17 CHL grads to compete in 2019 Winter Universiade
U SPORTS has announced the Team Canada roster set to compete at the 2019 FISU Winter Universiade.
This year’s tournament will take place in Krasnoyarsk, Russia from March 2 to 12, with Team Canada’s first game coming on the opening day against Great Britain. The Team Canada roster is composed entirely of U SPORTS student-athletes, some of whom previously competed nationally with Hockey Canada.
Twelve teams will compete in the men’s tournament, including Group A consisting of Canada, Great Britain, Latvia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Kazakhstan, plus Group B made up of Hungary, Czech Republic, Japan, Slovakia, Russia, and the United States.
“Our team is assembled with student-athletes and coaches from coast to coast. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I’m confident all participants will make Canada proud,” said head coach Kevin Hamlin, who suited up for four CHL clubs during his four-year junior career from 1978-82.
The Team Canada lineup consists of 17 graduates from the CHL:
Goaltenders
Player | University | Last CHL Team | Final Season |
Sebastien Auger | UQTR | Saint John | 2014-15 |
Dawson MacAuley | Regina | Regina | 2013-14 |
Defence
Player | University | Last CHL Team | Final Season |
Adam Henry | Manitoba | Portland | 2014-15 |
Tyler King | Regina | Kootenay | 2014-15 |
Loik Leveille | UQTR | Cape Breton | 2015-16 |
Liam Maaskant | Acadia | Kitchener | 2014-15 |
Garrett McFadden | Acadia | Guelph | 2017-18 |
Carl Neill | Concordia | Charlottetown | 2016-17 |
Alexander Yuill | UOIT | Belleville | 2014-15 |
Forwards
Player | University | Last CHL Team | Final Season |
Christophe Boivin | UQTR | Acadie-Bathurst | 2016-17 |
Jacob Cascagnette | Waterloo | Ottawa | 2017-18 |
Nicolas Chyzowski | Waterloo | Kamloops | 2017-18 |
Daniel Del Paggio | Lakehead | Gatineau | 2016-17 |
Stephen Harper | Acadia | Niagara | 2015-16 |
Mathieu Lemay | UQTR | Rouyn-Noranda | 2014-15 |
Aidan Wallace | Toronto | Oshawa | 2014-15 |
Nicolas Zajac | Manitoba | Saskatoon | 2015-16 |
Team Canada finished with a bronze medal at the 2017 FISU Winter Universiade, while the men’s and women’s squads have made it to the podium on 20 of 21 occasions, counting seven gold-medal finishes, since the men debuted in 1968 and the women in 2009.
For complete tournament schedule information, visit USports.ca.