Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin netted two goals and pulled off an Olympic first in the gold medal game against Team USA in Beijing.
Published 16 mins agoMarie-Philip Poulin has excelled on the big stage her whole career, and she was the best player on the ice in Thursday’sPoulin entered the contest with five goals in three gold medal game appearances, all of which were against Team USA. She added two more to that total on Thursday, bringing her to seven gold medal game goals for her career and making her the first men’s or women’s hockey player to score in four Olympic gold medal tilts.
Poulin turned defense into offense for her first goal. She picked Kelly Pannek’s pocket in the U.S. zone and beat goaltender Alex Cavallini to put Canada up 2-0 in the first period. She extended Canada’s lead to 3-0 as she corralled a rebound and found the back of the net midway through the second period. Download our local news and weather app for
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