NATIONAL BALL HOCKEY
ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

Vaughan, Ontario - The National Ball Hockey Association of Canada will be participating at the inaugural World Girls U20 Championships.

For the first time ever woman will represent Canada at the junior level internationally.  The Junior Team Canada U20 program will be sending 20 players along with coaching staff to Nitra, Slovakia in June 2018 to compete in the World Junior Championship. 

The Junior Team Canada staff held its first ever selection camp in Bradford, Ontario on December 16, inviting 45 woman to tryout for the team.  The day was full of practices, scrimmages and information surrounding the tournament and the exciting buzz around the area could be felt by everyone there.  The day started off with a nervous group of girls arriving at the rink with some uncertainty of what the day would bring, but it did not take long before practice began and their skill became evident.  As the day progressed, the level of talent kicked up a notch and the competition was tight making it challenging for the coaching staff.  Come the end of the camp emerged a very talented group of elite woman ready to take on Nitra in June.

The WJC tournament will provide the girls with their first opportunity to play a sport they have come to love, internationally.  Playing at this high level, elite ball hockey competition will serve the girls with a good foundation in their individual growth and development, as well as, an opportunity to develop and grow woman in sport.  The players were selected based on, not only, their high caliber of skill, but also for their character and personality to represent Canada.

The goal for this tournament is to not only bring woman to the forefront of ball hockey on an international stage and win gold, but to also create a team that will set the bar for all future teams in women's ball hockey.  We expect a high level of competitiveness, sportsmanship, and team comradery from each of the players and are hoping to create an experience of a lifetime for each and every one of them. As these girls grow up and move onto their careers and lives have it will not only be the medal they will remember and tell stories about, but also the opportunity to be a part of the first ever U20 Women's Canadian Ball Hockey team and the experience of traveling to Nitra, Slovakia during the trip of a lifetime.

With that being said, it is with great honour and pride that we present to you the 2018 Women’s U20 Junior Team Canada players and coaching staff:

Goalies: Josée Lalonde, Camryn Fennell 

Defence: Claire Lyons, Rebecca  Spence, Madison Fruhner, Jordynn Hall, Makenna Chokelal, Kristin Krowchuk 

Forwards: Kelsey Coady, Sara Richardson, Grace Lafreniere, Saurin Lalonde, Eden Conquer, Kelsey Cluett, Abigail Campbell, Hannah Eaton, Abigail Giesbrecht, Julia Jackson, Sandrine Meunier-Geoffroy, Victoria Ansell  

Staff: General Manager: Stephen Dockerty ~ Coaches: Tracy Kitchen, Danielle Close, Melissa Miller

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Vaughan, Canada - The National Ball Hockey Association of Canada, in partnership with the High Performance Committee has announced the 19-player roster that has been selected to represent Team Canada at the 2018 World Ball Hockey Federation Championships, June 12-17 in Moscow, Russia.

The 19-player squad is comprised of fifteen players, who have represented Canada on the international stage in prior tournaments and are joined by four newcomers to the program.

Stephen Dockerty, General Manager stated, “it is a tremendous accomplishment to be chosen to represent your country in any sport.”  Dockerty has previously held various positions with the Junior program.  “We are thrilled with the 19 players selected and we know they will wear the Maple Leaf with great pride.”

“We are proud of our nations previous accomplishments, but the teams are getting better every championship and we are eager to take the next step in our process with this talented, motivated and athletic group of players,” added Dockerty.

He continued, “many of the players have provincial, national and international success and have worked hard to earn this moment and we are confident in challenging for the gold medal for the fourth consecutive championship.”

“On behalf of the National Ball Hockey Association of Canada, I would like to congratulate the players named today, along with their leagues, club teams, families, coaches and officials who have helped them along the way,” said Dockerty.  With that said, it is with great pride that we present you the 2018 Women’s Team Canada:  

Goalies: Danielle Bailey and Jalene McCulloch 

Defenseman: Jami Adams, Lisa Buratynski, Natasha King, Danielle Sero, Rachael Tricker and Lindsey West 

Forwards:  Brittany Agius, Gwynne Attenborough, Amanda Donaldson, Lyndsay Kirkham, Hokey Langan, Marissa McMullan, Isabel Menard, Melissa Miller, Corissa Parker, Desiree Robitaille and Brittney Sero

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The 2018 National Ball Hockey Association of Canada Men’s Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV Canada Cup of Ball Hockey National Championships will be played in Ottawa, Ontario the weekend of July 19-22, 2018. 

The event is open to Ball and Dek Hockey teams in North America.  

The tournament will take place at venues in Ottawa and updates on competing teams will be provided as teams and the event will guarantee four games for all the teams at a cost of $900.   The deadline to register is May 31, 2018

The schedule of games will be posted by June 15, but anticipate to play one game Thursday evening, two games Friday and the last round robin game Saturday morning.   The elimination round will commence Saturday evening.   

Tournament Format

Thursday afternoon/evening – Game #1 (around 3 pm)

Friday morning – Game #2

Friday afternoon – Game #3

Saturday morning – Game 4

Saturday afternoon – Game #5 (Elimination, Quarter or Semi Final)

Sunday morning/afternoon – Semi Final & Championship (around 3 pm)

For more information, please contact the National Ball Hockey Association of Canada at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  and host hotel information after March 15 to the competing teams.

Click here for the Championships registration form and the deadline to register is May 31^st

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Bradford, Canada - All roads lead to Bradford for the top U20 Girls prospects for the JTC program.

The destination of their pilgrimage took place on Saturday, December 16 in Bradford as 35 players attend the Prospects Camp which featured rigorous series of skill assessment drills inserted throughout the practices followed by scrimmages.

Stephen Dockerty, General Manager, who organized the camp, said, “we have representation from the six centers which will assist in growing the sport.” He continued, “interest in the camp will grow in future years and expanded as the sport grows.”   “We have always used tournaments for the selection process, but this brings in the best players, as we have one location and all the scouts have been brought in.  We have a captive audience and they can all watch and measure the skills of the players.  This camp was about opportunity.” 

“Ball Hockey is a great game but there isn’t enough opportunity for some smaller centre’s” Dockerty said. “These players all think about playing the game they love and the passion level is consistent among all the prospects.”

'The players have experienced success at all levels, be it with their houseleague or provincial teams and we will be ready Nitra and to represent our country.”

The team will be participating at the World Ball Hockey Federation Championships the week of June 25 to July 1 in Nitra, Slovakia along with the Boys U16, U18 and U20 teams

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The 2018 CanAm Ball Hockey Championships will be hosted at Century Garden’s in Brampton.  The Championship begins Wednesday, August 8 (based on 16 teams).      

The entry fee for the cash tournament is $2000 with a guaranteed 4 games and based a 16 team format 12 will advance to the BIG 12 round followed by the ELTE EIGHT (Quarters), FINAL FOUR (Semis) and CANAM Championship games.   

The schedule of games will be posted by June 1, but anticipate to play one game Wednesday evening, two games Thursday or Friday and BIG 12 elimination games begin on Saturday morning.

The event is open to the first 12 Canadian (4 Ontario, 4 Quebec and 4 rest of Canada) and 4 USA teams for both Men and Women.   If after the deadline we need to change the number of teams permitted to enter from a region we will do so, but only after December 1.   The registration form can be found on the tournament site. Return the form via email to this email address  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  to reserve your teams spot.  

The prize pool will be as follows based on the number of teams entered:

16 team format 

1^st - $15000

2^nd - $ 4000

3^rd - $ 1000

Please complete the registration form attached before March 15, 2018 to reserve your teams spot which MUST include a tentative roster and entry fee must be paid in full by March 31, 2018.

For more information, please contact the National Ball Hockey Association of Canada at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or visit http://www.weareballhockey.com/leagues/99-2018-bauer-canam-ball-hockey-championship.html for all the tournament information, roster eligibility and updates.  The host hotel information will be released on February 1, 2018 to the competing teams.

The National Ball Hockey Association of Canada will be participating at the Inaugural World Girls U20 Championships.

The World Ball Hockey Federation (WBHF) will be hosting the tournament in Nitra, Slovakia the week of June 25 to July 1, 2018.

The tournament will join the Boys U14, U16, U18 and U20 tournament making it the largest Junior tournament in the sport.

To date, four nations are confirmed, Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary and the host Slovakia.  The WBHF is hoping to get a fifth team for the Championships.

The NBHAC is hosting their Selection Camp in Bradford, Ontario on Saturday, December 16 and any players interested in attending must be born in 1998, 1999, 2000 or 2001.

For information and to register for the camp, please email Stephen Dockerty at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before December 1

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The Junior U20 Team Canada Program will be sending 22 players along with staff members to Nitra, Slovakia to capture the gold.

The Junior Team Canada staff was very busy in 2017 scouting various events.  Thorough scouting of High School Tournaments, Provincial Junior Championships and CanAm Junior Championship led to the selections of the team.  For the returning players, the players with international experience will be a good foundation in preparing for this high level tournament. The players were selected, not just on high calibre skills, but for their personalities and community backgrounds as well.

High Performance Director, Steve Dockerty, who is involved in the restructuring of the international program stated, “our squad will definitely be competing for the gold again. Even though our members were a part of the teams that won gold in 2016 in all three divisions, The NBHAC has been working hard to improve the program. We want players that will be part of the Team Canada family for years to come.  The High Performance Program has been established to create continuity consisting of strong individuals across the country with involvement in the various national teams at the adult levels.

Dockerty continued about the coaching staff, we have such a strong group of coaches and all have international experience as coaches and players and all have strong technical backgrounds who will lead these young players.

In addition to these coaches, the program strives to set a standard to bring back and integrate alumni as mentors who will be an extension of the coaching staff.

Commenting on the goal of the 2018 teams Dockerty adds, “we have a Mission Statement - To prepare and assemble a team of junior ball hockey players from Canada to compete for gold at the WJC. To field a team that sets extraor­dinary standards for competitiveness, sportsmanship and team continuity. To create a ‘life experience’ for members of JTC and officials.”  Dockerty added, “that truly is our goal, to compete for gold, but also to set exceptional standards for the players and team officials.

Ball Hockey is an amazing sport and these young men are truly fortunate to have the opportunity to compete with the best in the world and absorb the culture of Eastern European cities.” Dockerty concluded with “The ultimate goal is to ensure each player has a life experience that he can take with him for years to come.”

Dockerty continued, ‘we are pleased with the scouting, selec­tion and acceptance of the players chosen for the team.’

Dockerty has been a part of junior ball hockey for over fifteen years and attended the 2004 and 2006 as a fan and then started working in 2008 with the junior Team Canada Program in 2008, 2010 and 2012 as well as 2016.  “It is not only what will take place on the floor for these young individuals, as most will be visit­ing Slovakia for the first time in their lives, it will be the culture they will encounter,” said Dockerty. “As these young people grow up and have families it won’t be the medals that they come home with that will be mostly remembered, it will be the experience of visiting this part of the world, and we as management, coaches, mentors and support staff want to make sure it truly is a trip of a lifetime for them” added Steve.

“Having spoken to all members of the coaching staffs throughout this process, I am confident that the work that they have put in will translate into a highly satisfying trip along with a good showing on the floor.” said Dockerty. “In the last three international competitions the staff thought out all the little things and planned accordingly because once you start traveling with this amount of players plus staff in a short period of time through major European cities, it all has to run smoothly from start to finish in order for these players to produce on the floor.”

People that tend to be missed in these types of announcements are the local coaches, associations and family members that have helped the players get to this level, along with these individuals all those that scouted for Junior Team Canada at regional and national events should take pride in this team, as they too played a big part in the team composition.

General Manager, Mauro Cugini was very pleased with the composition of the team having been involved with the U-20 program since 2008, ‘this is the strongest and most athletic team that we have ever assembled’.   He continued, “wherever the National Ball Hockey Association of Canada competes, it is understood throughout the sport that it is the best collection of Junior players in the country.’   

“On behalf of the National Ball Hockey Association of Canada, I would like to congratulate the players and staff named today, along with their provincial associations, leagues, club teams, families, coaches and officials who have helped them along the way,” said Dockerty.  With that said, it is with great pride that we present you the 2018 Junior U-20 Team Canada players:  

The U20 Team

Goalies: Ruan Badenhorst and Bradley Dobson 

Defenseman: Curtis Anderson, Teddy Cristou, Carter Forget, Jaisen Gill, Mackenzie McHugh, Brandon LeMesurier, John Sawka and Calan Trumpour 

Forwards:  Stephen Bell, William Calverley, Philipe Chin, Breaden Dorion, Andrew Foley, Evan Foley, Tyson Gilmour, Aaron Mavrou, Jason Pineo, Aidan Robitaille, Andrew Snowden and Eric Taylor 

Staff: Mauro Cugini (Head Coach), Niko Tedesco (Assistant Coach), Dylan Churchwell (Assistant Coach/Mentor), Amanda Spence (Registered Massage Therapist), Matthew Clark (Equipment) and Andrea Jones (Doctor) 

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The 2017 WBHF Annual Congress in June (LOVOSICE) assigned the World Men’s and Women’s Championships to Russia and event is set up for 16-team format which will take place June 12-17, 2018 in Moscow-Dmitrov. 

The city of 67,000 inhabitants in the Moscow Region is about 80 kilometres north from downtown Moscow and 54 kilometres away from Moscow’s busiest airport Sheremetyevo.

Dmitrov is one of the centres of women’s hockey in the country. The local club Tornado Moscow Region won four European Women’s Champions Cups and nine national championships. Earlier this year it won its third consecutive title.

The Sport Complex Dmitrov opened in 2003 and includes a 2,500-seat ice rink, a second community rink, a complex for figure skating and curling, an Olympic swimming pool and other sporting facilities.

The arena has hosted European Women’s Champions Cup events and Four Nations tournaments before as well as the 2011 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division where Russia earned promotion back to the top division. The U18 women’s national team has stayed there ever since and won bronze medals in 2015 and 2017.

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