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Indoor Women defeat Peru in opening match
Indoor Women defeat Peru in opening match of Pan Am Championships
August 9, 2010
The Canadian Indoor National Women’s Team defeated Peru 4-0 Monday morning in their opening match of the 2010 Indoor Pan American Championships in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
After dominating possession early, Canada’s Jessica Buttinger opened the game’s scoring in the 10th minute. Peru countered with a penalty corner a minute later that was
blocked by Canadian goalkeeper Azelia Liu. However, Canada continued to maintain
possession throughout the rest of the first half…
Settling in Barquisimeto
Settling in Barquisimeto – Canadian Women’s Indoor Team
August 7, 2010
The Canadian women’s indoor team is beginning to settle in at their hotel, here in Barquisimeto. With the men’s team arriving late after their bus rides, both Canadian sides are starting to prepare for the beginning of the tournament in two days. The women’s team tested out the court on Friday afternoon, a few hours after arriving. The mentality of "prepare yourself for anything" has always been in the back of our heads and after some crazy bus rides with an open door air conditioning system, team Canada hit the new blue court inside the Doma (the dome)…
Canuck women ready to open Pan Am Indoors
Blog: Women’s Indoor Team Day 4
Dear Canada,
We are here today joined by Nicole, Jenna, Ali, and our new arrival Azelia. Our day started with a team breakfast, as usual, and then a workout and stretch with Melanie. During the workout we met a new friend; an Iguana jumped out of nowhere and scared us all. This was our first encounter with Venezuela’s exotic wildlife. We then had lunch, which was followed by the arrival of our goalie and captain Azelia. Zee’s enthusiasm towards the game will be a key part to our success…
Blog: Women's Indoor Team Day 3
Blog: Women’s Indoor Team Day 3
Buenos Dias Canada,
Were back; this time with Kri and Angela. This morning we played our first exhibition game against Venezuela. We got off to a slow start, as we were setilling getting used to the floor, but ended the half up by one with a goal scored by Jess Buttinger. In the second, we picked up our ball speed and potted four more goals scored by Nicole Zaharopoulos, Angela Lancaster, and Ali Lee with two.
After the game, while waiting for the bus, we got to enjoy a pick-up game played by our coaches with several locals (QB was a crowd favorite, and took pictures and signed autographs after the game)…
Indoor women arrive in Barquisimeto
Blog: Women’s Indoor Team Day 1 and 2
Dear Canada,
Jess, Erin and Amanda here, to tell you about our adventures over the last two days. To start our blog it is best to go back to June 19th, the day our dreams came true. This was the day we had discovered we had made the Indoor National Team travelling to Venezuela to participate in the World Cup Qualifier. Fast forward to August 5th, when our adventure finally began; we met at Pearson Airport, emotions running high as we said goodbye to our families…
Canadian men finish series with perfect record
Canadian men finish test series with perfect record
August 7, 2010
VANCOUVER – The Canadian men’s national field hockey team concluded their five-match test series against Chile on Friday evening in Vancouver. Canada earned a 2-1 victory to finish the series with a perfect 5-0 record.
Vancouver native Scott TUPPER netted the game winning goal on a penalty corner play with less than six minutes remaining in the match.
Canada opened the game’s scoring in the 43rd minute after a scoreless first half when Matt GUEST converted on a field play past Chilean goalkeeper Adrian HENRIQUEZ…
Nesbitt scores game tying goal in 100th game
Canadian Women finish four game test series with a tie against Chile
August 7, 2010
It was a big day for the Canadian team, their captain Stephanie (Barney) Nesbitt reached a milestone – playing in her 100th International game.
However, it was Chile who had the jump at the beginning of the game and they were rewarded for their quick start when they received the first penalty corner in the 11th minute. Camila CARAM put the Chileans on the scoreboard when her direct shot beat the Canadian keeper – Bea FRANCISCO, who was playing in her first International game…
Changes To Rules Of Hockey For 2011
Rule Changes for 2011
August 5, 2010
Based on recommendations from the Hockey Rules Board, the Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has agreed changes to the Rules of Hockey and the Rules of Indoor Hockey.
The rule changes will formally take effect on January 1, 2011 for all international Field Hockey competitions. All competitions starting before January 1, 2011 date will still use the existing 2009 Rules. It is expected that Rule books incorporating the new changes will be printed and available on the FIH website for September 2010…
Canadian men win fourth straight over Chile
Canadian men win fourth straight over Chile
August 4, 2010
The Canadian men’s national field hockey team earned their fourth straight victory over Chile with a 7-1 win Wednesday evening in Vancouver. It was the two teams’ fourth of five matches in a test series being held at Wright Field.
Scott TUPPER netted a hat trick to lead the Canadians to victory while Iain SMYTHE also scored two. Other Canadian goal scorers were Matt GUEST and Dave JAMESON.
Chilean Jose ZIRPEL spoiled the Canadian shutout when he converted a penalty stroke in the 69th minute…