MILAN — Five years before becoming a Canadian Olympian, Kati Tabin was a hockey player crashing on a friend’s couch. When she hit the ice for the women’s hockey tournament on Saturday, she became the oldest player since 2002 to debut for Team Canada at the Olympics — and one of very few Canadians to crack an Olympic roster with no prior international experience. After the game, Tabin said she was feeling “a lot of emotions.”“Obviously, I was really, really excited and didn’t know how it was going to feel out there,” she said. “She is playing really great hockey and we think that’s going to continue to (the Olympics). “Always in the back of my mind I wanted to get back in the door with Hockey Canada,” Tabin said.

Source: International New York Times February 08, 2026 11:17 UTC