Field Hockey Canada > Men's National Program names 2015 Senior National Team and Development Squad

The Canadian Men’s National Field Hockey Program confirmed its 2015 Men’s National Team (MNT) and Senior Development Squad (SDS) rosters on Monday. 

The National Team consists of twenty-two athletes who are considered ready for International competition and who will help guide Canada through various competitions in 2015 and the pursuit of 2016 Olympic qualification.

The National Team is led by twenty-seven year-old veteran Scott Tupper (Vancouver, B.C.) who returns as team captain. Veteran defender David Jameson (Vancouver, BC) leads the team international games played with 203. At twenty years-old, Sukhi Panesar (Surrey, BC) is the youngest on the roster.

Sixteen athletes have been named to the Senior Development Squad, which is reserved for players who are considered close to breaking through to the MNT and are continually making progress towards Senior International competition.

The men are entering a year of competition during which qualification for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio, Brazil is up for grabs through two qualification pathways. The first being the World League tournament, the second being the Pan American Games, which Canada hosts in Toronto in the summer of 2015. 

In preparation for these two tournaments, the MNT will take part in many test tournaments throughout the year, for which – as will be done for World League and the Pan Am Games – specific touring rosters will be named.

The MNT, SDS and Junior Development Squad work in contiual syngery. Click here for an infographic illustrating the National Program player pools.

2015 Men’s National Team

Name

Position

Hometown

Adam Froese

Defender

Abbotsford, BC

Antoni Kindler

Goalkeeper

Vancouver, BC

Ben Martin

Defender

Vancouver, BC

David Carter

Goalkeeper

Vancouver, BC

David Jameson

Defender

Vancouver, BC

Gabriel Ho-Garcia

Forward

Burnaby, BC

Gordon Johnston

Defender

Vancouver, BC

Hudson Stewart

Midfield

Vancouver, BC

Iain Smythe

Forward

Vancouver, BC

Jagdish Gill

Defender

Toronto, ON

James Kirkpatrick

Forward

Victoria, BC

John Smythe

Midfield

Vancouver, BC

Keegan Pereira

Midfield

Ajax, ON

Mark Pearson

Midfield

Tsawwassen, BC

Matthew Guest

Forward

Calgary, AB

Matthew Sarmento

Forward

Vancouver, BC

Paul Wharton

Defender

Vancouver, BC

Philip Wright

Forward

Vancouver, BC

Richard Hildreth

Forward

Vancouver, BC

Scott Tupper

Defender

Vancouver, BC

Sukhi Panesar

Midfield

Surrey, BC

Taylor Curran

Midfield

North Vancouver, BC 

2015 Senior Development Squad

Name

Position

Hometown

Adrien d’Andrade

Defender

Coquitlam, BC

Arif Virjee

Defender

Vancouver, BC

Balraj Panesar

Midfield

Surrey, BC

Brandon Barber

Forward

Toronto, ON

Brandon Pereira

Defender

Surrey, BC

Brenden Bissett

Forward

New Westminster, BC

Devohn Teixera

Forward

Mississauga, ON

Harp Virdi

Forward

Vancouver, BC

Kevin Periera

Goalkeeper

Ajax, ON

Leo Bannister

Midfield

Vancouver, BC

Manvir Kingra

Defender

Surrey, BC

Oliver Scholfield

Forward

Vancouver, BC

Rogier Trip

Defender

Wassenaar, NED

Sunny Aujla

Defender

Surrey, BC

Tristan Burgoyne

Goalkeeper

Vancouver, BC

Vikram Sandhu

Forward

Vancouver, BC