Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin on the keys to winning ice hockey gold at Beijing 2022

As a three-time Olympic gold medallist, Team Canada ice hockey captain Marie-Philip Poulin knows a thing or two about delivering when it matters most.

In fact, such is her ability to score crucial late goals, that the 30-year-old has been dubbed ‘Captain Clutch' by the media and her teammates.

But coming off the back of a disappointing 2018 Winter Olympic Games, where favourites Canada had to settle for a silver medal, how did Poulin lead her team back to glory at Beijing 2022 earlier this month?

Playing as a forward, scoring has always been the aim of the game for Poulin.

Alongside Olympic success, the Quebec-born native has also helped lead Team Canada to two World Championship titles, in 2012 and 2021.

However, as PyeongChang 2018 best highlights, it hasn’t always been plain sailing for her and the rest of Team Canada.

In a recent interview with Sportsnet, Poulin outlined how they managed to bounce back from that gold medal match loss to Team USA at PyeongChang 2018 – and what made this year’s squad such a special one to be a part of.

“Every team is very unique to be honest, but this one was something special,” Poulin says.

“[In] 2018, obviously it was a tough one to lose that one, and we knew we had to change things, [with] our leadership group doing things differently. But to be honest everyone dialled it in.

“Everybody was just on the same page throughout the whole tournament.

“Everybody was happy to celebrate each other’s success.”

As the Montreal star explains, Canada - like every other international ice hockey team – was forced to drastically adapt to the post-Covid-19 world.

And yet, with the team reporting several Covid cases just prior to Beijing 2022, Poulin suggests they were better prepared than most to