Canada’s Men’s U19 National Floorball Team is recruiting volunteers to fill the following staff positions:

1.    General Manager
2.    Assistant General Manager
3.    Assistant Coach
4.    Trainer/Athletic Therapist
5.    Equipment Manager

The team will compete at the Men’s U19 World Floorball Championships in Norway, May, 2011.  Please note this is a volunteer position and all staff members are responsible for covering the cost of their transportation, accommodation and all other expenses in Norway.  Costs are estimated at $2400.  Collective team efforts will be made to fundraise to reduce this cost.  All applicants must have a valid passport, to expire on or after November 11, 2011.

We are looking for passionate, dedicated individuals with strong leadership qualities that are serious about being part of a winning team.  All members are expected to play significant roles to not only the team but also the development of the team starting as early as February 1st., 2010 and ending on May 31st, 2011.

For a more complete list of expectations and duties, please contact Blair Zimmeman, U19 National Team Committee member at zim@teamcanadafloorball.com.  To apply, please send cover letter and resume to Blair Zimmerman at zim@teamcanadafloorball.com no later than JANUARY 25th.

Floorball Canada thanks all those that apply however only those receiving an interview will be contacted. The successful candidate will be required to submit a criminal background check prior to accepting position.

     Canada vs USA    

On Friday, February 5th and Saturday, February 6th at Saltfleet District High School in Hamilton, it’s our best against their best, only this time it’s on the floorball court, in a contest that will ignite your passion for this great sports rivalry.

Be proud! Cheer hard!

Come out for an action-packed weekend, highlighted by what will surely be an intense battle between Team Canada and Team USA. See the best floorball talent ever assembled on Canadian soil, studded with elite European-Canadian players. Click on the team names for full rosters. The winner of the 2-game series will claim the title of North American Champions, and earn a spot in the 2010 World Floorball Championship in Finland.

 

There will also be excitiing exhibition matches and a Men’s National Championship game between Ontario and Quebec.

 

Team Canada’s Official Sponsor, FloorballPro / Salming, will have booths set up showcasing the latest and greater in floorball gear for the beginner to the fanatic.

 

When and where is the tournament, and how do I get tickets?

Single Day tickets are $5 each, or $10 for all three days.  There are a limited number of tickets available so be sure to buy yours now - just follow the links to Tickettrunk.com below.  Tickets will also be available at the door.

The marquee match-ups will be played at the following times:

 

 

 

 

Friday, February 5 - Single Day buy tickets here

11:30am-2:30pm - Canada vs USA Game #1

Saturday, February 6 - Single Day buy tickets here

11:00am-2:00pm - USA vs Canada Game #2

5:00pm-6:30pm - Team Ontario vs Team Quebec - Men’s National Championship Game

Weekend Pass - buy tickets here

 

 

Venue location is marked on the map, below:

Saltfleet District High School

108 Highland Rd. W

Hamilton, ON L8J 2T2

Saltfleet District High School

 

 

Here is the full schedule for the weekend:

Friday
9:00am-10:00am - High School Tournament of Champions Game #1
10:00am-11:00am - High School Tournament of Champions Game #2
11:30am-2:30pm - Canada vs USA Game #1

Saturday
9:00am-11:00am - Men’s U19 training camp (click here to register)
11:00am-2:00pm - USA vs Canada Game #2
3:30pm-5:00pm - Ontario Selects vs Canadian All-Stars Team
5:00pm-6:30pm - Ontario vs Quebec - Men’s National Championship Game

Sunday
8:00am-9:30am - Ontario Selects vs Quebec
9:30am-11:00am - Quebec vs Canadian All-Stars
11:30am-1:00pm - Ontario vs Ontario Selects
1:30pm-3:00pm - Ontario vs Canadian All-Stars

 

The official Hotel for this year’s National Championships and Qualification matches is:

The Holiday Inn Express

QEW & Centennial Pkwy,

51 Keefer Court

Hamilton, Ontario L8E 4V4

Tel:(905) 578-1212

www.hiexhamilton.com

The tournament rate is $99 for up to Quad occupancy by using CNF as your booking code.

For more information, contact:

Paul Charbonneau

Event Manager, Floorball Canada

Tel: (647) 588-8008

Randy Sa’d

President, Floorball Canada

Tel: (416) 970-2529

Special Thanks to:

 

 

 

 

 

Canada ties Germany in opening game - http://www.floorball.org/news.asp?kieli=826&id_tiedote=1017&alue=171

Follow the Team at Floorball Canada - http://sites.google.com/a/teamcanadafloorball.com/canadian-floorball-federation/wfc-turku

Hamilton Spectator Article - http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/536309

Coach Harrington in the Belleville Intelligencer - http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1529429

Canada’s team will be selected from among returning players to the National Team program, as well as some up and coming players who will be competing for positions for next year’s National Team. The match will be held alongside the Canadian National Floorball Championships from April 17th-19th, which will consist of 4 Provincial Men’s teams from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, and 3 Women’s teams from British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.

Team Canada was placed 3rd in the WFC C-division 2008

The Indian National Team will also play practice games against each of the Provincial Men’s Team entries competing at the National Championships.

For more information on the India vs. Canada exhibition match, please contact:

Paul Charbonneau
Chair, National Teams Committee
Floorball Canada
Email: paul@floorballcanada.ca
Tel: +1 647.588.8008

For more information about the Canadian National Championships, please contact:

Blair Zimmerman
National Championships Committee
BC Floorball Federation
Email: blair.zimmerman@bcfloorball.com

Click below to read the article from the Spectator.

http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/515347

The organizers of the 2009 Men’s World U19 Floorball Championships have opened up the official website for the Championships.

Schedules, Results and ticket information can be found on the site.

As part of the Innaugural Toronto Cup, Saturday, January 10th at the Hangar at Downsview Park in Toronto, the Team Ontario Men’s Prospects will be playing an Exhibition Game against the Ontario Representatives for Canada’s Men’s U19 Team as both teams begin their preparations for their respective Championships. Game Time is scheduled for 11:45am.

Team Ontario will be participating in the Canadian National Championships in Richmind, BC from April 17-19th, 2009, while the Canadian U19 Team will be making their debut at the World U19 Floorball Championships in Turku and Raisio, Finland from May 6-10th, 2009.

The following players have been selected to represent Ontario during this exhibition match.  The final selections for the team will be announced in early March.

Goaltenders
Nicholas Cifelli
Sam Garrison
JR Goulet
 
Defensemen
Darren Fournier
Jeremiah Gaudet
Andrew Kieran
Jukka Kortinen
Juha Mikkola
Jagdeep Singh
 
Forwards
Eddie Beattie
Jolan Canrinus
Eric Kloosterman
Vesa Mikkola
Julian Pedis
Randy Sa’d
David Singh
John Toublaris
Peter Toublaris
David Toupin

For More Information Contact:

Team Ontario

Pascal Meier - pascal.meier@floorballontario.com

Toronto Cup / Team Canada U19 Men’s Team

Juha Mikkola - juha@teamcanadafloorball.com

Floorball Canada has announced its team for the World Under 19 Men’s Floorball Championships in Turko and Raisio, Finland, May 6-10, 2009.

Click here for the full Roster and Team Staff.

Floorball Canada is currently seeking volunteers interested in sitting on one ofo four newly established working committees:
· National Championships
· Women’s 2009 National Team
· Men’s 2010 National Team
· Corporate Sponsorship

Each Committee requires several capable volunteers who will contribute to setting goals, creating policies and procedures and ensuring that Canada is presented in a positive manner within the national and international floorball communities and beyond. Each Committee will work closely with Floorball Canada board members to ensure tasks are completed within the appropriate timelines and with the best interest of the floorball community in mind. Securing representation from all active provinces will be a priority to ensure the cross-regional priorities are effectively balanced.

1. National Championships Committee

National Championships Details:
· Dates: April 18-19, 2009
· Location: Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC
· Currently in discussions with the IFF to host a Development seminar around this event

Responsibilities:
· Consistent contribution of effort (up to 2-3 hours per week) from now until March 2009
· Determine what criteria will be used to launch each championship and select a host: frequency of event, provincial requirements, financial
requirements, field of play requirements, summit format, relationship to the National Team Program
· To establish the process for the selection of the provincial federation that will host each National Championship
· To develop guidelines to which the host province must adhere
· To create an effecting marketing campaign that targets potential sponsors and attracts media attention

2. Women’s National Team Committee

Women’s World Floorball Championships Details:
· Dates: December 5-13, 2009
· Location: Sweden
· This will be Canada’s second appearance at this event, finishing 7th in the B Division in 2007.

Responsibilities:
· Consistent contribution of effort (upto 2-3 hours per week) from now until November 2009
· Build on current selection process policies
· Assist in team staff selection, player scouting, tyout requirements
· Set a budget and explore fudraising opportunities

3. Men’s National Team Committee

Men’s World Floorball Championships Details:
· Dates: December 4-12, 2010
· Location: Finland
· Team Canada will have to qualify for the tournament by securing a number one ranking among all registered countries within the Americas (US, Brazil,
Argentina, Canada). Qualifications to be held between October 2009 and February 2010. Canada hopes to host this qualification tournament.

Responsibilities:
· Consistent contribution of effort from January 2009 until the end of the Qualification Tournament. Time requirements will vary based on Canada’s
hosting of the Qualifications.
· Build from current selection process policies
· Assist in team staff selection, player scouting, tyout requirements
· Set a budget and explore fudraising opportunities

4. Corporate Sponsorship Committee

Responsibilities:
· Developing a sponsorship package and other marketing collateral related to sponsorship promotions
· Promoting Floorball Canada and its properties to potential sponsors (National Championships, National Teams, Website, etc.)
· Creating an effective marketing campaign targeting interested sponsors as well as attracting and securing new sponsors
· Negotiating with prospective sponsors and customizing opportunities to suit their interests
Please contact your Provincial Representative if you are interested in helping out on one or more of these committees.

Paul Charbonneau - Ontario
paul@floorballcanada.ca
David Clement - Quebec
david.clement@floorballcanada.ca
James Stasiewich- Alberta
james@anchormanufacturing.ca
Greg Beaudin - British Columbia
greg@floorballcanada.ca

Randy Sa’d, from Markham, Ontario, is a member of Team Canada competing at the Floorball C World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. Randy, along with team mate Sam Garrison and coach Paul Charbonneau, make up Ontario’s contingent on the national team and they will be providing regular blog updates for Ontario floorballers about Canada’s progress at the Worlds.

To contact Randy, please email him at randy.sad@floorballontario.com

It’s been a busy few days and I haven’t had much time at my computer but I’m here now and have tons of news.  I’m going to keep things simple because the situation is pretty cut and dry.  Our team assumed we had wouldn’t have much trouble in the round robin because of the competition in our pool.  We weren’t shocked at the fact that none of our opponents in the first round put up much of a fight.  After beating France, we rolled past Liechtenstein 10 - 1 and then Australia, 11 - 1.  Our defense is playing solid and our Quebec players and power play are tearing it up on offense.  The reality is that we haven’t really been tested since our exhibition matches.

This tournament can pretty easily be divided into three tiers based on the quality of the teams.  In the top, Canada, Slovakia and Spain; in the middle, France, Australia and Liechtenstein; in the lower Korea, Serbia and Georgia.  The key match in the round robin is clearly the one between Slovakia and Spain that we just finished watching - in the semi finals, the winner would play Australia and the loser, Canada - this is based on us finishing #1 and Australia #2 in our pool.  Given the disparity in the quality of the teams, finishing at the top of the B Pool would be extremely important for Slovakia and Spain.  Our team’s impression was that Slovakia is stronger than Spain but that the match would be tightly fought.   The game was a complete 
rollercoaster.

Slovakia dominated in the early minutes, scoring once and squandering many opportunities.  Spain made mistake after mistake and looked horribly uncomfortable but things started to change as Slovakia took silly penalties.  Spain notched the tying goal and eventually took a lead; one weak goal that appeared to be tipped and one on a bad turnover.  Slovakia eventually tied the game but had their rhythm thrown off by the success the Spaniards had.  At some point it seemed as though both teams had become rather equal; no one team dominating the other as odd chances were exchanged.

In an unexpected turn, Spain capitalized to take the lead 3 - 2 and then again on a horrible turnover to extend the lead to 4 -2 while in the third period.  Slovakia was still clearly the more skilled team and had the advantage of a packed house of chanting fans behind them; we knew it wasn’t over.  They marched down the court again and again and it seemed as though Spain was content to just try to kill the last five minutes.  In an odd series of plays, the Slovaks got the ball to the front of the net and when it was jarred loose, a free man banged it in.  They had new life with the lead cut to one, 4-3.

The Slovaks pushed and pushed, creating several perfect opportunities - I was literally jumping up and down in my seat because the action was so intense and it looked like on three or four occasions, they pretty much had the ball in the back of the net.  Like in the first period, the finish just wasn’t there as the minutes became seconds and soon there just wasn’t time to generate another opportunity.  Heartbroken, the Slovaks choked in front of their home crowd.  They out-chanced and out shot their opponents but fell to a very hot Spanish goalie and some bad luck finding the back of the net.   We couldn’t have asked for a more entertaining game to watch.

What does this mean for us?  Well, we will play the Slovaks in the semifinals tomorrow at 2:30 pm (8:30 am EST).  We believe they are the tougher of the two but ultimately if we want the top spot we will have to beat both teams.  The guys were kind of hoping for a storybook final with the hometown crowd going crazy but that won’t be the case. We are all very excited for tomorrow’s game and know what we have to do.  We do face one disadvantage though; we haven’t been tested by a quality opponent since we played our exhibition matches.   Many questions are left to be answered as a result.  Have the defensive issues we encountered in the exhibition matches been answered or have we simply not faced a solid offence since?  Have we found our scoring touch and taken our offence to the next level or were we simply privy to weaker lines of defense?  I am pretty sure it’s some combination of both and at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter what the answer is - tomorrow one team will move onto the finals and we know what we need to do in order to make sure that is us.

Hope you can catch the match tomorrow - we need all of the support we can get!