Canadian Women's Captain Marie-Philip Poulin Releases Powerful Statement on Hockey Canada
Amid two separate sexual assault scandals , Hockey Canada's reputation has lost much of its credibility & public faith, and people are demanding answers. The Canadian government has launched a full inquiry into the organization & are full-court pressing HC executives. Accountability is the number-one priority right now for Canada's national sport.
Several men's alumni have spoken out about the situation, but until now the National Women's Team has largely been silent on the matter. That changed today when Canadian Icon Marie-Philip Poulin, captain for Canada's legendary Women's Team, released a long, powerful statement on Hockey Canada & this historic series of events.
As members of the most recent Women's Canadian National Olympic and World Championship teams, we felt it necessary to address this to you as our sport's national governing body. Hockey Canada has been making global headlines these past weeks, for all of the wrong reasons. The allegations we are reading and hearing about are extremely disturbing and wholly unacceptable.
While the name of Hockey Canada has been tarnished over these alleged incidents. Hockey is the sport that we love and play and Canada is the country that we proudly play for and are honoured to represent - the value of these two words, and what they represent to us and all Canadians, is of immeasurable importance.
We are writing to you today to declare, first and above all else, that we intend to be part of the fight for the truth. All of the facts related to this terrible situation must - and will - come to light. After all, the only way to treat an injury is to acknowledge it fully."
Those are strong words from the 4-time Olympic medalist. As the captain of the Women's team, one can only imagine the emotions MPP must be experiencing right now. The same can be said for every girl or woman, regardless of Hockey Canada affiliation, as this issue represents a societal epidemic that needs to be ripped out, root & stem. Poulin aimed her words directly to the top, and she hit them hard. Understanding fully the weight of her words, she continued:
She is spot-on, the Canadian women's legacy is unmatched in hockey. As such, few are more well-suited to speak on this issue. When MPP speaks, the hockey world listens, plain & simple. Her full statement is available here:
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Claude Giroux | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oliver Kylington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anton Lundell | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
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