Canada will lean on captain Marie-Philip Poulin during Thursday's Olympic women's hockey final against rival United States.

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There was a welcome sight at Team Canada practice on Friday. Captain Marie-Philip Poulin was back on the ice, and that alone was enough to get fans talking. The 34-year-old superstar has been out since suffering a lower-body injury early in Canada’s preliminary round game against Czechia.

MILAN (AP) — Captain Marie-Philip Poulin rejoined Team Canada’s women’s hockey team for practice Friday for the first time since being sidelined by a lower-body injury at the Milan Cortina Games. Poulin missed the team’s two final preliminary round games,

With Canada facing the United States on Tuesday, the biggest question will be the status of captain and top player, Marie-Philip Poulin.

For the last time in history, two of the games greatest - Marie-Philip Poulin and Hilary Knight - will face off for women's hockey gold at the Winter Olympics.