Field Hockey Canada announces Men’s National Team Roster for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

November 16, 2025

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Males’s Nationwide Crew travels to Malaysia for prestigious invite-tournament

Subject Hockey Canada is proud to announce the boys’s nationwide crew roster for the upcoming thirty first Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, set to happen in Ipoh, Malaysia. The distinguished invitational males’s event will function six top-tier worldwide groups along with Canada: Belgium (3), India (7), New Zealand (11), Malaysia (13), and Korea (15). Identified for its aggressive draw and passionate followers, the Azlan Shah Cup presents an vital alternative for Canada’s squad to check itself towards a number of the world’s greatest in a high-pressure setting.

Canada returns to Ipoh after ending sixth in final 12 months’s version of the event. This time, the crew brings a extra skilled roster, aiming to construct on its latest success and enhance upon final 12 months’s outcome. Contemporary off a bronze medal efficiency on the 2025 Pan American Cup in Santiago, the squad retains 15 of the 18 gamers from that occasion.

The chosen roster includes a balanced mix of seasoned veterans and rising expertise, with a median cap rely of 42. The core group contains Brendan Guraliuk, Thomson Harris, Harbir Sidhu, Manveer Jhamat, Gavin Bains, Roop Dhillon, Sean Davis, and each goalkeepers Ethan McTavish and Zach Coombs. These are gamers who’ve steadily constructed their worldwide resumes over the previous few seasons. Veteran management will come from stalwarts Matt Sarmento, Balraj Panesar, and Devohn Noronha Teixeira, whose expertise can be essential in guiding the crew by the event’s challenges.

The youth motion continues to achieve momentum, with latest junior nationwide crew graduates Aaron Foong, Jyoth Sidhu, Hudson Loh, Avjot Buttar, Flynn McCulloch, and Rowan Childs incomes spots on latest touring rosters.

Preparation for the event included a week-long carding camp in Vancouver, the place athletes from throughout the boys’s nationwide crew pool, skilled and competed in a high-performance setting. The timing of the camp was superb, sharpening the squad forward of the competitors interval.

The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup serves as a stepping stone in Canada’s worldwide calendar, with the FIH World Cup qualifiers looming in early 2026. Whereas dates and areas for these occasions are but to be confirmed, the chance to face elite groups on the Azlan Shah Cup will present essential expertise.