6 OHL graduates selected for 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 who previously competed nationally with Hockey Canada in December’s world junior camp.
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 six graduates from the OHL:
Defence
Player | University | Last CHL Team | Final Season |
Liam Maaskant | Acadia | Kitchener | 2014-15 |
Garrett McFadden | Acadia | Guelph | 2017-18 |
Alex Yuill | UOIT | Belleville | 2014-15 |
Forwards
Player | University | Last CHL Team | Final Season |
Jacob Cascagnette | Waterloo | Ottawa | 2017-18 |
Stephen Harper | Acadia | Niagara | 2015-16 |
Aidan Wallace | Toronto | Oshawa | 2014-15 |
Team Canada finished with a bronze medal at the 2017 FISU Winter Universiade, and has made it to the podium in 20 of 21 occasions, counting seven gold-medal finishes, since the men’s squad debuted in the tournament in 1968 and the women’s in 2009.
For complete tournament schedule information, visit USports.ca.