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Group picture of Team Canada after the Medal Ceremony
Photo Credit - Isaiah Vazquez/FISU Games & Lake Placid 2023 Host Committee (30th Winter Universiade)

USPORTS All-Stars in America

The 2023 bi-annual World University Winter Games, also called 'Winter Universiade', was hosted by Lake Placid, New York. Due to a shortage of ice hockey rinks in the Lake Placid area - the men's and women's hockey games would be played in surounding communities with the Medal games being played in Lake Placid at Herb Brooks Arena.

The games ran 12 days from January 11th to 22nd, 2023. The hockey competition would be comprised of two groups with the top 2 from each pool advancing to the medal rounds. Pool A, which was comprised of Canada, Ukraine, Czechia, Latvia, Sweden and Japan, would play their round-robin games at Roos House Arena in Canton, New York, on the campus of SUNY (State University of New York) Canton - 2 hours north-west of Lake Placid. Pool B would include U.S.A., Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Hungary, South Korea and Great Britain, who would play at Maxcy Hall in Potsdam, New York, on the campus of SUNY Potsdam (23 minutes east of Canton - on the way to Lake Placid).

(L) Roos House Arena SUNY Canton and (R) Maxcy Hall Arena SUNY Potsdam
Photo Credit - (L) YUTAKA/AFLO SPORT/Alamy Live News & (R) SUNY Potsdam Athletics Department

This event is organized by FISU (The International Federation of University Sport), but each event follows the rules and officiating of their respecitive international bodies - in this case the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) for hockey.

Previous Results - 3x Bronze

In 2015 (Granada, Spain), Team Canada (Canada West All-Stars) were 3rd. They won their pool as well as their Quarter-final game, but lost to eventual champion Russia 3-2OT in the Semi-finals. They won bronze with a 6-2 win over Czech Republic.
In 2017 (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Team Canada (OUA All-Stars) were 3rd. They won their pool as well as their Quarter-final game, but lost again to eventual chamnpion Russia 4-1 in their Semi-final game. They won bronze with a 4-3 win over Czech Republic.
In 2019 (Krasnoyarsk, Russia), Team Canada (USPORTS All-stars) were 3rd, for the 3rd straight time. Canada was second in their pool to Kazakhstan. They lost to Russia, for the 3rd straight time, in the Semi-finals, but bounced back with a 3-0 redemption win over Kazakhstan in the Bronze game.

2019 Team Canada

In 2021 (Lucerne, Switzerland) the event did not take place due to COVID. Originally scheduled for January 21st-31st, 2021, it was posponed in August 2020 and then reschedule (pushed out) to December 2021. In mid-November 2021 the host committee cancelled the event due to Swiss government travel restrictions.

Team Canada 2023 & Coach Mac

The 2023 roster for Team Canada was again a USPORTS All-star team, but this team would be led by UNB Reds Head Coach Gardiner MacDougall. Gardiner was going to lead and coach the 2019 team prior to the event being cancelled and accepted the offer to step into the same role for 2023. Gardiner is also the last coach to lead Canada to gold (2013). Joining the coaching staff would be Calgary Dinos head coach Mark Howell, who returns as General Manager, helping MacDougall with team selection ahead of the Games. Additionally, Western's Clarke Singer, uOttawa's Patrick Grandmaitre, Queen's Brett Gibson and U of Toronto's Ryan Medel will serve as assistant/video coaches. UNB's Ryan Sweeny joins as athletic therapist with Saskatchewan's Cord Ivanco the group's equipment manager.

MacDougall, Howell, Singer, Grandmaitre, Gibson and Medel

Team Stats

Stats Leaders

Resources

Gallery

Locations & Pools

Roos House Arena SUNY Canton		- Round Robin for group A Pool 'A' GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS ========== == == == === === === == === Canada 5 5 0 37 5 15 Japan 5 3 2 20 18 9 Ukraine 5 2 2 1 20 16 7 Czechia 5 2 2 1 16 14 7 Latvia 5 0 3 2 13 27 4 Sweden 5 1 4 11 37 3
Maxcy Hall Arena SUNY Potsdam		- Round Robin for group B Pool 'B' GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS ========== == == == === === === == === USA 5 4 1 41 7 12 Kazakhstan 5 4 1 34 7 12 Slovakia 5 3 1 1 27 11 10 Hungary 5 2 3 17 29 6 Korea 5 1 3 1 18 28 5 Great Britain 5 0 5 8 63 0

Semi-Finals, Bronze and Gold Medal Games were plaed at the Lake Placid Olympic Center - Herb Brooks Arena
FISU Hockey Game Results

Team Canada Schedule

    Date       Time   Opponent    W/L/T  Score
============  ======  =========== =====  =====
Thu. Jan. 12  6:00pm  Ukraine       W     6-1
Fri. Jan. 13  6:00pm  Sweden        W    10-2
Sat. Jan. 14          day off
Sun. Jan. 15  2:30pm  Japan         W     8-2
Mon. Jan. 16          day off
Tue. Jan. 17  6:00pm  Latvia        W     9-0
Wed. Jan. 18  9:30pm  Czechia       W     4-0
Thu. Jan. 19          day off

                      - end of preliminary round -

Fri. Jan. 20  2:30pm  S-Final - (B1) USA     vs (A2) Japan      = USA        4-3 OT
              6:00pm  S-Final - (A1) Canada  vs (B2) Kazakhstan = Canada     4-1

Sat. Jan. 21  4:00pm  Bronze  - (A2) Japan   vs (B2) Kazakhstan = Kazakhstan 8-1
              7:00pm  Gold    - (A1) Canada  vs (B1) USA        = Canada     7-2

Team

The WUG/FISU guidelines state that each team can have a maximum of 20 players and 2 goalies. The team will be comprised of players across all USPORTS conferences. No more than 3 players from any team.

Position   #  Player                   University         Home Town
========   == ================         ===================== ============
GOAL       30 Kai Edmonds              Toronto Metropolitan  - Ottawa, ON
           xx Roddy Ross               Saskatchewan          - Meadow Lane, SK
           31 Matt Welsh               Saint Mary's          - Halifax, NS

DEFENCE     3 Justin Bergeron          UQTR                  - Magog, PQ
            2 Matthew Brassard         Prince Edward Island  - Barrie, ON
            7 Noah King                Calgary               - Winnipeg, MB
            6 Justin MacPherson        Saint Mary's          - East Gwillimbury, ON
            8 Adam McCormick           New Brunswick         - Waterville, NB
            5 Jacob Paquette           Queen's               - Ottawa, ON
            4 Scott Walford            McGill                - Coquitlam, BC

FORWARD    18 Kyle Boller              Toronto Metropolitan  - Oshawa, ON
           22 Andrew Coxhead           Saint Mary's          - Bedford, NS
           23 Brett Davis              Manitoba              - Oakbank, MB
           15 Jared Dmytriw            Saskatchewan          - Craven, SK
           12 Brady Gilmour            New Brunswick         - Grafton, ON
           28 Liam Hawel               St. Francis Xavier    - Arnprior, ON
           19 Tyler Hylland            Concordia             - Chateauguay, PQ
            9 Austen Keating           New Brunswick         - Guelph, ON
           10 Simon Lafrance           UQTR                  - Saint-Eustache, PQ
           20 Zachary Lavigne          UQTR                  - Drummondville, PQ
           14 TJ Shea                  Prince Edward Island  - Tignish, PE
           21 Matthew Struthers        St. Francis Xavier    - Milton, ON
           17 Jonathan Yantsis         Queen's               - Markham, ON

An injured Kyle Maksimovich (UPEI) was replaced by Tyler Hylland (Concordia)

Coaching & Support Staff

Head Coach:	Gardiner MacDougall (UNB Head Coach)
Ass. Coach:	Clarke Singer (UWO) Patrick Grandmaitre (Ottawa) Brett Gibson (Queen's) Ryan Medel (UoT)
Equipment	Cord Ivanco (Saskatchewan)
Therapist	Ryan Sweeny (UNB)

General Manager

The general manager for Team Canada was Mark Howell (Calgary).