Marie-Philip Poulin

Marie-Philip Poulin
CQ
Poulin with the PWHPA in 2019
Born (1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 (age 33)
Beauceville, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 Montreal Victoire
National team  Canada
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 United States
Gold medal – first place 2021 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2022 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2024 United States
Silver medal – second place 2009 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2011 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2013 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2015 Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2016 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2017 United States
Silver medal – second place 2023 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2009 Germany

Marie-Philip Poulin CQ (born March 28, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and captain for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is also the captain of the Canadian national ice hockey team.

A three-time Olympic gold medallist and four-time World Champion with the Canadian national team, Poulin famously scored the game-winning goal in the gold medal games in three out of four of the Olympics in which she competed (2010, 2014 and 2022), for which she was dubbed Captain Clutch by her teammates and the media.[1][2][3][4] Following another game-winning goal at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, she completed an unprecedented "golden goal hat trick" at major international championships.[5] Since 2015 she has served as the captain of Team Canada, leading them to a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]

Professionally, Poulin played for and captained Les Canadiennes de Montreal in the now-defunct Canadian Women's Hockey League, before joining the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), a non-profit dedicated to increasing the professionalization of women's hockey, in 2019. In 2023, she signed with Montreal in the newly established PWHL. While playing with Les Canadiennes, she won the Clarkson Cup twice and was named CWHL MVP three times.[7] She is the first female hockey player to win the Northern Star Award as Canada's top athlete of the year, and the second to receive the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press' female athlete of the year.[8][9][10] She is widely considered to be one of the greatest women's hockey players of all time.[11][3][12]

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  3. ^ a b Crechiolo, Michelle (November 10, 2019). "Marie-Philip Poulin: Captain Clutch". NHL.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Boynton, Sean (February 16, 2022). "Canada wins gold in women's hockey at Beijing Olympics with 3-2 win over U.S." Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Marie-Philip Poulin's golden goal hat trick puts her into uncharted territory". CBC Sports. September 2, 2021. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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  7. ^ Kennedy, Syd (March 31, 2020). "NHL players voted Marie-Philip Poulin the best female player in the world". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Hockey star Marie-Philip Poulin named Canada's top athlete of 2022". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. December 7, 2022. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Hill, Andrew (December 7, 2022). "2022 Northern Star Award: Marie-Philip Poulin is Canada's top athlete". The Daily Bash. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  10. ^ "Marie-Philip Poulin voted The Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2022". CTV News. December 28, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  11. ^ "Forward Poulin draws Crosby comparisons". CBC News. February 22, 2010. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010.
  12. ^ Salvian, Hailey (March 21, 2019). "Is Marie-Philip Poulin the greatest of all time in the women's game?". The Athletic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.