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Team Canada National Team

CIHA are seeking players that are interested in competing in the 2003 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championship, June 27-July 7, in the Czech Republic. Team Canada Inline will be defending the World title after winning Gold in 2002.

Canada will also be competing in the Pan Am Games Aug.11- 14, 2003 in the Dominican Republic. The team competing in the Pan Am Games is restricted to only 8 players and 2 goalies and CIHA intend to take a veteran team to these games.

The National Team heading to the Czech Republic will be providing an opportunity for younger players to gain some international experience for the future. Richard Ropchan will coach the World Championship Team and Pan Am Team. He has won two World Championships with Team Canada and the RHI league Championship in 1998 with the Anaheim Bullfrogs. The last two times Canada has competed in a World Championships, Ropchan was behind the bench and Gold was the result.

Players interested in being selected to Team Canada Inline should contact Ropchan through e-mail (rropchan@omha.net) and be prepared to submit a hockey background to him. Canada is seeking to assemble a 24U National Team for the 2003 Worlds, but will not restrict the age to only 24 if suitable players are available. The last two selections for the Pan Am Games team will be made after the World Championships.

Selected players should be prepared to share a majority of the expense of this ten-day trip, have a passport (or begin to obtain one) and be prepared to attain a visa for entering the Czech Republic.







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