Marie-Philip Poulin proclaims her engagement to Crew Canada teammate

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“Captain Clutch” is now engaged.

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Marie-Philip Poulin earned that nickname whereas scoring three “golden objectives” for Crew Canada on the Olympics.

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On Friday, the Crew Canada captain introduced on Instagram that she proposed to Laura Stacey, who was her teammate when the Canadian ladies gained gold on the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

“So …. this occurred,” Poulin wrote on Instagram with a photograph of Stacey displaying her new engagement ring. “Greatest query I ever requested … she stated OUI.”

Love — and marriage — in ladies’s hockey is nothing new. However it’s new for Crew Canada teammates.

Gillian Apps, who was a part of the Canadian gold-medal crew in Beijing, is married to former Crew USA captain Meghan Duggan.

Caroline Ouellet, a winner of 4 Olympic gold medals with Canada, is married to former Crew USA participant Julie Chu, who’s now head coach of the Concordia Stingers ladies’s crew. Ouellet is affiliate head coach of the Stingers and the couple has two younger daughters.

Jayna Hefford, who gained 4 Olympic gold medals with Canada, is married to former Crew USA participant Kathleen Kauth.

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The Canadiens employed Poulin final June as a participant growth guide. Will probably be a part-time place for Poulin as she continues her taking part in profession with a objective of successful a fourth Olympic gold medal on the 2026 Video games in Italy.

“She’s a winner — she is aware of tips on how to win — and our gamers are younger and they should be taught that as properly,” Canadiens proprietor/president Geoff Molson stated throughout information convention after Poulin was employed by the crew. “I feel that’s in all probability the most important precedence. However, on the identical time, we tick many bins with Marie-Phillip. We not solely get anyone who could be very competent in hockey growth, participant growth, is also keen about analytics and likewise is a girl. I feel having all three in our group is an enormous win for us.”

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Poulin began out as a determine skater when she was 4, however needed to play hockey like her brother. She began taking part in hockey the subsequent 12 months, however solely started taking part in competitively at age 12. She grew up as a Canadiens fan and was impressed by watching former captain Saku Koivu play.

“For us again house with my household, we’d watch the Canadiens each week and bleed purple, white and blue,” the 32-year-old Beauceville native stated after being employed by the Canadiens. “In order that’s very particular to me. I’m very fortunate that they employed me and so they have confidence in me not just for my hockey expertise however as an individual as properly.”

Poulin carried the Canadian flag, together with short-track pace skater Charles Hamelin, for the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. She went on to change into the primary hockey participant — male or feminine — to attain a objective in 4 Olympic gold-medal video games as Canada beat the US 3-2 within the last with Poulin scoring twice.

Poulin has three Olympic gold medals and one silver.

Stacey, a 29-year-old native of Mississauga, Ont., has one Olympic gold medal and one silver medal. She scored 4 objectives and added two assists on the Beijing Video games.

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