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India defeats Canada in Surrey
India defeats Canada in Surrey
June 20, 2010
The Canadian women’s national team were defeated 4-1 by India in the third match of the Canada-India Cup 2010 from Surrey, British Columbia. Game four occurs at 4:00pm (PST) in Vancouver today.
Azelia Liu was called upon early to make a couple of saves, however, Canada settled down and scored the first goal of the game in the 10th minute on a penalty corner on a nice deflection by Anna Kozniuk.
India received the next 4 penalty corners of the game and they scored on the fourth one at the 17th minute mark…
Hennig makes her mark for Canada
Kelowna native, Danielle Hennig makes her mark for Canada
June 19, 2010
A. Lee
Game two of the Canada-India series will always be special for nineteen year old Kelowna native, Danielle Hennig. The rookie made her debut not only for the Canadian national team but also on the forward line. Growing up, Hennig mostly played soccer and her athleticism and fitness transferred over to field hockey in grade 7 at Dr. Knox middle school and further at Kelowna Secondary school.
Hennig’s talents and leadership assisted her in co-captaining her team to 2nd place at AAA provincials in her grade 12 year…
Sticking talent together for the Olympics
Sticking talent together for shot at returning to the Olympics
June 18, 2010
Unlike Canada’s women on ice, this team isn’t favoured or feared, but many young athletes are up for the challenge to change that.
Anna Kozniuk says she was up to the challenge of trying to crack the blue-line of Canada’s hugely successful women’s hockey team, the gold medallists at the 2010 Olympics. She just wasn’t convinced there would be enough of a challenge left if she did make it. And so the sturdy, dark-haired 17-year-old from North Vancouver has abandoned her skates in favour of running shoes to play for a Canadian women’s hockey team that hasn’t qualified for the Olympics since 1992…
Canada draws India in Game 2 in Surrey
Canada draws India in Game 2 in Surrey
June 18, 2010
SURREY – The Canadian women’s national field hockey team tied India 1-1 Thursday evening in the second game of their four-match test series
India had a very strong start in their second game of the four game test series. They earned four penalty corners in the first 5 minutes of the game. Their best chance of the game came on that fourth penalty corner, when keeper A. Liu was beat, however, pc defender Steph Jameson was there with a goal line save…
Schedules released for 2010 Nationals
Schedules released for 2010 Nationals
June 17, 2010
Field Hockey Canada has released the match schedules for the 2010 FHC National Championships in Victoria, June 30-July 4, and the 2010 FHC U16 National Championships in Mississauga, July 21-25.
The Victoria event is being held at the University of Victoria and features eight women’s teams and five men’s teams. Included in the men’s tournament is the United States National Development Team.
The women’s tournament begins at 8:30 am on June 30th between the U18 BC Blue squad versus Manitoba…
Barker and Poland share first caps
Barker and Poland share first caps
June 17, 2010
A special moment took place on Tuesday night as long-time hockey friends Crystal Poland and Kaela Barker shared their first caps playing against India this week in Surrey, BC.
Poland, of Crofton, BC, started playing field hockey in grade 8 and her athleticism and raw talent did not go unnoticed. In her grade 10 years she was apart of the AAA provincial championship team at Cowichan Secondary school and from then on knew she would be pursuing field hockey further…
India edges Canada in Game 1 from Surrey
India edges Canada in Game 1 from Surrey
Photo: Wil Lach
June 16, 2010
SURREY – The Canadian women’s national field hockey team were edged 3-2 by India Tuesday evening in the first of their four-match test series.
India opened the scoring in the 15th minute on a penalty corner goal from Indian captain Surinder Kaur.
Canadian goalkeeper Azelia Liu made a great save on another Indian chance in the 19th minute.
Canada came out strong in the second half with a fantastic scoring
chance when Crystal Poland took the ball from the half and made a great pass
to Stephanie Nesbitt whose reverse stick shot was saved by the Indian goalie…
FHC Seeks Men's National Team Coach
FHC Seeks Men’s National Team Coach
June 16, 2010
The association is seeking a Senior Men’s National Coach to lead the senior men’s national program, and to foster the necessary conditions for success for our athletes at the international level.
The Senior Men’s Field Hockey National Coach will be responsible for directing the National Team program for senior men. Accountable to the Senior Lead-Technical and the High Performance Round Table for High Performance strategy, the successful candidate must have proven ability in the technical application of a high performance training and competition program…
Canada-India Cup starts tonight in Surrey
Canada-India Cup starts tonight in Surrey
June 15, 2010
The 2010 Canada-India Cup kicks off tonight at 7:00pm in Surrey, British Columbia. The Canadian women’s national team look to gain some valuable experience ahead of this fall’s Commonwealth Games by taking on the number-13 ranked Indians in a four game series.
Canada is currently ranked 19th in the world.
“This is an outstanding opportunity for us,” says Canadian head coach Louis Mendonca. The calibre of competition will be excellent and this serves as great preparation for the Commonwealth Games…