Marie-Philip Poulin was on the ice when the Americans scored in overtime, chasing back. She saw the puck go in, and she continued skating, behind the Canadian net, around the boards, to the bench. She slammed the door behind her.

A lot of tears were shed by Team Canada players after a devastating end to a dramatic Olympic gold medal game in women's hockey.

MILAN (AP) — Captain Marie-Philip Poulin rejoined Team Canada’s women’s hockey team for practice Friday for the first time since being sidelined by a lower-body injury at the Milan Cortina Games. Poulin missed the team’s two final preliminary round games,

With Thursday’s gold-medal game, Poulin surpassed hockey legends Jayna Hefford and Hayley Wickenheiser for the most games played by a Canadian at the Olympics (26). She also joined them as the only Canadians to play five times on the biggest stage in sports.

There was a welcome sight at Team Canada practice on Friday. Captain Marie-Philip Poulin was back on the ice, and that alone was enough to get fans talking. The 34-year-old superstar has been out since suffering a lower-body injury early in Canada’s preliminary round game against Czechia.

Marie-Philip Poulin scored Canada's first goal of the 2026 Olympic women's hockey semifinals. It was a record setting goal moving Poulin into first all-time among Canadians at the Olympic Games.

Canada women's hockey captain Marie-Philip Poulin has been ruled out of her team's preliminary-round game against the U.S. at the Olympics in Milan because of injury.

Marie-Philip Poulin has shown no signs of slowing down in the Milan-Cortina Olympics despite suffering a knee injury in an earlier game.

With Canada facing the United States on Tuesday, the biggest question will be the status of captain and top player, Marie-Philip Poulin.