Breaking: Marie-Philip Poulin wins the Northern Star Award as Canada's top athlete of the year.
The Canadian hockey captain led Canada to a world championship title and a gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The 31-year-old from Beauceville, Que. is known as Captain Clutch for delivering when it matters most, such as. And she is the only hockey player to have scored goals in four straight Olympic hockey finals.
Poulin leads the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association’s Dream Gap Tour in scoring this year with eight goals and four assists in seven games.The voting panel of sports journalists and broadcasters from across the country met virtually on Wednesday to debate and select this year’s winner, honoured as Canada’s top athlete.
Finalists for this year’s award included tennis player Félix Auger-Aliassime, golfer Brooke Henderson, swimmer Summer McIntosh, cross-country skier Brian McKeever and Colorado Avalanche defenceman Cale Makar.
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