Championnat Mondial de Hockey Balle
Sierra, Switzerland - June 8th to 15th 2003
Team Canada sera représenté par 10 joueurs du Québec
Voici une photo des 10 joueurs de la Ligue Premier de PTM qui représenteront le Québec lors du Championnat Mondial de Hockey Balle qui se déroulera à Sierre (Suisse) du 6 juin au 13 juin.

Rangée du haut de gauche à droite
Tony Iannito (Team Canada General Manager), Sandro Morello [C] (Red Lite), Biagio Daniele [LW] (Black Knights)
Benoît Gilbert [RW] (Red Lite), Alexandre Burrows [C] (Red Lite), Mathieu Lebrun [RW] (Red Lite)

Rangée du milieu
Ian Fontaine [LW] (Red Lite)

Rangée du bas de gauche à droite
Paolo Musto [C] (Black Knights), Paul Roy [D] (Red Lite), Michel Pérodeau [G] (Black Knights), Ray Callari [LW] (Black Knights)


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Team Canada roster
Here's a look at Team Canada's roster for the World Ball Hockey Championships, which includes Terry Ryan, who was drafted 8th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 NHL entry draft. Ryan played his junior hockey for the Tri-City Americans of the WHL; he played 8 games for the Montreal Canadiens, spanning over 3 seasons

  Last Name Name City,Province Jersey  
  Players        
1 Marchese Robert North York,Ontario 7  
2 Lajeunesse Nelson Brampton,Ontario 44  
3 Mentis James Brampton,Ontario 95  
4 Gilbert Ben Ile-Perrot,Quebec 66  
5 Marcelli Dave King City,Ontario 96  
6 Bettencourt Denis Brampton,Ontario 88  
7 Daniele Biaggio Montreal,Quebec 68  
8 Musto Paolo Montreal,Quebec 12  
9 Baiani Jason Moncton,New Brunswick 47  
10 Perodeau Michel Ste Catherine,Quebec 35  
11 Callari Ray Dorval,Quebec 55  
12 Fontaine Ian Pointe Des Cascades,Quebec 27  
13 Morello Sandro Pierrefonds,Quebec 13  
14 Lebrun Mathieu Ile-Perrot,Quebec 11  
15 Roy Paul Pincourt,Quebec 77  
16 Maceil Mike Mississauga, Ontario 4  
17 Burrows Alex Montreal,Quebec 41  
18 Poulsen Ian St.Albert,Alberta 8  
19 Gulleckson Kevin St.Albert,Alberta 30  
20 McCarthy Doug Edmonton,Alberta 5  
21 Kalia Sharny Surrey,British Columbia 19  
22 Sidhu Par Burnaby,British Columbia 25  
23 Ryan Terry Mount Pearl,Newfoundland 14  
24 Christopher Tom St.John's,Newfoundland 91  
  Staff        
1 Gortsos George Willowdale,Ontario   Head Coach
2 Su Jason Scarborough,Ontario   Team Doctor
3 Dawson Bobby St.John's,Newfoundland   Ass Coach
4 Picko Joe Toronto,Ontario   Trainer
5 DiGironiomo Domenic Toronto,Ontario   Executicve Director
6 Iannitto Tony Montreal,Quebec   General Manager
  Referees        
1 Beatty Bob Kitchner,Ontario   Referee
2 Sega Dave Hollandlanding,Ontario   Referee









World Ball Hockey Championships
Team Canada defeats the Czech Republic for the World title
[Sierra Switzerland, June 14th 2003]
Preliminary round
(Game 1) Team Canada 6 Bermuda 0
(Game 2) Team Canada 17 Latvia 0
(Game 3) Team Canada 5 Italy 1
(Game 4) Team Canada 8 Switzerland 0
(Game 5) Team Canada 8 USA 3

Team Canada - World champions

Paul IACURTO

Team Canada breezed through the premilinary round with a perfect 5-0 record; their most difficult challenge (if you can call it one) was a 5 goal victory over team USA.

Team Canada finished the Round Robin with a +40 goal differential, followed by the Czech republic at +35. At the other end of the spectrum, Latvia were a -61 through 5 games.

Preliminary round
(Game 1) Czech Republic 6 Pakistan 1
(Game 2) Czech Republic 14 Austria 0
(Game 3) Czech Republic 11 Germany 0
(Game 4) Czech Republic 9 Mexico 2
(Game 5) Czech Republic 2 Slovakia 2

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND ROBIN

Group X                
 

GP

W

L

T

GF

GA

DIFF

PTS

Czech Republic

5

4

0

1

38

3

35

8

Slovakia

5

4

0

1

16

3

13

8

Pakistan

5

3

0

2

13

11

2

6

Germany

5

1

1

3

11

21

-10

2

Austria

5

1

1

3

12

27

-15

2

Mexico

5

0

0

5

0

25

-25

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GP

W

L

T

GF

GA

DIFF

PTS

Canada

5

5

0

0

44

4

40

10

Italy

5

4

0

1

22

9

13

8

Switzerland

5

3

0

2

34

16

18

6

USA

5

2

0

3

22

18

4

4

Bermuda

5

1

0

4

7

21

-14

2

Latvia

5

0

0

5

2

63

-61

0

Team scoring

G

A

PTS

PM

Benoît Gilbert

6

4

10

0

Alexandre Burrows

5

5

10

6

Ian Fontaine

2

7

9

4

Paolo Musto

4

1

5

0

Biaggio Daniele

1

3

4

6

Jason Baiani

2

1

3

2

Sharmy Kaila

2

1

3

0

Rob Marchese

2

1

3

2

Sandro Morello

2

1

3

0

Terry Ryan

2

1

3

4

Nelson Lajeunesse

1

2

3

2

Dennis Bettencourt

2

0

2

0

Dave Marcelli

1

1

2

4

James Mentis

1

1

2

0

Ray Callari

1

0

1

7

Ian Poulsen

1

0

1

6

Mathieu Lebrun

0

1

1

0

Paul Roy

0

1

1

0

Tom Christopher

0

0

0

0

Mike Maciel

0

0

0

2

Playoff Round (semi-finals)
(Game 1) Team Canada 3 Slovakia 1
(Game 2) Czech Republic 3 Italy 1


Final
Team Canada 6 Czech Republic 1


Gold Team Canada
Silver Czech Republic
Bronze Slovakia

In a predictable final between the 2 best teams in the World, Team Canada kept on ransacking opponents with a 5 goal victory over the Czech Republic. Red Lite forwards Alexandre Burrows and Benoît Gilbert are said to have been Canada's best players during the championship game.

Team Canada have now won back to back World Championships at the expense of the Czech Republic. In 2001 (the last time the World Championships were held), team Canada defeated the Czechs 4-3 in overtime.

Canada reigns supreme in the Ball Hockey world!!!








World Ball Hockey Championship
[June 18th 2003]
Paul IACURTO
The Ball Hockey News has gathered some of the more interesting comments from the World Ball Hockey Championship discussion forum.

The next WBHC will be held in Pittsburg (PA) in 2005



From: Ball Hockey Fan
I really think its great that other countries are taking its place in ball hockey, and maybe in 5 to 10 years from now they might win a medal or two, but the reality of it all is that Canada, Slovakia and Czech Republic are the only teams to look at. If you don't belive me, look at the stats, in the last 4 world championships only these 3 countries took the gold, silver, and bronze. From the looks of this years tournament it seems that these 3 teams will dominate over the rest. The other countries should create a stronger ball hockey program to give these 3 teams a challange......


From : a guest
In every sport, there are periods, where one team dominates the others. But also Canada will lose sooner or later and the Czechs or the Slovaks will win

Switzerland established clearly as Number. 4 in the World (I don't count Italy, because they don't have a league there). And Switzerland beat Slovakia and played tie against the Czech Republic during the Last U18 European Championships. Will still have a long way to go to be at the same level as the top three countries. But we will go this way, I promise you



From: Ball Hockey Fan
I played with and against every single player on Team Canada, and I think that this year the staff and coach did a great Job in selecting the team. Look at the stats, they already have 11 world champions, and they picked up more younger faster players from Montreal who are leading the team with points...........now it would be nice to see different players from different provinces take a role on the team, but why change what is already a success. What upsets me is that they are holding back more talented players from Quebec and Toronto simply to please the other less dominating provinces. Win some national Titles and then you can get your guys on the Roster. Only the best should be on a world championship team, if that means you only take the players from 2 cities, so be it.



From : a guest
You are right, the WBHC website isn't really good and up-to-date. But the rest of the tournament was well organized. And 2700 spectators during the final is very good, when you consider, that Switzerland wasn't participating. In 2001 in Toronto, there were only about 1500 spectators



From: a guest
I really don't think the European u18 cup is great anyway, what’s the point of the European cup anyway :to avoid letting the Canadians and Americans in this tournament. The Swiss are not the fourth in the world, i would tell you something that Canada, Italy, Pakistan, and Greece would be the top four teams if the Canadian players who play in Canada all went to the world's. Watch the world's are in Pittsburgh in 2005 and the Swiss will not even do as well as they did this tournament. Watch out for these teams, maybe the ISBHF needs to do something about this but what really can they do if you have a citizenship from another country. Sorry man the Swiss are serious SWISS CHEESE.



From: a guest
Hey you can't argue with success, and guys from all over Canada should be recognized but the teams that make it to the semi-finals of the Canadians have a better shot of making team canada than a team that went 0-6. Normally Montreal and Toronto have their teams in the final. Toronto has I think 5 players, and Montreal has 10 guys or something like that, if not more.



From: The Mole
A lot of it may come down to cost of scouting players etc. If you play on a poor team you have to really shine to stand out. Especially in a game where position and passing are so important. Even Gretzky couldn't set up some guys...

The guys in Central Canada get seen more...but I see some Newfs on there, a New Brunswick’er and some guys from the West...but aren't the guys from Ontario and Quebec on the best teams in the country playing in the best leagues?

It is always tough to push an incumbent off a team they are a proven commodity...and there is always someone who thinks they should be there...



From: a guest
There are a lot of talented players in Canada. why not next time have a team from western Canada ( B.C. , Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) and eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island)