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Follow the U17 Men’s team at the Mirnawan Cup

October 16, 2024 | Field Hockey Canada | fieldhockey.ca

Canada takes on international field in Kuala Lumpur

Field Hockey Canada is thrilled to announce the U17 Men’s roster that will be traveling to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to compete in the third annual iteration of the Mirnawan Cup. The tournament will take place at the iconic Bukit Jalil National Hockey Stadium. The tournament will feature eight teams in the U17 Boys and Girls division and is a great opportunity to give U17 athletes international exposure.  

ATTENDING TEAMS: Malaysia Speedy Tigers A, Malaysia Speedy Tigers B, Queensland (Australia), Korea, South Africa, Austria and Canada. 

The Mirnawan Cup is an international youth hockey tournament, named after Malaysian hockey legend YBhg. Dato Mirnawan Nawawi. This is the third edition of the tournament and is hosted by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation and Hockey Development Program of Malaysia. 

CANADA SCHEDULE

DATETIMEMATCHUPRESULTLive Stream
November 31600 local timeCanada vs South Africa9-1 lossWatch Live
November 42000 local timeCanada vs Malaysia Tigers10-2 lossWatch Live
November 51800 local timeCanada vs Korea4-1 lossWatch Live
November 81600 local timeCanada vs Queensland7-1 LossWatch Live
November 90800Canada vs South Africa0-5 LossWatch Live

This will be the first time a U17 team from Canada has attended the tournament. The team will be led by the coaching of Men’s National Team Head Coach, Patrick Tshutshani assisted by Mike Van Iderstine. Van Iderstine is the NextGen Pathway Lead and feels that this event is perfectly placed to allow our Men’s U17 athletes in Canada access to international competition. 

“The tournament gives these athletes a rare development opportunity and exposure to an international tournament early on within the pathway. This is the first international tournament for this men’s age group for as long as I can remember and I am very proud we can provide these U17 athletes at least five or six international matches against a variety of different hockey styles and top hockey nations,” Van Iderstine said.  

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Under the guidance of High Performance Director, Kate Perry and NextGen Director Andrea Gibson, this tour falls perfectly in-line with the strategic priority of growing the high performance pipeline and building the boys hockey player pool to ultimately feed the Junior and Senior National Teams. Van Iderstine knows that this is the first step of a bigger process; to build depth & experience within our youth age categories, which will set us up as a nation to provide our senior national teams’ for future success on the international stage. 

“These athletes are going to be a part of the next U21 cycles and in line to be senior national team athletes over the next decade. We want to build a sustainable pathway and system so we can select from a diverse nation-wide player pool,” he said.  

Schedule and streaming information will be released prior to the tournament. Go Canada Go!  

ROSTER

PLAYER NAMEPROVINCE
Aaron Barbour (GK)QC
Gurnoor BhullarBC
Hiteshvar BrarAB
Josiah CampbellAB
Caleb FitchBC
Theodore GooldBC
Fletcher GreenQC
Sam HoadBC
Anmol JhallyAB
Gursehaj JohalBC
Kai LawrenceBC
Harry LaxtonBC
Harkaranveer PlahaAB
Jason PaddaBC
Mehtab Singh RaiBC
Callum StockerBC
Julian TouchetteQC
Alistair Weiss (GK)AB
COACHING STAFFROLE
Patrick TshutshaniHead Coach
Mike Van IderstineAssistant Coach
Pamela VinolyTeam Manager
Sharon WelsbyAthletic Therapist