Team Canada captains donate treasured jerseys to Great Canadian jersey project

Marie-Philip Poulin prepared for the Beijing Olympics four years ago without a team.

The Team Canada captain, like most of the players on the Canadian and American women’s hockey teams, was holding out for the creation of what they called a viable, sustainable professional women’s league. As such, they weren’t playing anywhere, just training with their national teams and biding their time until the Olympics.

Things have certainly changed. That league they dreamed of sprang to...