Poulin's hat trick helps PWHL Montreal bounce back with win over New York

Marie-Philip Poulin scored a hat trick and Elaine Chuli earned a win in her first game in goal as Montreal beat New York 5-2 Wednesday at UBS Arena at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Montreal bounced back from being shut out at Minnesota to post the most goals scored in a game by a Professional Women's Hockey League club.

Poulin, widely considered one of the best women's hockey players of all-time, collected the league's second three-goal game.

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Called "Captain Clutch" by her Canadian teammates because she scored the game-winning goal in three Olympic games (2010, 2014, 2022), Poulin got Montreal's first goal midway through the first period.

Catherine Dubois scored a second-period goal for Montreal (2-1) and Kennedy Marchment scored five minutes into the third period.

Chuli had 30 saves on 32 shots from New York.

Schroeder, who earned a shutout in the opener at Toronto, had 30 saves.

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New York got a first-period goal from Jessie Eldridge and fellow Canadian Ella Shelton scored 26 seconds into the third period on an assist from Abby Roque.

Montreal will host Boston in its home opener on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. You can watch the game on CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices, and CBC TV.

The full schedule of PWHL games airing on CBC Sports this season is available here.

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