Goodbye Zug 2015! Next Up? Pardubice, Czech Republic in 2017!

The ISBHF's 2015 World Championships in Zug this year have been touted a resounding success, and Team Canada did sport and country proud in their representation. The final scoreboard saw Team Canada Women take home the gold, as did Slovakia in the Men's competition.











Women's Team Canada were a force to be reckoned with in Zug this year - indominable, and remaining undefeated for the duration of the competition, their final victory against Czechoslovakia ended in a 5:1 result. Additionally, Team Canada Women were proud to also have taken home the Tournament's Fair Play Award, and to see team members rewarded as follows:

• Kristen Cooze: Most Valuable Player (Tournament)
• Amanda Kean: Women's Top Scorer
• Alicia Blomberg: Women's Top Forward
• Delaney Brian: Women's Top Goaltender

The Men's Team Canada started out with multiple games on top, and held a solid position at #2 on the leaderboard until well into mid-tournament. Goaltender Samuel Beauchamp did an incredible job with a save rate of over 92%. Frank Guistini, Dustin Kelly, Matthew Tremblett and Jonathon Daoust wrapped up competition all in the Top Ten "Top Scorers", with the USA's Danny Schlegel gaining a point advantage with a few extra assists over Team Canada's Frank Guistini to take home  the Tournamant's Top Scorer title. All in all, Team Canada proudly came home with fifth place overall after a 6:5 win over the home team, Switzerland in the Finals.



And so with Zug 2015 all wrapped up, the focus of the next generation of CBHA players looks to the next ISBHF Championships in 2017 being held in Pardubice, Czech Republic.

Do you have what it takes?