Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Honors Poulin with a Touch of Canadian Pride at Game 7
Another Game 7 moment, another show of Canadian pride from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Blue Jays’ star made a bold fashion statement ahead of the decisive World Series Game 7, walking into the Rogers Centre wearing the red Team Canada jersey of none other than Marie-Philip Poulin — the legendary hockey captain known across the nation as “Captain Clutch.”
This isn’t the first time Guerrero has mixed sports symbolism with superstition. During the American League Championship Series against the Mariners, he sported an Auston Matthews Maple Leafs jersey before a crucial Game 7 — a risky nod, considering Toronto’s hockey team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967. But it worked out for him then, and this time, he chose a different kind of inspiration: a symbol of Canadian excellence and championship grit.
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Marie-Philip Poulin, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, has built a career defined by performing when it matters most. She scored the game-winning goal in all three of those Olympic finals — in 2010, 2014, and 2022 — a feat that cemented her as one of the most clutch athletes in Canadian sports history. At just 18, she was the youngest member of Team Canada in 2010 and has since grown into the face of women’s hockey in the country.
Poulin herself was in attendance for Game 7, completing the moment perfectly. She even returned the gesture by wearing Guerrero’s own Blue Jays jersey, showing mutual respect between two of Canada’s brightest sporting stars.
The parallels between the two are hard to miss. Poulin has already delivered Canada’s biggest hockey moments on the world stage, while Guerrero is still in pursuit of his. His performance throughout this postseason has brought hope and excitement back to Canadian baseball fans, many of whom haven’t seen this level of national attention since the Jays’ back-to-back championships in the early ‘90s.
This World Series has captured the attention of an entire country. Game 5 in Los Angeles drew a record-breaking 7.2 million viewers on Sportsnet — the most-watched Blue Jays game in history — and the audience for Games 6 and 7 was expected to be even higher. The atmosphere around the Rogers Centre mirrored that of an Olympic final, reminiscent of the collective energy that once filled the nation when Sidney Crosby scored the “Golden Goal” in Vancouver back in 2010.
All eyes are now fixed on Guerrero Jr. If he can channel even a bit of the clutch magic that Marie-Philip Poulin has shown time and again, this could be his defining night — one that elevates him from star slugger to national hero.
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