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unusual facts about Canada men's national floorball team


Canadian Floorball League

The league was created in fall 2012 in order to assure Canada's participation in the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships.


1995–96 Port Vale F.C. season

In November, Canadian international defender Randy Samuel signed after impressing on trial, but soon was sidelined with a serious knee injury.

2006 World Lacrosse Championship

2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations.

2010 Men's World Floorball Championships Qualifying

North American qualification matches between Canada and the United States were played in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from February 5 to February 6, 2010.

Alen Marcina

Marcina has never been capped by the Canadian national team although he missed New Zealand's round 21 match against Perth Glory at North Harbour Stadium due to a call up to a Canadian national team training camp.

Amani Walker

In March 2009, Walker made an appearance for the Jamaica U-20 national team versus Canada in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Andres Sõber

The breakthrough season was 2009-10, when Andres Sõber managed to form a team, which consisted of experienced players, such as former Dutch champion Valmo Kriisa, NBA player Martin Müürsepp, young prospect Rain Veideman, member of the Canada men's national basketball team Richard Elias Anderson and basketballers ranked out of stronger squads (TÜ/Rock, BC Kalev/Cramo), Kristo Saage, Rain Raadik and Sven Kaldre for instance.

Berlin Dutchmen

The Dutchmen were the last self-contained club to represent Canada in the Olympic hockey tournament; the Canada men's national ice hockey team was established in 1963.

Bruce Twamley

Bruce Richardson Twamley (born 23 May 1952 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a former Canadian international footballer.

Canada men's national junior ice hockey team

The team sent to the 1982 Tournament in Rochester, Minnesota was the first true national junior team sent.

Carl Gentile

He then played three 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, all three wins, the first over Canada and the next two over Bermuda.

Charlie Steele, Sr.

Steele played two A-international matches for the All Whites in 1927, both against the touring Canadians, the first a 2-2 draw on 25 June 1927, the second a 1-2 loss on 2 July.

Dick Hislop

Hislop played two official A-international matches for the All Whites in 1927, both against the touring Canadians, the first a 2-2 draw in which Hislop and Bob Innes were New Zealand's scorers on 25 June 1927, the second a 1-2 loss on 2 July.

Eddie Clear

His final appearance with the U.S. came in a 1-0 World Cup qualifier victory over Canada on October 27, 1968.

Elwood Cook

In preparation for the next two games, against Canada in June, the U.S. Soccer Federation disbanded the team and selected Kutis to represent the U.S. Cook, as a member of Kutis, therefore played in all four U.S. games.

Fraser Valley Mariners

Colin Miller left Abbotsford in the 2006 close season to become Billy Davies' assistant at Derby County in the Premier League, and he was replaced by former Canadian international Shaun Lowther for the 2007 campaign.

Gary Barone

Barone earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 2-2 tie with Canada on August 29, 1972 World Cup qualifier.

George Pakos

George "Teddy" Pakos (born August 14, 1952 in Victoria) is a former Canadian international soccer player.

Irving Davis

His last game came on June 27, 1926, a 1-0 loss to Canada.

Jack Tinkler

Tinkler played two official A-international matches for the All Whites in 1927, both against the touring Canadians, the first a 2-2 draw on 25 June 1927, the second a 1-2 loss on 2 July.

Jennifer Hedger

Hedger dated the former captain of the Canadian national soccer team, Jason de Vos, and she is now married to rival Rogers Sportsnet anchor Sean McCormick.

Jim Gorsek

Gorsek earned his first cap with the U.S. national team as a substitute for Arnie Mausser in a 2-0 loss to Canada on April 2, 1985.

Joseph Di Chiara

Not having played any matches for the Canadian men's national youth soccer teams after travelling under the radar for many years, Joseph was called up to the Canadian senior team on September 26, 2011, for Canada's upcoming games in the second round of CONCACAF 2014 World Cup Qualification.

Julian Uccello

Julian was not a part of the Canadian national team plans until early October in 2010, when senior national team coach Stephen Hart named him in the 18 man Canada squad to play a friendly on October 8 versus Ukraine.

Kevin Grant

Kevin Grant is a former Canadian international soccer player who played 26 games for the Canada men's national soccer team between 1971 and 1976, including two games at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Ndubuisi Okosieme

Okosieme was part of the Nigeria squad at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, playing the last seven minutes of a 2–0 group stage win over Canada.

Pat Cubellis

Pat Cubellis (born 1 February 1967) is a Canadian former soccer player who earned six caps for the national team in 1986, scoring one goal in the process.

Perry Pearn

Pearn served twice as an assistant coach with Canada's national junior team at the IIHF World Junior Championships (1990, 1991).

Port Arthur Bearcats

When the 1935 Allan Cup champion Halifax Wolverines was unavailable, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association chose the runnerup Bearcats to be Canada's representative at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Rick Celebrini

In 1987, Celebrini earned four caps with the Canadian U-20 national team which competed at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Celebrini played for the Canadian U-20 national team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Robbie Zipp

Zipp continued with the team this season, becoming the team captain after former captain Jeff Durgan was released following the team’s game with the Canadian national soccer team.

Rudy Getzinger

That year, he scored in his debut, an August 20, 1972 loss to Canada.

SaPKo

Later bigger success came in the season 1994/1995 when SaPKo had very good regular season with players like Team Canada captain Brian Tutt and was close to promotion to the SM-liiga.

Steve Monteith

Stephen Monteith (born September 21, 1943 in Stratford, Ontario) is an ice hockey player who played for the Canadian national team.

T. J. Brodie

He averaged over 20 minutes of ice time per game and earned an invitation to join Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.

Tobias Rau

Rau played seven times for Germany, all in 2003, which included a goal in a 4–1 routing of Canada.

Tommy Steel

Steel earned his cap with the U.S. national team in a November 8, 1925 victory over Canada.

Tony Panhuyzen

Tony Panhuyzen is a retired Canadian association football player who earned 4 caps for the Canadian national side between 1987 and 1988.

Torkil Nielsen

He scored the very first Faroese goal after FIFA recognition, in a game, which also turned out to be the first ever official victory for the Faroe Islands, winning 1-0 in a friendly over Canada in April 1989.

Toronto Ukrainians

During this period the team attracted many soccer stars, such as Ostap Steckiw, Walt Zakaluznyj and Myron Bereza who played for the Canada national football team.

Trail Smoke Eaters

The senior team also won two Ice Hockey World Championships playing for Canada in 1939 and 1961; they were the last independent ice hockey club to represent Canada in international competition before the Canada men's national ice hockey team was established in 1963.

U-Sector

In addition to supporting TFC and the Lynx, U-Sector members have also travelled great distances to support the Canadian national soccer team at events such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup, having a modest contingent of supporters in Foxborough in 2003 and in Chicago in 2007.

Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will take place from October 23 to October 29, when the United States defeated Canada 7–3 for the gold medal.

Wattie Cooper

Cooper played two official A-international matches for the All Whites in 1927, both against the touring Canadians, the first a 1-0 win on 9 July 1927, the second a 1-4 loss on 23 July.


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