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MILAN — On the eve of its showdown with the United States, Canada lost star Marie-Philip Poulin in a 5-1 victory over the Czech Republic on Monday night at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena.Poulin, the consensus best player in the history of women’s hockey, left the group-stage game at 8:52 of the first period after taking a hard hit by Kristyna Kaltounková during a puck battle along the boards.
Kaltounková — the PWHL’s leading scorer as a 23-year-old rookie for the New York Sirens — drilled her shoulder into Poulin, sending her crashing into the boards. Poulin lay prone on the ice for a moment before getting to her knees, grimacing in obvious pain as the two teams skirmished up the ice. Poulin got up on her own, wincing as she headed to the bench. She took one faceoff on the ensuing power play before going back to the locker room.
Poulin returned to the bench to a big cheer and watched the rest of the first period with her teammates without taking the ice. She did not return for the second and was ruled out for the remainder of the game ahead of the final frame. Her teammates appeared to take the hit personally, quickly turning a relatively taut 1-0 game into a 5-0 laugher over the following 12 minutes of play, with Sarah Fillier, Laura Stacey and Julia Gosling (twice) scoring.
Poulin, a five-time Olympian and Canada’s captain is one goal away from tying Canadian Hayley Wickenheiser’s record for most goals in the Olympics.
This story will be updated.
This article originally appeared in The Athletic.
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