If you’re old enough (don’t ask… LOL), you’ll remember the moment Hockey Night in Canada legend Danny Gallivan first rolled out his immortal “Savardian Spin-O-Rama” phrase, coined to celebrate Montreal defenceman Serge Savard’s elegant, escape-artist pivot with the puck. It was a move so distinctive it demanded its own name. Which makes it only fitting that the latest elite evolution of that high-skill manoeuvre would come from another Montreal star — this time from Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin.
See the YouTube video here.
Poulin’s résumé reads like a greatest-hits collection of clutch hockey moments. The undisputed leader of Canada’s national program and a force wherever she plays, she has repeatedly delivered on the sport’s biggest stages, scoring decisive goals in Olympic gold-medal games and accomplishing something no other player — men’s or women’s — has done by scoring in four straight Olympic finals. From her dominant years at Boston University, through championship success and MVP seasons in the CWHL, to her continued excellence in the PWHL, Poulin has combined elite skill with an unmatched knack for rising when it matters most. There’s a reason she is often called “Captain Clutch”
