Origins & Early Life

Marie-Philip Poulin (born March 28, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is also the captain of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was named the IIHF Female Player of the Year in 2025. Poulin is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion with the Canadian national team.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

She scored the game-winning goal in the gold medal games in three out of five of the Olympics in which she competed (2010, 2014 and 2022), for which she was dubbed Captain Clutch by her teammates and the media. 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. Since 2015 she has served as the captain of Team Canada, leading them to silver medals at the 2018 and 2026 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She is the first person to score 20 Olympic goals in modern ice hockey. Raised in Beauceville, Quebec, Poulin started her career playing for the Montreal Stars in the now-defunct Canadian Women's Hockey League at the age of 17, while...

Enduring Legacy & Impact

The historical impact and works continue to influence the modern world.

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