The Canadian National Team Committee has the pleasure to announce the team that will travel to Sweden to represent our country in the World Floorball Championship 2009!

Team Roster

Stephanie Allam - BC

Sara Beha -  Quebec

Melanie Bellefleur - Quebec

Marie-Eve Cadieux - Quebec

Kali-Ann Cameron - BC

Cindy-Anne Carufel - Quebec

Esther Chan - Ontario

Louise Clarke - Ontario

Lise Gillen - Ontario

Erica Gregorwich - Finland

Pirita Gregorwich - Finland

Sonia Hotke - Ontario

Johanna Laurila - Finland

Lauren McMillan - Manitoba

Randi Phinney - Sweden

Alison Quinn - Finland

Marilyn Rayner - Sweden

Silvia Traversa - BC

Ashley Van Aggelen - Manitoba

Erin Wilkes - Ontario

Team Staff

Kati Suomela - Head Coach
Anne-Marie Gregorwich - Assistant Coach
Jonathan Koo - Physician/Trainer
Joe Cadigal - Manager/Trainer
Frederik Malmberg - General Manager

Thanks to all that participated during the selection process.

Best of luck at Worlds 09!

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Canada’s National Women’s Team is searching for Volunteers to fill the following positions:

- Assistant Coach

- Media Contact

- Athletic Therapist

- Team Doctor

The Team will compete at the 2009 Women’s World Floorball Championships in Vasteras, Sweden December 5-12, 2009. All team
volunteer positions are expected to cover the costs of their transportation and accommodation for the duration of the Championships.

Please apply by Friday, July 24th with cover letter and resume to Paul Charbonneau, National Team Committee Chair.  paul@floorballcanada.ca

At the recent National Floorball Championships held at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, BC, Team Ontario’s Women defended their Gold Medal performance, while the Men lost a heartbreaking final 4-3 to BC to capture the Silver Medal.  For complete details click here.

Canadian National Floorball Championships April 17-19, 2009 at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, BC

Ontario will be sending it’s best Men’s team ever to face BC, Alberta and Quebec and hope to bring home the title after a dissapointing 3rd place finish last year.  Our Women’s team are looking to defend their title from 2yrs ago as they face Quebec and BC.  Here are the rosters for Team Ontario.

Men’s Team
Name   Position  Residence
Henry Korhonen  Defence   Mississauga
Juha Mikkola  Defence   Toronto
Simo Karvinen  Defence   Toronto
Scott Wilson  Defence   Toronto
Eric Kloosterman Forward   Toronto
Randy Sa’d  Forward   Toronto
Eddie Beattie  Forward   Hamilton
Musa Hanley  Forward   Toronto
Vesa Mikkola  Forward   Toronto
Paw Hickman  Forward   Ottawa
Dave Toupin  Forward   Ottawa
Kris Ruckermann  Forward   Ottawa
Jesse Farb  Forward   Toronto
Nicholas Cifelli Goalie   Toronto
Tero Kontinen  Goalie   Toronto
Pascal Meier  Head Coach  Ottawa

Women’s Team
Trish Lewis  Defence   Sudbury
Sonja Bissegger  Defence   Waterloo
Johanna Kytola  Defence   Toronto
Erin Wilkes  Forward   Toronto
Mara Chaplin  Forward   Toronto
Eileen Lam  Forward   Toronto
Sonja Hotke  Forward   Toronto
Tiffany Talbot  Forward   Ottawa
Jennifer Lynch  Goalie   Hamilton
Paul Charbonneau Head Coach  Toronto

The Canada Cup is North America´s biggest floorball tournament. It takes place in Toronto from Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May 2009. Last year the tournament gathered 39 teams and 600 players from all around the world. This year the organizer is expecting 50 teams to participate in the Canada Cup 2009.

The clubs can register for the following divisions:

• Adult Elite (10 teams, played on 15th - 17th May) for European and competitive North American teams
• Adult Intermediate (14 teams, 16th - 17th May) for semi-competitive teams
• Adult Recreational (6 teams, 16th May) for teams new to competitive floorball
• Adult Ladies (6 teams, 17th May) for women´s teams of all levels
• High School (10 teams, 15th May) for high school teams
• Bantam (6 teams, 17th May) for players born 1994 - 1995
• Atom & Peewee (8 teams, 16th May) for players born 1996 - 1999

Canada Cup 2009 online registration system

For more information: www.thecanadacup.com
or contact The Canada Cup Organizing Committee Mr. Juha Mikkola

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

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

Grassroots Floorball Inc. and the Toronto Floorball League are excited to announce Toronto’s first-ever summer floorball league. Experience floorball, the off-ice sport of choice for NHLers like Marian Hossa, Mats Sundin, Marian Gaborik and played by future stars like John Tavares and John McFarland.

Make your own team or join an existing one to take on some of Toronto’s best teams like the Viking Escapades, The Northern European Express, iMove Blue Collars and more. Don’t miss the floorball debut of the Toronto Marlies’ leading scorer David Ling as he suits up for the Vikings and according to some rumors, even John Tavares may join the team for a game or two!

All players receive Ontario Floorball/Unihockey Federation membership upon registration, a $10 value, which provides access to provincial and national team tryouts.

Registration is now open so sign up before we hit capacity. Team or individual player registrations are welcome and all levels of players are encouraged to participate.

Team registration costs $750 for up to 10 players. Act before June 18th and take advantage of our early-bird registration rate of $700. Inidividual players sign up for $75 or $70 during the early-bird period. All rates include Goods and Services Tax (GST).

All players must have their own stick. Contact FloorballPro Inc. for special offers for new teams and players. If you have any questions about our league, don’t hesitate to contact me or one of our friendly league staff. We look forward to seeing you on the court!

By the time most people are getting up for work on April 18th, most of Canada’s Men’s National Team will be arriving in Bratislava, Slovakia for the 2008 Men’s World ‘C’ Division Floorball Championships.

 Canada doesn’t wait long once they arrive, by jumping right into their first exhibition game against the Slovak National Team at 9:00am local time on Saturday morning, and following that up with the Slovakian Club Champions Hurikan Bratislava on Sunday afternoon.

The real test begins on Monday, April 21 at 2:00pm local time against France.  Tuesday, they take on Liechtenstein, and finish the round-robin portion on Thursday afternoon against the Aussies.  Playoffs are Saturday and the Finals will be played on Sunday, April 27th.

Representing Canada are:

F-2-Lattu, Seppo - Finland
F-3-Patrice, Pare - Quebec 
F-5-Stasiewich, Paul - Alberta
D-6-Hannelius, Lauri - Finland
F-7-Laporte, Stephane - Quebec
D-10-Piilokivi, Eero - Quebec
F-11-Andreotti, Ryan - Switzerland
F-12-Sa’d, Randy - Ontario
F-13-Parikka, Paavo - Finland
F-21-Kaill, Erik - Sweden
D-22-Vörös, Jean-Oliver - Switzerland
F-23-Parikka, Risto - Findland
D-27-Leblanc, Simon - Quebec
D-29-Weber, Sascha - Switzerland
G-35-Garrison, Sam - Ontario
F-66-Plante, Jean Sebastien - Quebec
F-76-Ulli-Vanasse, Eric - Switzerland
F-81-Schuler, Philip - Switzerland
F-91-Ducharme, Patrick - Quebec
G-96-Belanger, Martin - Quebec
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Head Coach - Osterman, Johan - Sweden
Assistant Coach - Swensson, Magnus - Sweden
Assistant Coach - Charbonneau, Paul - Ontario
Assistant Coach - Zimmerman, Robert - British Columbia
Assistant Coach - Naskali, Toivo - Findland
Media Coverage - Ferland, Sophie-Anne - Quebec
Team Manager - Hannelius, Harry - Finland

Keep checking the OFUF website for news and updates from the team and Ontario’s players. 

Good Luck and bring us home some hardware!!!!

GO CANADA GO!