There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed.

It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard.

The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and the impact that I can have if I'm fully committed to it.

I'm not playing for lack of options. But this is such a fleeting thing. When I'm done, I'm never, ever going to be able to come back to it. I know Vancouver is my last go.

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.

There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed.

In a way, by being fully committed to the Olympic movement globally, I'm better able to promote women's hockey and talk about women's hockey and put a face to women's hockey, to all the IOC members.