Canada men's national field hockey team

Canada

Nickname(s)

Red Caribou

Association

Field Hockey Canada

Confederation

PAHF (Americas)

Head Coach

Peter Milkovich

Assistant coach(es)

Bartel Berkhout

Manager

Mark Wittig

Captain

Keegan Pereira
Balraj Panesar
John Smythe

Most caps

Ken Pereira (348)^[1]

Top scorer

Scott Tupper (126)^[2]

Home

Away

FIH ranking

Current

2 (12 March 2024)^[3]

Olympic Games

Appearances

8 (first in 1964)

Best result

10th (1976, 1984, 2000, 2008)

World Cup

Appearances

6 (first in 1978)

Best result

8th (1998)

Pan American Games

Appearances

15 (first in 1967)

Best result

1st (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007)

Pan American Cup

Appearances

6 (first in 2000)

Best result

1st (2009)

Medal record

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Pan American Games	4	8	2
Pan American Cup	1	4	1
Total	5	12	3

Pan American Cup

The Canadian men's national field hockey team represents Canada in international men's field hockey since 1964, when it played in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 to 1960		did not participate
1964	Tokyo, Japan	13th	7	1	0	6	5	25	Squad
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	did not participate
1972	Munich, Germany	did not participate
1976	Montreal, Canada	10th	6	1	0	5	6	14	Squad
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	did not participate
1984	Los Angeles, United States	10th	7	1	1	5	8	20	Squad
1988	Seoul, South Korea	11th	7	1	2	4	6	15	Squad
1992	Barcelona, Spain	did not qualify
1996	Atlanta, United States	did not qualify
2000	Sydney, Australia	10th	7	1	3	3	10	16	Squad
2004	Athens, Greece	did not qualify
2008	Beijing, China	10th	6	1	1	4	10	20	Squad
2012	London, Great Britain	did not qualify
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th	5	0	1	4	7	22	Squad
2020	Tokyo, Japan	12th	5	0	1	4	9	27	Squad
2024	Paris, France	did not qualify
Total		10th place	50	6	9	35	61	159

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973	did not participate
1975	did not qualify
1978	11th place game	11th	8	2	2	4	15	19	Squad
1982	did not qualify
1986	9th place game	10th	7	1	1	5	6	16	Squad
1990	11th place game	11th	7	1	1	5	6	11	Squad
1994	did not qualify
1998	7th place game	8th	7	1	3	3	16	18	Squad
2002	did not qualify
2006	did not qualify
2010	11th place game	11th	6	1	0	5	9	30	Squad
2014	did not qualify
2018	Cross-over	11th	4	0	1	3	3	13	Squad
2023	did not qualify
Total	Best: 8th	6/15	39	6	8	25	55	107

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1967	Winnipeg, Canada	4th	9	5	2	2	14	7
1971	Cali, Colombia	3rd	9	6	0	3	16	5
1975	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	8	5	2	1	20	6
1979	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	6
1983	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	6	6	0	0	25	4
1987	Indianapolis, United States	1st	6	5	1	0	42	5
1991	Havana, Cuba	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	5
1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	2nd	7	4	2	1	31	4
1999	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	7	6	1	0	29	5
2003	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	5
2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	5	3	2	0	12	7
2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	5	4	0	1	25	7
2015	Toronto, Canada	2nd	6	4	1	1	21	5
2019	Lima, Peru	2nd	6	5	0	1	33	10
2023	Santiago, Chile	3rd	5	4	1	0	12	4
2027	Barranquilla, Colombia	to be determined
Total		1st place	96	71	12	13	356	85

Pan American Cup

Pan American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	Final	2nd	6	4	1	1	32	6
2004	Final	2nd	6	5	0	1	29	5
2009	Final	1st	5	4	1	0	26	11
2013	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	9	8
2017	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	13	3
2022	3rd place game	3rd	6	4	0	2	26	11
Total	1 title	6/6	33	23	4	6	135	44

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7th	4	1	2	1	11	6	Squad
2002	Manchester, England	6th	5	0	1	4	7	14	Squad
2006	Melbourne, Australia	9th	5	1	0	4	5	16	Squad
2010	Delhi, India	7th	5	2	2	1	8	8	Squad
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	6th	5	1	0	4	8	16	Squad
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	8th	5	1	0	4	4	15	Squad
2022	Birmingham, England	8th	5	0	1	4	7	29	Squad
Total		7/7	34	6	6	22	50	104

Hockey Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year	Round
2022	8th

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1995	4th
1999	4th
2000	7th
2007	8th
2008	5th
2014	5th
2015	5th
2016	6th
2019	4th
2020	Cancelled
2024	Qualified
Best result: 4th place

Defunct competitions

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2012–13	18th	Round 2	5	3	0	2	16	13
2014–15	8th	Round 2	6	4	0	2	17	7
		Semifinal	7	2	1	4	7	22
		Final	5	0	0	5	6	26
2016–17	10th	Round 2	6	5	0	1	26	7
2016–17	10th	Semifinal	7	3	1	3	20	16
Total	Best: 8th	Final	36	17	2	17	92	91

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001 until 2007	did not participate
2009	8th	5	1	0	4	6	13
2011	8th	6	1	0	5	10	20
2012	6th	6	1	1	4	12	20
2014	2nd	6	2	2	2	14	17
Total	Best: 2nd	23	5	3	15	42	70

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 4 November 2022 for the 2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022.^[4]

Caps updated as of 4 December 2022, after the match against Pakistan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
28	GK	Tristan Burgoyne	(1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 29)	9
32	GK	Zachary Coombs	(2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 22)	7	West Vancouver

4	DF	Roopkanwar Dhillon	(2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 22)	10
14	DF	Manveer Jhamat	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 22)	10
16	DF	Gordon Johnston	(1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 31)	198
26	DF	Sam Cabral	(1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25)	17	UBC Thunderbirds
29	DF	Taylor Curran	(1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 31)	204	West Vancouver
33	DF	Thomson Harris	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 25)	5

5	MF	Devohn Noronha-Teixeira	(1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 35)	113
8	MF	Oliver Scholfield	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 30)	95
17	MF	Brenden Bissett	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)	156
23	MF	Chris Tardif	(2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 23)	12	Vancouver Hawks
25	MF	Harbir Sidhu	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 26)	17	India Club

2	FW	Matthew Barnett	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)	12
9	FW	Gurpreet Singh	(1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 29)	10
13	FW	Brendan Guraliuk	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 23)	31
15	FW	Sean Davis	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 23)	5
21	FW	Matthew Sarmento	(1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 32)	144	Vancouver Hawks

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ethan McTavish	(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 23)	4	West Vancouver	2022 Commonwealth Games
GK	Antoni Kindler	(1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 35)	112		2022 Pan American Cup

DF	John Smythe	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 34)	134		2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	Balraj Panesar	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)	85	East Grinstead	2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	Alexander Bird	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 20)	5		2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	James Kirkpatrick	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)	114	West Vancouver	2022 Pan American Cup

MF	Keegan Pereira	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 32)	200		2022 Commonwealth Games
MF	Floris van Son	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)	52	Hurley	2022 Commonwealth Games
MF	Sukhi Panesar	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30)	164		2022 Pan American Cup

FW	Fin Boothroyd	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	41	East Grinstead	2022 Commonwealth Games
FW	Gavin Bains	(1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 25)	6	India Club	2022 Commonwealth Games
FW	Iain Smythe	(1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 (age 38)	205		2022 Pan American Cup

Famous players

References

^ "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Men's National Team Nations Cup Roster Announcement". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 4 November 2022.

External links

Official website
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Titles

v t e Pan American Games men's field hockey tournament winners
1967: Argentina 1971: Argentina 1975: Argentina 1979: Argentina 1983: Canada 1987: Canada 1991: Argentina 1995: Argentina 1999: Canada 2003: Argentina 2007: Canada 2011: Argentina 2015: Argentina 2019: Argentina 2023: Argentina

v t e Men's national field hockey teams of the Americas (PAHF)
Argentina Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela

Canada squads – International Tournaments

Canada Summer Olympics squads

v t e Canada squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 10th place
1 Kant (GK) 2 Mahood (GK) 3 Bird 4 Brahmst 5 D'Abreo 6 Gifford 8 Griffiths 9 Pereira 10 Mosher 11 Milkovich (c) 12 Kullar 13 R. Short 14 Jagday 15 Campbell 18 Wettlaufer 21 Kahlon Coach: Virjee

v t e Canada squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 10th place
2 Mahood 3 Wright 4 Tupper 6 Schole 9 Pereira 10 Fernandes 11 P. Short 13 R. Short (c) 16 Sandison 17 Grimes 18 Wettlaufer 19 Pearson 20 Deol 21 Kahlon 23 Kullar 24 Singh Coach: Mendonca

v t e Canada squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 11th place
2 Martin 4 Tupper (C) 5 Noronha-Teixeira 7 Hor-Garcia 10 Pereira 11 Gill 14 Froese 16 Johnston 17 Bissett 19 Pearson 21 Sarmento 23 Smythe 26 Guest 27 Panesar 29 Curran 30 Carter Coach: Farry

v t e Canada squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 12th place
1 van Son 3 B. Pereira 4 Tupper 7 Ho-Garcia 8 Scholfield 10 K. Pereira 13 Guraliuk 16 Johnston 17 Bissett 18 Wallace 19 Pearson 20 Boothroyd 21 Sarmento 22 Smythe 24 Kirkpatrick 27 Panesar 29 Curran 31 Kindler Coach: Gademan

Canada World Cup squads

v t e Canada squad – 2010 World Cup – 11th place
1 Peck 3 Wright 4 Tupper 6 Watson 7 Hildreth 9 Ken Pereira (c) 10 Fernandes 12 Jameson 13 R. Short 16 Sandison 17 Grimes 18 Wettlaufer 19 Pearson 20 Deol 21 Keegan Pereira 24 S. G. Singh 29 Curran 30 Carter (GK) Coach: Brahmst

v t e Canada squad – 2018 World Cup – 11th place
1 van Son 3 B. Pereira 4 Tupper (C) 7 Ho-Garcia 8 Scholfield 9 Hildreth 10 K. Pereira 11 B. Panesar 16 Johnston 17 Bissett 18 Wallace 19 Pearson 21 Sarmento 22 J. Smythe 23 I. Smythe 24 Kirkpatrick 27 S. Panesar 30 Carter 31 Kindler Coach: Bundy

Canada Pan American Championships squads

v t e Canada squad – 1967 Pan American Games – 4th place
1 Bell 2 Chopping 3 Heldt 4 Hodgson 5 Johnston 6 Lankau 7 McCannel 8 McMillen 9 Pears 10 Preston 11 Raphael 12 Ronan 13 Stringer 14 Wolsak 15 J. Wright 16 L. Wright Coach: Broom

v t e Canada squad – 1971 Pan American Games – Bronze medal
1 Bell 2 Harrison 3 Hobkirk 4 Hodgson 5 McFarland 6 M. Mouat 7 R. Mouat 8 Pready 9 Preston 10 Rattray 11 Talling 12 D. Wolsak 13 J. Wolsak 14 Wood 15 J. Wright 16 L. Wright Coach: Hartley

v t e Canada squad – 1975 Pan American Games – Silver medal
1 Bissett 2 Carey 3 Chohan 4 Dusang 5 Gosal 6 Hobkirk 7 Hoos 8 Lown 9 MacDougall 10 McFarland 11 Motzek 12 Plummer 13 Pready 14 Schouten 15 Wood 16 L. Wright Coach: Hartley

v t e Canada squad – 1979 Pan American Games – Silver medal
1 Austin 2 Bahia 3 Bissett 4 Chohan 5 Dusang 6 Eede 7 Hobkirk 8 Hoos 9 Kanjee 10 Lewis 11 Motzek 12 Paget 13 Pal 14 Plummer 15 Pready 16 Wood Coach: McBryde

v t e Canada squad – 1983 Pan American Games – Gold medal (1st Title)
1 Austin 2 Bissett 3 Burrows 4 Chohan 5 Cholakis 6 Forzley 7 Hladky 8 Hobkirk 9 Hoos 10 Plummer 11 Porritt 12 Rai 13 Rutledge 14 Sacré 15 Sandhu 16 Smith Coach: Jagday

v t e Canada squad – 1987 Pan American Games – Gold medal (2nd Title)
1 Albert 2 Burrows 3 Caruso 4 Chohan 5 Dubé 6 Gifford 7 Goodwin 8 Grimmer 9 Harris 10 Sacré 11 Vaz 12 Manwaring 13 Porritt 14 Rutledge 15 Sandhu 16 Wyatt Coach: Clarke

v t e Canada squad – 1991 Pan American Games – Silver medal
1 Ancrum 2 Caruso 3 Chohan 4 Cholakis 5 Edamura 6 Gifford 7 Goodwin 8 Griffiths 9 Harris 10 Knapp 11 Manwaring 12 Milkovich 13 Muller 14 Rutledge 15 Sandhu Coach: Kanjee

v t e Canada squad – 2007 Pan American Games - Gold medal (4th Title)
1 Peck 2 Mahood 3 Wright 4 Tupper 6 Schole 9 Pereira 10 Fernandes 11 P. Short 12 Jameson 13 R. Short (c) 16 Sandison 17 Grimes 18 Wettlaufer 20 Deol 21 Kahlon 24 Singh Coach: Mendonca

v t e Canada squad – 2011 Pan American Games - Silver medal
3 Wright 4 Tupper 6 Watson 7 Hildreth 9 Ken Pereira (c) 10 Keeg. Pereira 11 Gill 12 Jameson 13 Short 14 Froese 19 Pearson 23 Smythe 24 S. G. Singh 26 Guest 30 Carter (GK) 31 Kindler (GK) Coach: Dabreo

v t e Canada squad – 2015 Pan American Games – Silver medal
2 Martin 4 Tupper (C) 5 Noronha-Teixeira 7 Ho-Garcia 12 Jameson 14 Froese 16 Johnston 17 Bissett 18 Wharton 19 Pearson 21 Sarmento 23 Smythe 26 Guest 27 Panesar 29 Curran 30 Carter Coach: Farry

v t e Canada squad – 2019 Pan American Games – Silver medal
3 B. Pereira 4 Tupper (C) 8 Scholfield 10 K. Pereira 11 B. Panesar 14 Froese 16 Johnston 17 Bissett 18 Wallace 19 Pearson 22 J. Smythe 23 I. Smythe 24 Kirkpatrick 27 S. Panesar 29 Curran 30 Carter Coach: Bundy

v t e Canada squad – 2023 Pan American Games – Bronze medal
1 van Son 5 Noronha-Teixeira 8 Scholfield 10 Pereira 11 Panesar 13 Guraliuk 15 Davis 16 Johnston (C) 17 Bissett 20 Boothroyd 21 Sarmento 24 Kirkpatrick 26 Cabral 29 Curran 30 McTavish 33 Harris Coach: Tshutshani

Other Canada squads

v t e Canada squad – 2010 Commonwealth Games – 7th place
3 Wright 4 Tupper 6 Watson 7 Hildreth 8 Hudson 9 Ken Pereira (c) 12 Jameson 13 R. Short 19 Pearson 21 Keeg. Pereira 23 Smythe 24 S. G. Singh 26 Guest 27 Froese 30 Carter (GK) 31 Kindler (GK) Coach: Dabreo

v t e Canada squad – 2014 Commonwealth Games – 6th place
1 Martin 2 Wright 3 Tupper (c) 4 Hildreth 5 Pereira 6 Jameson 7 Froese 8 Johnston 9 Wharton 10 Pearson 11 Ho-Garcia 12 Smythe 13 Guest 14 Panesar 15 Curran 16 Carter (GK) Coach: Bundy

v t e Canada squad – 2022 Commonwealth Games – 8th place
1 van Son 4 Dhillon 5 Noronha-Teixeira 6 Bird 8 Scholfield 9 Singh 10 Pereira 11 Panesar 13 Guraliuk 14 Jhamat 19 Bains 20 Boothroyd 21 Sarmento 22 Smythe 25 Sidhu 28 Burgoyne 29 Curran 30 McTavish Coach: Milkovich