Senior men will prepare in Saintes

May 7 , 2008

The Canadian Senior Men team will travel to Saintes in France to do a preparation camp for the Pan American Championship to be held in Brazil June 24 to June 28. A huge delegation of 29 persons will be on the tour. A total of 25 players will compete for the 16 spots available on the Pan American team.

Throughout the tour, the coaching staff composed of Stefan Rusimov (Head Coach) and Michael Nahmiash (Assistant Coach) will divide their squad in two teams; the Canada A team will play high level club teams in France, mainly Division 2 and National 1, while the Canada B team will play National 3 and Regional teams.

“I am very pleased to see that almost all the key players will be on the tour, mentioned Christian Latulippe , National Technical Director of the CTHF, only 2 or 3 players couldn’t come, so it will make everybody work hard and fight for there spots on the Pan Am Team.” Here is the list of the 25 players coming on the tour.

 

PLAYERS / JOUEURS

Matt Asselstine ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Charles Bariteau (Champlain, Québec)

Simon Baril-Bronsard (Chaudière, Québec)

Douglas Bennett ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Alexis Bertrand ( Saintes, France)

Casper Bilton ( Denmark)

David Bonneville (Montréal, Québec)

Brad Cann ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Geoffroy Bessette (Champlain, Québec)

Dan Devlin ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Maxime Godin ( Livry-Villepinte, France)

Felix Hastry (Chaudière, Québec)

Dan Frank ( Regina, Saskatchewan)

Sylvain Gaudet (Champlain, Québec)

Jens Hertha ( Vancouver, B.C.)

Jonathan Leduc ( Royan, France)

Alexandre Pion (Champlain, Québec)

Charles Filiatrault (Champlain, Québec)

Matthew Ruf ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Richard Ryll ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Dylan Shacker ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Danny St-Laurent (Champlain, Québec)

Ghofrani Surrosh ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Richard Truong ( Edmonton, Alberta)

Justin Yaassoud ( Edmonton, Alberta)

 

STAFF

Stefan Rusimov (Head Coach)

Michael Nahmiash (Assistant Coach)

Louise Beaumont (Physio)

Christian Latulippe (Team Leader)

 

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