Marie-Philip Poulin passes Hayley Wickenheiser as Canada's all-time leading scorer at women's worlds

New York Times

19-04-2025

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, Czechia – Marie-Philip Poulin beat Hayley Wickenheiser's career points record at the IIHF Women's World Championship on Saturday night.
With a goal in the first period of the semifinals against Finland, Poulin scored her 87th career point at women's worlds, making her the highest-scoring Canadian ever at the tournament. Poulin is now second all-time in tournament scoring behind U.S. forward Hilary Knight (119), who first broke Wickenheiser's record in 2022.
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'What can you say,' Canada's head coach Troy Ryan told The Athletic. 'She's the most special player I've ever coached. There's very few people that have the high skill level that she has and the ability to play under pressure that she can. It's just so consistent too, there's just never an off night when the stage is set.'
Poulin — who made her worlds debut in 2009 — is playing in her 13th women's world championships. On Thursday night, in a 9-1 quarterfinals win against Japan, Poulin played her 200th game for the Canadian women's national team, just the fourth player to ever to hit that milestone behind Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford and Caroline Ouellette.
History made! Marie-Philip Poulin now stands as @hockeycanada's all-time leading scorer at the #WomensWorlds! 💥👑 #IIHF pic.twitter.com/2UTp5MVI8x
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 19, 2025
Canada's captain might not care much for individual accomplishments, but this is yet another one in a career full of them. In over a decade on the national women's team, Poulin has emerged as not just a top Canadian athlete, but the best player in the world. She currently leads the 2025 women's worlds in scoring (10) through six games, and will likely be a major player in another gold medal showdown against the U.S. on Sunday.
Last year, Poulin scored two goals in the championship game, a breathtaking 6-5 Canadian overtime win on U.S. soil. In 2022, she scored the game-winning goal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, which was Poulin's third golden goal in four Olympic final appearances, becoming the only hockey player — male or female — to score in four straight gold medal games at the Olympics.
'She's one of a kind,' Canadian general manager Gina Kingsbury told The Athletic in January. 'And we're just so lucky she's Canadian.'