CALGARY - In retrospect, Marie-Philip Poulin realizes she’s partly to blame for a massive drop in work productivity across Canada on Feb. 20, 2014.
On a regular basis, she hears confessions from regular, law-abiding citizens in connection with that day, when Canada miraculously came from behind to win gold in women’s hockey at the Sochi Olympics.
“When they realize who I am and what team I play for, they always tell me where they were when they watched the game,” Poulin said this week at the Canadian women’s hockey team fall camp in Calgary. “It amazes me every time.