Boston University women’s ice hockey alumni Marie-Philip Poulin and Andrea Brändli played key roles for their national teams at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Poulin, representing Canada, secured a silver medal, her second silver and fifth overall Olympic medal. She is now among four athletes worldwide—and three Canadians—to have won five medals at the Olympic Games. All four athletes with five medals are women.
Poulin recorded four points during the tournament, scoring three goals and providing one assist. She assisted on Canada’s opening goal in a 4-0 win over Switzerland but left the second game early due to injury. Returning for the quarterfinal against Germany, she scored to help Canada advance with a 5-1 victory.
In the semifinals, Poulin scored both of Canada’s goals in a 2-1 win over Switzerland, reaching 20 career Olympic goals—a record for most goals in Olympic ice hockey across both men’s and women’s competitions. In the gold medal match, Canada lost to the United States in overtime, 2-1.
Andrea Brändli represented Switzerland as goaltender. In her first appearance against the United States, she made 45 saves despite a 5-0 loss. She then recorded a shutout with 40 saves in a quarterfinal win over Finland. Facing Canada in the semifinals, Brändli made another 44 saves before Switzerland moved on to compete for bronze. In that game, she delivered a 32-save performance as Switzerland defeated Sweden 2-1 in overtime to claim its second-ever Olympic bronze medal in women’s ice hockey.
All six Boston University Terriers participating reached at least the quarterfinals. Senior Luisa Welcke debuted for Germany and registered three assists during the games. Her contributions included assists against Sweden and Japan, as well as on Germany’s overtime winner versus France—her final points of the tournament before Germany was eliminated by Canada.
Graduates Nadia Mattivi and Kayla Tutino played for Italy, with Tutino serving as assistant captain and scoring Italy’s first goal of the tournament on an assist from captain Mattivi. Italy earned its first-ever Olympic victory by defeating France 4-1. After losing to Sweden, Italy beat Japan with both Mattivi and Tutino contributing assists before falling to Germany in group play and being eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinals.
