Marie-Philip Poulin gathers with teammates before a preliminary round match of women's ice hockey against Czechia on Feb. 9.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press
Marie-Philip Poulin returned to Canada’s lineup for a quarterfinal against Germany after missing two games in Olympic women’s hockey.
The captain injured her right knee when she was checked into the boards by Kristyna Kaltounkova midway through the first period of Canada’s 5-1 win over Czechia on Monday.
The 33-year-old forward sat out Canada’s 5-0 loss to the United States and a 5-0 win over Finland in Group A games.
Poulin took the opening faceoff in Canada’s first ever Olympic game against the German women.
Poulin is the leading active scorer in Olympic women’s hockey with a career 17 goals, which is one off the record of 18 held by former teammate Hayley Wickenheiser.
She’s scored seven of those goals over four Olympic finals, which makes her the only player, male or female, to do so.