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.

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The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 10, 2024 10:32 PM EST | Last Updated: January 11

Two female ice hockey players wrap their arms around each other in celebration on the ice during a game as an opponent skates away. — Montreal's Marie-Philip Poulin, centre, celebrates with Dominika Lásková after scoring an empty-net goal during the third period of a 5-2 win over PWHL New York on Wednesday night at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. (Frank Franklin II/The Associated Press)

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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Marie-Philip Poulin's hat trick led Montreal to a big 5-2 win over New York Wednesday in PWHL action.

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.

She then finished a breakaway by punching a pass from Maureen Murphy past the right skate of New York goalie Corinne Schroeder, and capped the scoring by firing a shot from centre ice into an open New York net with two minutes left in the game.

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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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Marie-Philip Poulin of Beauceville, Que., scored her first ever career PWHL goal for Montreal Wednesday in Long Island, New York.

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.

New York (1-2) earned a shutout win over Toronto in the new league's first game on New Year's Day, but now lost a game at each of its two home game arenas, falling to Toronto at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday.

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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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