"I've got a lot of confidence
right now," McCabe said.
"When Coach Housley named
me captain, I had a bigger role
that I had to take on. I had to
be consistent and perform on
the ice. Hopefully I can keep
contributing in the second
half and keep us going."
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but the support and commitment from McCabe's
family and friends never wavered.
"I had a lot of people supporting me back there,"
McCabe said. "A local bar, Dooley's Pub, was opening early and letting people come watch that didn't
have NHL Network at home. My mom was waking
up at 3 a.m. and so were my brother, sister and
everyone. It's pretty cool that they could support
me throughout this whole experience."
With UW's rich pedigree at the tournament,
support existed from within the locker room as
well. In addition to McCabe, a total of nine Badgers have won gold medals at world juniors. One
