{"id":30545,"date":"2016-10-31T19:47:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=30545"},"modified":"2016-11-01T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T17:19:43","slug":"softball-canada-announces-2017-mens-national-team-athlete-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=30545","title":{"rendered":"Softball Canada Announces 2017 Men\u2019s National Team Athlete Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click logo to view original press release<\/figcaption><\/figure>From Softball Canada:<\/a><\/p>\n

(Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of forty (40) athletes who have been named to the 2017 Men\u2019s National Team Athlete Pool. The coaching staff will select up to twent-two (22) athletes from the Athlete Pool to attend a Men\u2019s National Team Selection Camp in June of 2017.<\/p>\n

Team Canada head coach John Stuart (Langley, BC)<\/strong> and assistant coaches John Hill (St. John\u2019s, NL) <\/strong>and Les Howey (Conception Bay, NL)<\/strong> will return as the coaching staff for the 2017 WBSC Men\u2019s World Softball Championship in Whitehorse, YT, where Canada will be defending its World title.<\/p>\n

The Men\u2019s National Team held a Development Camp in June but did not compete in any events in 2016. Team Canada had its best year ever in 2015, capturing Gold at both the WBSC Men\u2019s World Softball Champions in Saskatoon and the Pan American Games in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the success of 2015 in the past, we have to continue to move forward with our goal of putting the best possible team on the field in 2017\u201d stated Mike Branchaud, Manager \u2013 Men\u2019s National Teams and Canadian Championships at Softball Canada.
\n \u201cWith this talented group of 40 players, there is no doubt this team will have the ability to defend the world title. We have a core group that is dedicated to fitness and preparing to be at the top of their game come July 2017 in Whitehorse.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

The athletes who have been named to the 2017 Men\u2019s National Team Athlete Pool are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Members of 2015 Gold Medal team shown in bold)<\/strong>
\n*Member of 2014 Canadian Junior National Team
\n**Member of 2016 Canadian Junior National Team<\/p>\n

\n
\nFirst Name Last Name Hometown<\/strong>
\nBryan Abrey Richmond, B.C.<\/strong>
\nAdam Alexander Walkerton, Ont.
\nTyson Barkman Abottsford, B.C.
\nRyan Boland St. John’s, N.L.<\/strong>
\nShane Boland St. John’s, N.L.
\nPatrick Burns Saskatoon, Sask.
\nSean Cleary Harbour Main, N.L.
\nJeff Ellsworth St. Lawrence, P.E.I.
\nBrad Ezekiel Harbour Main, N.L.<\/strong>
\nKyle Ezekiel Holyrood, N.L.
\nRyan French Kitchener, Ont.
\nJason Hill St. John’s, N.L.
\nBrandon Horn Waterloo, Ont.<\/strong>
\nBlake Hunter Nanaimo, B.C.
\nMark Johnson Brantford, Ont.
\nTravis Jones Neyaashiinigmiing, Ont.
\nRyan Kirk Goulds, N.L.
\nJustin Krulicki Kitchener, Ont.
\n**Alexandre Lemieux Saint-Gervais, Que.
\nScott Lieph Sooke, B.C.
\nKyle Linton Toronto, Ont.
\nJeff Lyons Appin, Ont.
\nDerek Mayson North Vancouver, B.C.
\nDevon McCullough Saskatoon, Sask.<\/strong>
\nNic Moore Ariss, Ont.
\nSteve Mullaley Freshwater, N.L.<\/strong>
\nJeremy O’Reilly Placentia, N.L.
\n*Tyler Pauli Mitchell, Ont.
\n**Tyler Randerson New Hamburg, Ont.
\nMathieu Roy Saint-Gervais, Que.
\nJason Sanford Durham, N.S.
\nKevin Schellenberg Squamish, B.C.<\/strong>
\nJustin Schofield Grand Pr\u00e9, N.S.
\n*Taylor Schubada Irma, Alta.
\nTy Sebastian Brussels, Ont.
\nAndy Skelton Scarborough, Ont.<\/strong>
\nBlake Underwood Port Elgin, Ont.
\nColin Walsh Petty Harbour, N.L.
\nKris Walushka Victoria, B.C.
\nTyler Whynot Kentville, N.S.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Athletes named to the Men\u2019s National Team Athlete Pool are eligible to be invited to Men\u2019s National Team training, development and selection camps. Athletes may be added or removed from the National Team Athlete Pool at any time at the Head Coach\u2019s discretion.<\/p>\n

-SC-<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact:<\/p>\n

Mike Branchaud
\nManager, National Teams and Canadian Championships
\nSoftball Canada
\nmbranchaud [at]softball.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Softball Canada: (Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of forty (40) athletes who have been named to the 2017 Men\u2019s National Team Athlete Pool. The coaching staff will select up to twent-two (22) athletes from the Athlete Pool to attend a Men\u2019s National Team Selection Camp in June of 2017. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,28,19,21,82],"tags":[629,193,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-30545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"category-featured","9":"category-players","10":"category-teams","11":"category-wbsc","12":"tag-canadianmensnatlteam2017","13":"tag-softballcanada","14":"tag-softballcanada2017","15":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30545"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30553,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545\/revisions\/30553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}