Skilled Junior Males trying to make a splash in India
The Junior Males’s Nationwide Group will head to Chennai and Madurai, India for the 2025 FIH Hockey Males’s Junior World Cup, held from November 28–December 10. Like the ladies’s occasion, the lads’s match will characteristic 24 groups from world wide. Canada certified by ending second on the 2024 Junior Pan American Championship in Surrey, BC, and can look to construct on their Thirteenth-place end within the 2021 Junior World Cup.
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The lads’s roster contains athletes from Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, in addition to Canadian gamers based mostly in the UK and Australia. Eight gamers on this crew are getting back from the 2023 Junior World Cup and a powerful core getting back from final yr’s JPAC in Surrey and this summer time’s Junior Pan American Video games in Paraguay, the crew is targeted on bettering their earlier World Cup efficiency and making an announcement on the worldwide stage.
Group Canada will look to construct off their silver medal on the 2025 Junior Pan Am Video games.
Geoff Matthews has been with nearly all of the gamers for 3 years at this level and has been growing this crew for worldwide efficiency. He was pleased with how the crew battled by means of adversity at Junior Pan Ams in August. He added that have and continuity is a energy of the crew they usually plan to embrace the stress of the second and try for a prime end.
“Past outcomes, the Junior World Cup has all the time been a proving floor for future stars. For us, it’s a precious alternative to achieve expertise in opposition to a few of the finest groups on this planet, and to measure ourselves in opposition to that customary,” Matthews stated. “Our purpose is straightforward. Concentrate on enjoying our greatest hockey each match and put ourselves in positions to win. If we do this persistently, I imagine we’ll shock some folks with the extent of our performances. It’s going to be an thrilling match.”
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
NO.PLAYER NAMEPOSITIONHOMETOWNCLUB
3Lucas AardenburgMIDAdelaide, AUSNorth East Hockey Membership
12Brooklyn AranhaMIDSurrey, BCBurnaby Lake
14Parmveer BasraFWDSurrey, BCPanthers
21Gurnoor BhullarMIDSurrey, BCSurinder Lions
29Gurwinder BrarDEFBrampton, ONOKD
34Navdip ChandiFWDMississauga, ONOKD FHC
89Stanley CookeGKLondon, UKSouthgate Hockey Membership
9Leighton De SouzaMIDEtobicoke, ONOKD FHC
5Satpreet DhaddaDEFSurrey, BCUBC Thunderbirds
31Morgan GarsideGKCharfield, UKWotton-Beneath-Edge
15Ravpreet GillFWDBrampton, ONBrampton FHC
8Noah LouieMIDNorth Vancouver, BCUBC Thunderbirds
2Joshua MirandaDEFMississauga, ONToronto Lions
7Kirin RobinsonFWDVancouver, BCUBC Thunderbirds
13Kale SimonsonMIDCalgary ABUBC Thunderbirds
4Grant SimpsonDEFCalgary, ABUVic Vikes
6Gavin ThindDEFLangley, BCSurinder Lions
10Robin ThindFWDSurrey, BCSurinder Lions
ALTERNATES
11Josiah CampbellFWDCalgary, ABSaracens
16Sawyer RossMIDVictoria, BCUBC
STAFF NAMEROLE
Geoff MatthewsHead Coach
