You always hope [for a call-up]. You don't expect anything. You just play your game, and hopefully they'll recognize you and give you a chance.

Now it's just adjusting speed-wise. Hopefully, I can adjust quicker than most.

All I saw was how good the American [Hockey] League can be. It was like a mini-NHL. The first two lines on every team are playing in the NHL now. It was a good first year for me to have that kind of competition.

She's quite a player. If that's a freshman girl, I hope when she's a senior we don't have to play her. I think the state of South Dakota will be seeing a lot more of Harding County in the years to come.

You have to really straddle the fence. Definitely, you don't want to be a caricature. I hope to never play a caricature and that's the challenge - what are the subtleties and nuances in the character himself and how do you bring those out and make him more realistic? But then also, you can't make him too sympathetic, because at the end of the day, you have to be able to dismiss that kind of character because they're wrong in every way, shape and form.

This is my fourth final and I just hope to enjoy myself and play my game. Previously I haven't been able to do that in finals. It's great to meet the No.1 player in the world, it will be a good experience for me.