Marie-Philip Poulin

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Marie-Philip Poulin
Date of birth March 28, 1991
place of birth Québec City , Québec , Canada
Nickname The female Sidney Crosby
size 169 cm
Weight 72 kg
position striker
number # 29
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2007-2009 Stars de Montréal
2009-2010 Team Canada
2010-2015 Boston University
since 2015 Les Canadiennes de Montréal

Marie-Philip Poulin , married. Poulin-Nadeau , (born March 28, 1991 in Québec City , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who belongs to the Canadian women's national team and has played for Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2015 . In her home country she is known as " Sidney Crosby of women's ice hockey" because of her style of play and her early successes .

Career

Marie-Philip Poulin started figure skating at the age of four, but two years later she wanted to play ice hockey just like her brother Pier-Alexandre. In 2005 and 2007 she took part in the national U18 championships with the Quebec team, and in 2007 for the province of Quebec in the Canada Winter Games . She then worked for the Stars de Montréal from the Canadian Women's Hockey League for two years and won the Clarkson Cup , the championship trophy of the CWHL , with them in March 2009 . During the 2009/10 season she suspended the league game operations and took part in the centralized preparation of Team Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics. During this time she lived with Kim St-Pierre , Caroline Ouellette and Charline Labonté , who became not only athletic but also personal mentors for her.

Success in the NCAA

In 2010 Poulin began studying at the Faculty of Education at Boston University and played at the same time for their ice hockey team, the Terriers , in Hockey East . In her first season there, she received many personal awards as a freshman and was the first Terriers player to be awarded Hockey East Rookie of the Year . She was also nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award .

In the following season, Poulin missed 18 games due to an injury. In both 2011 and 2013 she reached the finals of the NCAA Frozen Four with the Boston Terriers and was elected to several All-Star teams by Hockey-East and the NCAA in 2013.

International

Poulin (2nd from right) at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games award ceremony

Poulin began her international career in the U18 national team, with which she won two silver medals at junior world championships. She was the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points at the U18 tournament in 2008 and was named the best striker. In 2009 she made her debut in the women's national team and took part in the 2009 World Cup. She won the silver medal with the national team.

In 2010, at the age of 18, she was the youngest player on her team, she won the gold medal with the national team at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver . She contributed five goals and two assists to this success, scoring the only two goals in the final against the USA. In recognition of the achievements shown, she was elected to the all-star team of the tournament.

In 2011 she won another silver medal with Team Canada at the World Cup , and the gold medal at the World Cup a year later . In the 2013 world championships, Poulin shone with 12 points from 5 games, making it the top scorer of the tournament and consequently being named Most Valuable Player and Best Striker and elected to the All-Star Team. On February 20, 2014, she scored two goals for Team Canada in the Olympic final against the USA and achieved another Olympic victory with this .

Achievements and Awards

CWHL

NCAA

  • 2011 Nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
  • 2011 Hockey East All-Rookie Team
  • 2011 Hockey East Rookie of the Year
  • 2011 New England Women's Division I All-Star Team
  • 2012 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
  • 2013 Hockey East First Team All-Star
  • 2013 New England Division I All-Star
  • 2013 Frozen Four All-Tournament Team
  • 2013 Hockey East All-Tournament Team

International

Career statistics

CWHL and NCAA

season team league Sp T V Pt SM
2007/08 Stars de Montréal CWHL 16 22nd 21st 43 16
2008/09 Stars de Montréal CWHL 6th 4th 4th 8th 8th
2010/11 Boston Terriers HE 28 24 23 47 22nd
2011/12 Boston Terriers HE 16 11 14th 25th 14th
2012/13 Boston Terriers HE 35 19th 36 55 18th
2014/15 Boston Terriers HE 32 27 27 54 18th

International

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2008 Canada U18 World Cup silver 5 8th 6th 14th 4th +15
2009 Canada U18 World Cup silver 5 5 7th 12 2 +10
2009 Canada WM silver 5 2 3 5 0 +3
2010 Canada Olympia gold 5 5 2 7th 2 +7
2011 Canada WM silver 5 3 1 4th 4th +3
2012 Canada WM gold 5 3 4th 7th 2 +6
2013 Canada WM silver 5 6th 6th 12 2 +12
2014 Canada Olympia gold 5 3 2 5 0 +6

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b CBC , Forward Poulin draws Crosby comparisons
  2. ↑ La Presse , Marie-Philip Poulin, la Crosby du hockey féminin ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lapresse.ca
  3. ↑ a b c olympic.ca, Olympic profile Marie-Philip Poulin
  4. ↑ goterriers.com, Terrier Profile - # 29 Marie-Philip Poulin
  5. ^ Marie-Philip Poulin - Canadian Olympic Committee
  6. ^ Eight WCHA Players among Nominees for 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
personal data
SURNAME Poulin, Marie-Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Quebec , Canada