{"id":31139,"date":"2017-06-12T15:38:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T22:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31139"},"modified":"2017-06-12T15:47:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T22:47:34","slug":"softball-canada-announces-2017-mens-national-team-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=31139","title":{"rendered":"Softball Canada Announces 2017 Men\u2019s National Team Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Information Published by Gilles LeBlanc<\/a><\/p>\n

(Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of athletes who have been selected to represent Canada this summer at the Bob Law Memorial Challenge in Vancouver, B.C. and the 2017 WBSC Men\u2019s World Softball Championship from July 7 to 16 in Whitehorse, Yuk. The final roster has been determined following a selection camp held in Kitchener and Innerkip, Ont. this past weekend.<\/p>\n

The 2017 roster includes eleven (11) returnees from the 2015 team that won Gold at the WBSC Men\u2019s Softball World Championship in Saskatoon, Sask. All eleven were previously named to the team\u2019s core. Jason Hill (St. John\u2019s, NL) was also named to the core but will be unable to attend the World Championship.<\/p>\n

The athletes who will represent Canada as members of the 2017 Men\u2019s National Softball Team are:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Athletes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
First Name<\/strong><\/td>\nLast Name<\/strong><\/td>\nHometown<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Bryan<\/strong><\/td>\nAbrey<\/strong><\/td>\nRichmond, B.C.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan<\/strong><\/td>\nBoland<\/strong><\/td>\nSt. John’s, N.L.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shane<\/td>\nBoland<\/td>\nSt. John’s, N.L.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sean<\/strong><\/td>\nCleary<\/strong><\/td>\nHarbour Main, N.L.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad<\/strong><\/td>\nEzekiel<\/strong><\/td>\nHarbour Main, N.L.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandon<\/strong><\/td>\nHorn<\/strong><\/td>\nWaterloo, Ont.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blake<\/td>\nHunter<\/td>\nNanaimo, B.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark<\/td>\nJohnson<\/td>\nGlencoe, Ont.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derek<\/strong><\/td>\nMayson<\/strong><\/td>\nNorth Vancouver, B.C.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devon<\/strong><\/td>\nMcCullough<\/strong><\/td>\nSaskatoon, Sask.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve<\/strong><\/td>\nMullaley<\/strong><\/td>\nFreshwater, N.L.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mathieu<\/strong><\/td>\nRoy<\/strong><\/td>\nSaint-Gervais, Que.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin<\/strong><\/td>\nSchellenberg<\/strong><\/td>\nSquamish, B.C.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justin<\/td>\nSchofield<\/td>\nGrand Pr\u00e9, N.S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy<\/strong><\/td>\nSkelton<\/strong><\/td>\nScarborough, Ont.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colin<\/td>\nWalsh<\/td>\nPetty Harbour, N.L.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kris<\/td>\nWalushka<\/td>\nVictoria, B.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Athletes returning from the 2015 Men’s National Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coaching Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nHometown<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Head Coach<\/td>\nJohn Stuart<\/td>\nLangley, B.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistant Coach<\/td>\nJohn Hill<\/td>\nSt. John’s, N.L.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistant Coach<\/td>\nDean Holoien<\/td>\nMelfort, Sask.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistant Coach<\/td>\nLes Howey<\/td>\nConception Bay, N.L.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scout<\/td>\nDoug Allin<\/td>\nPeachland, B.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video Coach<\/td>\nGlenn Boles<\/td>\nSt. Satharines, Ont.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Athletic Therapist<\/td>\nAdam Davies<\/td>\nOttawa, Ont.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manager – MNT<\/td>\nMike Branchaud<\/td>\nOttawa, Ont.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

-SC-<\/p>\n

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

Gilles LeBlanc<\/strong>
\nManager – Marketing & Communications
\nSoftball Canada
\np: (613) 523-3386 ext. 3105 | m: (613) 795-1996
\nw: www.softball.ca<\/a> | e:\u00a0gleblanc@softball.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Information Published by Gilles LeBlanc (Ottawa, ON) Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of athletes who have been selected to represent Canada this summer at the Bob Law Memorial Challenge in Vancouver, B.C. and the 2017 WBSC Men\u2019s World Softball Championship from July 7 to 16 in Whitehorse, Yuk. The final roster has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31140,"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":[5,28,9,21,82],"tags":[629,726,193,668],"class_list":{"0":"post-31139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"category-featured","9":"category-international","10":"category-teams","11":"category-wbsc","12":"tag-canadianmensnatlteam2017","13":"tag-canadianmnt2017","14":"tag-softballcanada","15":"tag-wh2017","16":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31139","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=31139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31142,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31139\/revisions\/31142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}