PHOTO: Brienne Stairs and her Canadian teammates celebrates a goal in their win 12-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago at the 2017 Women’s World League Round 2 in West Vancouver on April 4th (By Yan Huckendubler)
Field Hockey Canada’s Women’s National Program has named the team that will represent Canada at the 2017 Pan American Cup in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from August 5-13 this year.
Seventeen women have been named to the touring roster, with an 18th to be added in the coming weeks after further evaluation in training and the Women’s National Team Super Series (July 11, 13, 19 at 7pm at UBC’s Wright Field).
Canada will compete with seven other nations at the 2017 Pan American Cup, where the continental champion will qualify for the 2018 FIH Women’s World Cup, and the top six teams qualify for the 2021 Pan American Cup.
The Women’s National Program heads into the Pan American Cup with a roster of core athletes who have had lots of play together as a unit.
Sixteen of the athletes named to the team are those who played together in Canada’s last international tournament, the 2017 Hockey World League Round 2 in West Vancouver, with five veterans sitting at over 100 matches played for Canada.
Team captain Kate Wright (Gillis) is poised to break Field Hockey Canada’s all-time games played record for the Women’s National Team. Wright currently sits at 168 international games played, and is anticipated to break the organization’s all-time record in the first game of the Pan American Cup versus the Dominican Republic on August 5th.
A number of National Team veterans – all with more than 100 international matches for Canada under their belt – join Wright on the competition roster, including Danielle Hennig (Kelowna, BC; 132 caps), Hannah Haughn (North Vancouver, BC; 127), Sara McManus (Tsawwassen, BC; 120), and Brienne Stairs (Kitchener, ON; 113).
Making her Senior International debut on the 2017 Pan Am Cup roster is Hannah Eborall (Beamsville, ON). Eborall also made her first Women’s Junior appearance in Lancaster in 2015, when Canada faced the United States.
Name | Position | Hometown | Current/Last Club | Caps | ||
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Alison Lee | Defender | Mississauga, ON | University of Toronto | 9 | ||
Alex Thicke | Forward | North Vancouver, BC | West Vancouver FHC | 36 | ||
Amanda Woodcroft | Midfielder | Waterloo, ON | University of Toronto | 63 | ||
Brienne Stairs | Midfielder | Kitchener, ON | Vancouver Hawks | 113 | ||
Danielle Hennig* | Defender | Kelowna, BC | Vancouver Meralomas | 132 | ||
Hannah Eborall | Defender | Beamsville, ON | A&C Field Hockey Academy | 0 | ||
Hannah Haughn | Midfielder | North Vancouver, BC | University of British Columbia | 127 | ||
Kaitlyn Williams | Goalkeeper | White Rock, BC | Vancouver Meralomas | 91 | ||
Karli Johansen | Defender | North Vancouver, BC | India Club | 81 | ||
Kate Wright (Gillis)* | Forward | Kingston, ON | West Vancouver FHC | 168 | ||
Maddie Secco | Midfielder | Victoria, BC | Vancouver Hawks | 88 | ||
Nikki Woodcroft | Forward | Waterloo, ON | University of Toronto | 17 | ||
Rachel Donohoe | Forward | North Vancouver, BC | West Vancouver FHC | 30 | ||
Rowan Harris | Goalkeeper | Ottawa, ON | Outaouais FHC | 16 | ||
Sara McManus | Defender | Tsawwassen, BC | Vancouver Meralomas | 120 | ||
Shanlee Johnston | Defender | Vancouver, BC | Vancouver Hawks | 60 | ||
Stephanie Norlander | Forward | North Vancouver, BC | University of British Columbia | 60 | ||
Jordyn Faiczak | Forward | Waterloo, Ontario | Guelph Cobras | 0 | ||
*Team Captain |
Head Coach – Ian Rutledge
Assistant Coach – Steph Andrews
Team Manager – Nancy Mollenhauer
Athletic Therapist – Ashely Ellett
Athletic Therapist – Michelle Meckling
Video Analyst – Paul Mounter