In 2014, when Marie-Philip Poulin’s shot went in, everyone celebrated but her. In 2021, she was the only one celebrating.
The 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship Gold Medal Game was a classic, but familiar at the same time. Poulin’s overtime winner gave Canada a 3-2 win over the United States to clinch their first World Championship gold medal since 2012 — and first gold in any best-on-best senior women’s tournament since 2014 — on Tuesday night in Calgary.
The game had several similarities to Canada’s last gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Canada was down 2-0 to the United States.