{"id":475341,"date":"2026-02-14T22:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/475341\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T22:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:57:11","slug":"poulin-returns-as-team-canada-defeats-germany-to-advance-to-olympic-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/475341\/","title":{"rendered":"Poulin returns as Team Canada defeats Germany to advance to Olympic semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 14, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Sharing<\/p>\n

Marie-Philip Poulin<\/a> and Team Canada have advanced to the semifinals of the Milano Cortina 2026<\/a>\u00a0Olympic Winter Games women\u2019s hockey tournament.<\/p>\n

Poulin scored in her return to the lineup to help Canada defeat Germany 5-1 in quarterfinal play at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. Brianne Jenner<\/a>, Claire Thompson<\/a>, Sarah Fillier<\/a> and Blayre Turnbull<\/a> also scored while goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer<\/a> made 10 saves in the win.<\/p>\n

Poulin missed Canada\u2019s final two games of the preliminary round after suffering a lower body in the team\u2019s second game of the tournament. The Canadian captain played 12:41 against Germany, recording two shots and scoring her 18th career goal at an Olympic Games, tying her with Hayley Wickenheiser<\/a> for the most all-time.<\/p>\n

READ: Team Canada closes women\u2019s hockey preliminary play with win over Finland<\/a><\/p>\n

\"NatalieCanada\u2019s Natalie Spooner (24) celebrates third Canada\u2019s goal during a women\u2019s quarterfinal ice hockey game between Canada and Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo\/Darko Bandic)<\/p>\n

The victory ensures that Canada will play for a medal in Milan. The semifinals will take place Monday with the winners of those games advancing to the gold medal game while the losers will play for bronze. Both the gold and bronze medal games will take place Thursday.<\/p>\n

Canada finished group play with a 3-1 record, posting wins over Switzerland, Czechia and Finland. Their lone loss was to the rival United States, who earned a spot in the semifinals with a 6-0 win over Italy on Friday.<\/p>\n

Canada opened the scoring just 1:40 into the first period when Emma Maltais<\/a> found Jenner in the slot, who redirected the puck past German netminder Sandra Abstreiter.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Team Canada falls to United States as Olympic women\u2019s hockey rivalry is renewed<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Marie-PhilipCanada\u2019s Marie-Philip Poulin (29) moves the puck up the ice during the first period of a women\u2019s hockey quarterfinal game against Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck<\/p>\n

Canada went to the power play at 4:12 but it would be Germany generating the best scoring chance when Laura Kluge had a shorthanded breakaway. Kluge\u2019s scoring chance was thwarted by Poulin, who showed no signs of injury as she was able to catch up to the German forward.<\/p>\n

Thompson gave Canada a 2-0 lead at 16:41. A point shot took a bounce on the ice and seemingly fooled Abstreiter down low, doubling Canada\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n

Canada nearly made it 3-0 a few minutes into the second period when Jenner found Natalie Spooner<\/a> with a cross crease feed but was denied by Abstreiter. The Canadians were able to generate a few chances off German turnovers in the middle frame.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Four-goal first period pushes Team Canada to women\u2019s hockey win over Czechia<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Canada'sCanada\u2019s Emily Clark (26) checks Germany\u2019s Ronja Hark (8) during the first period of a women\u2019s hockey quarterfinal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck<\/p>\n

Fillier netted a power play goal at 17:30 to extend Canada\u2019s lead, firing a sharp angle shot from along the goal line that beat Abstreiter. It was Canada\u2019s sixth power play goal of these Olympic Games and Poulin\u2019s marker in the third would make it seven.<\/p>\n

Just 38 seconds into the third, Turnbull kept the puck on a two-on-one and slid it five-hole on Abstreiter, giving Canada a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Canada went back to the power play at 8:15. While shorthanded, a Renata Fast<\/a> pass was picked off by Franziska Feldmeier at the blue line. Feldmeier had a long breakaway and beat Maschmeyer to get Germany on the board.<\/p>\n

Poulin put Canada up 5-1 with a power play goal at 15:30, redirecting the puck past the German netminder. The Canadians had another power play late in the game but could not add to their lead. <\/p>\n

This was the first meeting between Canada and Germany in Olympic women\u2019s hockey. Germany\u2019s last Olympic appearance came at Sochi 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck February 14, 2026 Marie-Philip Poulin and Team Canada have advanced to the semifinals of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[192976,168465,168466,188382,168468,192926,43,5239,458,122867,14471,168474,44,168475,188392,13543,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-475341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-blayre-turnbull","9":"tag-brianne-jenner","10":"tag-claire-thompson","11":"tag-emerance-maschmeyer","12":"tag-emma-maltais","13":"tag-hayley-wickenheiser","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-hockey","16":"tag-ice-hockey","17":"tag-marie-philip-poulin","18":"tag-milano-cortina-2026","19":"tag-natalie-spooner","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-renata-fast","22":"tag-sarah-fillier","23":"tag-team-canada","24":"tag-top-news","25":"tag-top-stories","26":"tag-topnews","27":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}