VANCOUVER — Marie-Philip Poulin sat in the Team Canada dressing room, 20 minutes into the gold medal game at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, trying not to smile.
She had just scored two goals in less than three minutes against their U.S. rivals. And while there were still 40 minutes left to play, Poulin was also an 18-year-old soaking in her first-ever Olympics.
“Oh my god, did that just happen?” she thought at the time.
The first goal Poulin scored held up as the winner for Canada’s third-straight Olympic gold medal and — with more than 19 million viewers in Canada — made her a household name across the country.
On Wednesday, playing in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s neutral-site game in Vancouver, Poulin returned to the scene where she first announced herself on the international stage — and scored her first game-winning goal at Rogers Arena in nearly 15 years. Another two-goal performance was a fitting return to the city where she (publicly) launched perhaps the greatest career in the history of women’s hockey.
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— Victoire de Montréal (@PWHL_Montreal) January 9, 2025
“It’s kind of crazy coming back here,” Poulin told The Athletic. “It was my first Olympic experience … it…
