, and it's just been an awesome experience in the most unexpectedly\nbest way."}},{"id":"E6HmFnUmjx","type":"header","data":{"text":"Areas of Improvement","level":1,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"31uB-367NH","type":"header","data":{"text":"Question: What are some of the key areas where the team\nneeds to improve next season?","level":3,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"x_y7TTiQke","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Knight: I think all areas. We ran into some\ndifficulty generating offense. Sort of hit the end of the stretch there we had\na lot of injuries that didn't help either, but regardless, everybody sort\nof had the same schedules. We saw the Olympic break, people were here\ngrinding, and we're just finding ways to have a bigger presence when we're\non the ice together. We have a phenomenal roster, and it just didn't transpire the\nway that we all thought it was going to. At the end of the day, we need to\nfind the back of the net and generate more offense. We need to have\ncleaner breakouts. Our neutral zones need to be cleaner. And all those things\ncome into play when you're thinking of all the other adversities that you're\naccomplishing or going through off the ice."}},{"id":"r-V--gzTJ8","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Carpenter: Obviously, every season comes to an\nend, whether it's before or after playoffs, and this group will keep\nbuilding in the next seasons to come."}},{"id":"hBblE-iLrV","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Brown: The mentality I always try to live by is keeping\nzero, one, or two on the board of goals against, and there was definitely\nsome games where that got a little bit more than that. Really just trying to\nfocus on, game after game, making those marginal improvements. I feel like we\ntried to do that throughout the year and keep goals to a minimum, but also\ndefinitely growth to be had. Throwing together a bit of a new team, just\nlearning chemistry and just continue to do that throughout the off-season.\nHopefully get some clarity on what this group looks like next year so that\nwe can work on that and hit the ground running a little bit.”"}},{"id":"W5ftOCZwiX","type":"header","data":{"text":"Leadership Styles","level":1,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"iitNzcorry","type":"header","data":{"text":"Question: How would you describe your leadership style?","level":3,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"tbpR1KVTFl","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Knight: When you think about what you want your room\nto look like and what that foundation is that you want to set and\nestablish for the future, you always want to have a very safe space. My\nwhole thing just with any room is making sure that everyone feels\ncomfortable and confident to be their authentic selves. You're only\ngoing to bring out the best potential in one another if people feel confident, at\nthe end of the day, to show up and want to show up every single day to do their\njob, and do more, and really buy into what we have going on here. It just\nspeaks to the testament of character and quality of people that we have in\nthis room, that genuine love and support of one another and excitement to\ncome here every single day, put it all on the line, and then, afterwards, go\nhang out and do something else as humans. These rooms are tremendously\nspecial. It's something I love about team sports and something I love\nabout hockey specifically."}},{"id":"TgxZK3KsUK","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Carpenter: I think just trying to complement Brown\nand Hill. We have three different personality styles, and I think that's\nthe most important thing with a leadership group is being able to\ncomplement one another and feed off of one another."}},{"id":"qTKpe5IxIj","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Brown: I'm just taking what we've all learned from, whether\nit's different original six teams or college teams and just bringing it in\ntogether. We were really lucky. We had some great leaders in the room. I mean\nHilary Knight is one of the best, so having her set the tone for it really got\nus going on the right foot."}},{"id":"58J4MdSEW9","type":"header","data":{"text":"Off-Season","level":1,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"sRhxZx6mE5","type":"header","data":{"text":"Question: What are your plans for the off-season?","level":3,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"UvB-IpfkQn","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Knight: I'm going to probably take a week off at some\npoint which is really exciting. It would just be nice to heal up both\nphysically, mentally recharge, rejuvenate and take some downtime. Then get\nback to the offseason and trying to build up the body to get ready for another\nseason."}},{"id":"rP6NEWHaVO","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Carpenter: Definitely get a little rest in, a little\nvacation, and then get back in the gym and get back to work. It's never really\na long time off but definitely enjoy some time around the Seattle area."}},{"id":"ADd4FdxH6r","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Brown: Hang out in Seattle until the end of the\nmonth, for sure, end of May, I should say. I want to get out to\nOlympic National Park. It's been on my bucket list. I've got a whole\nlaundry list of hikes that I've been suggested that I'm going to start ticking\noff, so I'm excited for that. But, other than that, enjoy Seattle and\nthings to do in Washington. Obviously would love to be in the playoffs doing\nother things but take advantage of the opportunity to be out here. Then head\nback and be in Chicago for a couple months and then head back to Minnesota\nfor the bulk of the offseason process and then see what happens in the\nfall."}},{"id":"fa5YUsdKSA","type":"header","data":{"text":"Hopeful for a Return to Seattle","level":1,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"ju3YchUX5x","type":"header","data":{"text":"Question: What makes Seattle special and would you like\nto be back in Seattle next season?","level":3,"linkUrl":"","anchor":""}},{"id":"nLZ9siqcWu","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Knight: Before we even started, just the\nencouragement that we were receiving and to be able to come here in July\nand do that quick media whirlwind. It was just so much fun to see the excitement\nand genuine excitement of us being here. It's no small feat. We're at the\nbottom of the standings, and we're still selling out Climate Pledge Arena. That\njust goes to show the level of love and support that this city has for\nsports. And we want to do better. And we want to rise to the top of the\nstandings so that we can reflect what Seattle city sports are all about. What's\nso special to me, personally, about Seattle is this is what I saw as being\nthe future of women's hockey. And to finally experience that firsthand is\nso, so special and have a place where people feel welcome to be able to\nwatch a sport that we all love and can share is so tremendous. That just speaks\nto Seattle. That's what it is. What an amazing opportunity to be a\npart of the first expansion team."}},{"id":"E5rc3WOH7R","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Carpenter: Yeah, definitely. It's been awesome to be\nhere and we really enjoy it. With free agency coming up and expansion draft, if\nthere is expansion, whatever’s going to happen in the next couple months, there's\na lot of wait and see. 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But just the community, and knowing\nthat the fan base accepts you and your worth isn't based just on your\non-ice performance as a team. We were selling out open practices at\nthe end of the year. It's just incredible and something I've never quite\nexperienced. We talk a lot in the locker room, too, and I speak on behalf\nof our group. It just means a lot to have that acceptance and that grace\nas we figure things out, and, again, have bigger and better sights going\ninto this next year."}}],"version":"2.31.5"}

Heather Moonka

heathermoonka@THNN

Torrent Head Coach And General Manager Discuss Season And Turn Eyes To The Future

Serdachny And Gosling: Two Different Seasons

Torrent Player Leadership Reflect On Seattle's Inaugural PWHL Season

What The Torrent Are Playing For In Their Final Game Of The Season

Finding Positives Following Seattle’s Elimination From The PWHL Playoff Race

Torrent General Manager Meghan Turner Discusses Trade, Signings, And End Of Season Plans

Torrent Struggle To Figure Out A Working System With Key Players Out And A New Addition

Hilary Knight Wants To Play For Seattle For Another Two Years

More Work To Be Done After Big Win For Seattle As The Torrent Hit The Road

Torrent Don’t Get The Win, But Milestones Continue To Shine

“It Takes Time” - Torrent Struggle In First Game Back

Hilary Knight Ready To Shift The Narrative From "Distasteful" Joke Back To The Women Playing The Game

First Half Reflections For The Seattle Torrent After Rocky Inaugural Start

Torrent Experience The Olympic Effect

The Torrent's Lengthy Road Trip: Chemistry Building? Or West Coast Disadvantage?

Penalties Stop Any Torrent Momentum In Loss To The Fleet

Torrent Win An Exciting Takeover Tour Shootout Against The Sceptres

Sirens Win Back And Forth Contest In Dallas, O'Brien Scores Hat Trick

Takeover Tour Brings Bilka and Simpson Home to Texas

Torrent Stop The Victoire From Scoring In Final Two Frames To Win 2-1