CBHA Announces The 2020 General Manager And Coaching Staff's For U16 Junior Team Canada Program
2019-09-04
Canadian Ball Hockey Association announces General Manager and Coaching Staff for 2020 ISBHF U16 World Cup...
It is with great pride, the Canadian Ball Hockey Association announces the U16 Junior Team Canada West & East General Manager and Coaching Staff’s for the upcoming 2020 tournament in Slovakia. The U16 program gives the opportunity to many young Canadian ball hockey players and offers a greater pool of experienced players that may potentially be selected for future U18 tournaments.
General Manager: Gary Slavin
Gary has been with the CBHA Junior Team Canada program since 2008. The past two years has been with the newly formed West & East program structure and has been part of two gold medal wins for the West and a 5th place and silver medal for the East. Gary will be the General Manager for the U16 Junior Team Program for the 2020 and the 2021 ISBHF World Cups.
Gary looks forward to working with the following coaches in 2020.
Junior Team Canada West Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Jon Silcox
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Jon started his ball hockey coaching in Maple Ridge, BC and currently resides in Delta B.C. During his minor years, Jon in his last year, played for BC Wolverines at the 2007 Junior Nationals in Burnaby, BC. After aging out of playing minor ball hockey Jon started coaching and during his 12 years of coaching has coached over 25 teams including seven trips to the Junior Nationals with the TeamBC program and one to the ISBHF World Cup with the 2018 U16 Canada West team winning gold. Jon had the privilege of coaching the 2019 U17 B.C. gold medal champions this past summer in BC and in his last seven trips with BC to the Junior Nationals has been in the A-Pool finals 5 times. Not only is Jon a high level coach, he as well, has been a Referee at both the minors and mens levels for various leagues and tournaments. Jon is looking forward to another exciting opportunity to represent the country with 22 talented west athletes and create good memories and a positive environment for everyone involved with the trip to Slovakia.
Assistant Coach: Jeff Scheffel
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This will be Jeff's second year involved with the Junior Team Canada ball hockey program, coming off of a gold medal victory with the U16 Canada West in the 2019 World Cup of Ball Hockey in Ceska Trebova, Czech Republic. Jeff is a highly energetic and technical coach, with a deep understanding of both the offensive and defensive side of the game. He holds an inclusive, 'team first' mindset as a coach in order to bring the most out of every athlete. Jeff has been part of the TeamBC program for the past three years and during that time at Junior Nationals won a gold this past summer with the U15 team. He has coached in Europe at the Plzen Cup with the West Coast Express Club team and has won two gold medals in the past four years competing in Plzen. With a strong passion for the game, Jeff is excited to head back overseas and do his country proud.
Assistant Coach: Brennan Hall
Brennan is from Warman, Saskatchewan, a northern suburb of Saskatoon, SK. Brennan has played/coached ball hockey for 10 years and has been head coached in the Team Saskatchewan Junior program for five years including two in U15, two in U17, and one in U19. He has gone to either the Western Challenge Cup or Junior Nationals every year since 2015. Brennan also ran the Saskatoon Men's B team who have won 2 provincial titles, a league title, and participated in the 2016 Men's B Nationals in Kelowna, BC. He is beyond excited to start coaching with the JTC program and he looks forward to being able to help our young players in Canada develop into exceptional ball hockey players and outstanding young men. Brennan is excited to visit a new country and share that experience with a group of fellow Canadians with the goal of bringing home a gold medal and making some great memories!
East Junior Team Canada Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Sean Price
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“Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision” Muhammad Ali. Sean lives in the countryside just outside small-town Alliston Ontario with his wife, Carrie and their two sons Carter and Jack. Being active in the game for over 20 years as a player, executive and coach, he has travelled to Slovakia, Czech Republic and all corners of Canada, guiding his teams to 8 Provincial golds and 2 National Junior bronze. As a coach Sean says it is important to develop good people as well as good champions and ensures he takes the time to point out those life lessons along the way. As a “players coach” he listens and learns the personal story of each athlete and when that story becomes focused, he steps aside and that is when the player takes over. His goal is to share the journey with the athletes, coaches and their families on the road towards winning a championship, a lesson he learned as an Assistant Coach for U16 Junior Team Canada East under the tutelage of Thomas Walsh. Be prepared, work hard and trust your team mates to do the same. Being selected Head Coach for U16 Junior Team Canada is an honour, to be able to represent my country, my community, and my family is very humbling.
Assistant Coach: Ron Dennis
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Ron was born and raised in Vancouver, B.C. and was a first-team All-Ivy NCAA ice hockey player and Toronto Maple Leaf draft pick, Ron then settled in Toronto where he has been active as a coach and director with the Withrow Park Ball Hockey League since 2005. In his past three coaching assignments, his teams have won a silver medal at the U15 2018 Junior Nationals, a silver medal with JTC East at the 2019 U16 World Cup in the Czech Republic, and a gold medal at the 2019 U16 Ontario Provincials. He strongly believes in teamwork and team discipline, as evident with his teams notoriously having few goals against and very few penalty minutes. Ron looks forward to working with the players in support of their development as high performance athletes.
Assistant Coach: Trevor Dixon
Trevor grew up and currently resides in Makinsons, Newfoundland & Labrador with his wife and two sons. He has been heavily involved in ball hockey for the past 19 years both as a player and more recently as a coach. Provincially, he coaches high school and minor ball hockey that has included U15, U17 & U19 provincial titles. He has also been an assistant coach with the U19 NL Selects teams winning silver in 2018 and bronze in 2019 at Junior Nationals. Like all those involved in hockey in Canada, it has been a dream of his to represent our country in international play, and he is honoured to be a part of U16 Team Canada East. He has traveled to Europe twice before with school groups and enjoys experiencing the culture and history it has to offer. He is looking forward to working with coaches Price and Dennis to elicit the best in our team and make the most out of this once in a lifetime opportunity for our athletes with JTC 2020.
General Manager: Gary Slavin
Gary has been with the CBHA Junior Team Canada program since 2008. The past two years has been with the newly formed West & East program structure and has been part of two gold medal wins for the West and a 5th place and silver medal for the East. Gary will be the General Manager for the U16 Junior Team Program for the 2020 and the 2021 ISBHF World Cups.
Gary looks forward to working with the following coaches in 2020.
Junior Team Canada West Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Jon Silcox
Jon started his ball hockey coaching in Maple Ridge, BC and currently resides in Delta B.C. During his minor years, Jon in his last year, played for BC Wolverines at the 2007 Junior Nationals in Burnaby, BC. After aging out of playing minor ball hockey Jon started coaching and during his 12 years of coaching has coached over 25 teams including seven trips to the Junior Nationals with the TeamBC program and one to the ISBHF World Cup with the 2018 U16 Canada West team winning gold. Jon had the privilege of coaching the 2019 U17 B.C. gold medal champions this past summer in BC and in his last seven trips with BC to the Junior Nationals has been in the A-Pool finals 5 times. Not only is Jon a high level coach, he as well, has been a Referee at both the minors and mens levels for various leagues and tournaments. Jon is looking forward to another exciting opportunity to represent the country with 22 talented west athletes and create good memories and a positive environment for everyone involved with the trip to Slovakia.
Assistant Coach: Jeff Scheffel
This will be Jeff's second year involved with the Junior Team Canada ball hockey program, coming off of a gold medal victory with the U16 Canada West in the 2019 World Cup of Ball Hockey in Ceska Trebova, Czech Republic. Jeff is a highly energetic and technical coach, with a deep understanding of both the offensive and defensive side of the game. He holds an inclusive, 'team first' mindset as a coach in order to bring the most out of every athlete. Jeff has been part of the TeamBC program for the past three years and during that time at Junior Nationals won a gold this past summer with the U15 team. He has coached in Europe at the Plzen Cup with the West Coast Express Club team and has won two gold medals in the past four years competing in Plzen. With a strong passion for the game, Jeff is excited to head back overseas and do his country proud.
Assistant Coach: Brennan Hall
Brennan is from Warman, Saskatchewan, a northern suburb of Saskatoon, SK. Brennan has played/coached ball hockey for 10 years and has been head coached in the Team Saskatchewan Junior program for five years including two in U15, two in U17, and one in U19. He has gone to either the Western Challenge Cup or Junior Nationals every year since 2015. Brennan also ran the Saskatoon Men's B team who have won 2 provincial titles, a league title, and participated in the 2016 Men's B Nationals in Kelowna, BC. He is beyond excited to start coaching with the JTC program and he looks forward to being able to help our young players in Canada develop into exceptional ball hockey players and outstanding young men. Brennan is excited to visit a new country and share that experience with a group of fellow Canadians with the goal of bringing home a gold medal and making some great memories!
East Junior Team Canada Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Sean Price
“Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision” Muhammad Ali. Sean lives in the countryside just outside small-town Alliston Ontario with his wife, Carrie and their two sons Carter and Jack. Being active in the game for over 20 years as a player, executive and coach, he has travelled to Slovakia, Czech Republic and all corners of Canada, guiding his teams to 8 Provincial golds and 2 National Junior bronze. As a coach Sean says it is important to develop good people as well as good champions and ensures he takes the time to point out those life lessons along the way. As a “players coach” he listens and learns the personal story of each athlete and when that story becomes focused, he steps aside and that is when the player takes over. His goal is to share the journey with the athletes, coaches and their families on the road towards winning a championship, a lesson he learned as an Assistant Coach for U16 Junior Team Canada East under the tutelage of Thomas Walsh. Be prepared, work hard and trust your team mates to do the same. Being selected Head Coach for U16 Junior Team Canada is an honour, to be able to represent my country, my community, and my family is very humbling.
Assistant Coach: Ron Dennis
Ron was born and raised in Vancouver, B.C. and was a first-team All-Ivy NCAA ice hockey player and Toronto Maple Leaf draft pick, Ron then settled in Toronto where he has been active as a coach and director with the Withrow Park Ball Hockey League since 2005. In his past three coaching assignments, his teams have won a silver medal at the U15 2018 Junior Nationals, a silver medal with JTC East at the 2019 U16 World Cup in the Czech Republic, and a gold medal at the 2019 U16 Ontario Provincials. He strongly believes in teamwork and team discipline, as evident with his teams notoriously having few goals against and very few penalty minutes. Ron looks forward to working with the players in support of their development as high performance athletes.
Assistant Coach: Trevor Dixon
Trevor grew up and currently resides in Makinsons, Newfoundland & Labrador with his wife and two sons. He has been heavily involved in ball hockey for the past 19 years both as a player and more recently as a coach. Provincially, he coaches high school and minor ball hockey that has included U15, U17 & U19 provincial titles. He has also been an assistant coach with the U19 NL Selects teams winning silver in 2018 and bronze in 2019 at Junior Nationals. Like all those involved in hockey in Canada, it has been a dream of his to represent our country in international play, and he is honoured to be a part of U16 Team Canada East. He has traveled to Europe twice before with school groups and enjoys experiencing the culture and history it has to offer. He is looking forward to working with coaches Price and Dennis to elicit the best in our team and make the most out of this once in a lifetime opportunity for our athletes with JTC 2020.