Canadian Ireland Team

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[wolfman]

Anyone know who was selected for the Ireland tour? I was told the team was going to be announced yesterday, but haven't seen anything yet.

Thanks

[Grumpy]

Not on the web site i will chase it up tomorrow

[vicpremierplayer]

The following players have been selected to represent Canada on the European tour to Ireland and Holland, June 6-24

 

Anthony Wright

Bindi Kullar

Connor Grimes

David Carter

Ken Pereira

Marian Schole

Mark Pearson

Michael Mahood

Paul Wettlaufer

Peter Short

Philip Wright

Ranjeev Deol

Ravi Kahlon

Robert Short

Scott Sandison

Scott Tupper

Sukhwinder (Gabbar) Singh

Wayne Fernandes


 

Staff:

Louis Mendonca (Coach)

Alan Brahmst (Assistant Coach)

Nick Sandhu (Assistant Coach)

Ajay Dube (Manager)

Patrick Burrows (Video Technician)

Scott Fraser (Physiotherapist)

[wolfman]

Nice to see Pearson getting his shot - hopefully his hammy is up to the challenge.
Can't believe Matt Guest was dropped, he looked very dangerous on the games I watched online and was our best forward at Cal cup. Sorry, but in my opinion Phil isn't nearly as dangerous as Matt... sure Phil can run fast but he's not going to create anything.

[sneakpeak]

What happened to Mike Lee? Is he totally off the radar?

[BlackCat]

What happened to Mike Lee? Is he totally off the radar?

Yup and moving back to Victoria and will be coaching the UVic men's team in the fall.

[RushMan]

Nice to see Pearson getting his shot - hopefully his hammy is up to the challenge.
Can't believe Matt Guest was dropped, he looked very dangerous on the games I watched online and was our best forward at Cal cup. Sorry, but in my opinion Phil isn't nearly as dangerous as Matt... sure Phil can run fast but he's not going to create anything.

Would that be the Matt Guest from Australia ?

[wolfman]

Yes, that would him.... of the famous Guest clan who is slowly taking over our country, and taking our women to boot.

[RushMan]

Yes, that would him.... of the famous Guest clan who is slowly taking over our country, and taking our women to boot.

Sounds like he is enjoying himself.

I have only seen him play once but people here say he CAN PLAY !

[wolfman]

We beat GB 1-0 in the first game - Pete Short scored the goal. That's all the info I have, I know nothing about the game itself. Great result for the boys... let's go and beat Pak next!

[keely]

WOW!

[bigbizzrd]

MATCH REPORT: Ireland V Canada (Mens)

Ireland             3 (2)      Eugene Magee, 14th m, Alan Southern 16th m, Mitch Darling 40th m

Canada            3 (1)      Mark Pearson 31st ,  Ravi Kahlon 41st ,  Robert Short 49th

Ireland's men continued playing with the exciting flair they had displayed against Pakistan the previous evening when they took on Canada tonight in their second game of the Setanta Sports Trophy. 

Only two minutes in Ireland conceded a penalty corner which resulted in a penalty stroke but an on form Harte saved the shot low to the right to keep a clean sheet. Twelve minutes later an Irish cross in from the left was met by a diving Eugene Magee to slot home his countries first goal of the night. Only two minutes later a shot from Shaw was met by Alan Southern to double Irelands lead to two nil. The game continued with great pace and skill as both sides moved the ball from end to end, but Canada got one back just four minutes before half time when a free in resulted in a goal mouth scramble which Mark Pearson converted for his side.

Half time Ireland 2 - 1 Canada

Ireland were not long waiting to extend their lead when Mitch Darling showed some of his goal scoring magic when he deflected a free in which he roofed into the net for a 3-1 lead.  But, only sixty seconds later Ireland were punished in a similar fashion to the first goal when a free in again resulted in a melee around the circle for Ravi Kahlon to bring his side back within a goal at 3-2.

The equaliser came in the 49th minute when captain Short got on the end of a free in to draw his side level at three all. Both sides began to show their frustration and in the 51st minute Irelands Alan Southern was sent to the bin for ten minutes but within 60 seconds the sides were once again on a level playing field when one of Canada's midfielders joined him on the side line for an illegal tackle.

Both sides had opportunities to score and with only a minute left on the clock keeper Harte was called into action for a superb penalty corner save to keep his side level at three all.

grabbed that off of www.hockey.ie

[keely]

And although it's old news, WorldHockey has match reports from both the men's and women's sides of the Setanta Cup, including Canada's victory over GB.

Men: Canada – Great Britain 1-0 (0-0)
1-0 Peter Short 37.

Great Britain Men opened their Setanta Trophy campaign with a 1-0 defeat against a defensive Canada with Peter Short scoring the only goal in the 37th minute.

After a goalless first half, Short was on hand to tap the ball into the back of the net just after the restart when Britain lost the ball deep in Canada’s defense and allowed them to work it into the circle for the only goal of the game.

Britain had the better possession and had chances to score throughout, but the Canadian keeper constantly denied the Brits with a string of spectacular saves which made him “unquestionably the man of the match” according to manager Pete Nicholson.

Britain had six penalty corners throughout the game to Canada’s three, but could not make any of them count.

Source: Irish Hockey Association / Great Britain Hockey limited

[Pat]

I was there yesterday though had to leave at half time in order to get home before mid-night as some of the smaller ones had to go into school the next day. Both teams looked good. In the first half Ireland did look like they would win it but things must of changed during half time.

In the warm up both keepers looked very impressive but I think Harte had the edge on Mahood during the game.

The Canadian team were very nice people. The assistant coach handed a whole load of programs to our school which was nice.

[keely]

Well, the fact that we're nice kinda goes without saying . Glad you got to a game, patpat. Keep us posted on any others you get to see.