CALGARY (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Thursday the coaching staffs that will lead the Canadian men's and women's hockey teams at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain.
The Lancers are proud to have women's hockey head coach
Jim Hunter named as an assistant coach for Team Canada's women's team.
2015 Winter Universiade website:
http://www.granada2015.org/en/ "This is a tremendous opportunity not only for me but the University as well," said Hunter. "I look forward to the working with the best women's hockey players across the CIS, and helping to get the University of Windsor name out in the hockey community across the world."
Longtime Saskatchewan Huskies head coach Dave Adolph will lead the men's hockey team, while Jon Rempel of the University of Manitoba Bisons will serve as bench boss for the Canadian women's team. Both the Canadian men and women will be defending their gold medals won last December in Trentino, Italy.
At the biennial multi-sport event, which will run from Feb. 4-14, Canada will be represented in men's hockey by a team comprised entirely of players from the Canada West conference, while the women's hockey team will be an all-star squad selected from across CIS.
Since 1997, selections from each of three CIS leagues have sported the Maple Leaf jersey on a rotating basis in men's hockey. The Canada West crew captured bronze medals in 1997 and 2003, as well as silver in 2009 and will look to recapture the top step of the podium after the Atlantic University Sport team won gold in 2013.
Adolph will lead the Canadian team for the second time in his career after winning that bronze medal in 2003. He will be joined on the staff by Team Leader Todd Johnson (Regina), Associate Coaches Mark Howell (Calgary) and Mike Sirant (Manitoba), as well as Video Coach Spiros Anastas (Lethbridge). Chris Linder (Calgary) and T.J. Mussbacher (Alberta) will serve as equipment managers and athletic therapists.
"It's a true privilege to have the opportunity to represent my University at the Winter Universiade," said Adolph, who took over the Huskies program in 1993 after four seasons at the University of Lethbridge. "The opportunity to coach the best players in Canada West does not come around very often, and I am looking forward to the challenge of coaching this group."
Adolph, who led the Huskies to an appearance in the championship game on home ice at the University Cup last March, sits just 10 conference wins from breaking the all-time CIS record set by legendary Alberta head coach Clare Drake with a record of 368-275-57 in his career. In addition to his Universiade experience, Adolph was also head coach for Canada at the Nagano Cup in 1996 and an assistant at the 2004 Lotto Cup in Slovakia.
Canada has tallied an impressive 13 medals in 14 all-time appearances at the Universiade men's hockey tournament, including four gold, three silver and six bronze.
In addition to the titles won by the all-AUS team in 2013 and 2007, both in Italy, Canada was crowned in 1991 in Sapporo, Japan, while represented by the senior national squad, and in 1981 in Jaca, Spain, when the University of Alberta Golden Bears wore the Maple Leaf uniform.
On the women's side, the Canadians will head to Spain as the three-time defending gold medallists, having reached the pinnacle of the podium each time the competition has been offered as a Universiade sport, beginning in 2009. In their most recent triumph, Canada dominated Russia with a 5-0 victory in 2013 at Trentino, Italy.
Rempel, a two-time Canada West coach of the year who has led the Bisons to five CIS championship appearances, will be assisted by Bruce Donaldson (UPEI) and
Jim Hunter (Windsor) with the Canadian women's team. Kelsie Graham from the Saskatchewan Hockey Association will serve as team leader, while Jean Huynh of McGill (equipment) and Nadine Smith from Carleton (athletic therapy) round out the support staff.
"I am extremely proud to be representing our country, CIS, the University of Mantioba, and Bison women's hockey at such a prestigious event as the Winter Universiade," said Rempel, who will enter his 11
th season with the Bisons this fall. "It is an honour for me to have the opportunity to work with a great staff including Bruce and Jim, a great support staff, as well as what will be an outstanding group of student-athletes. We are all looking forward to carrying on a great tradition of performances by team Canada at all different levels of international women's hockey."
The team selections for both men's and women's hockey will be conducted through the fall and announced late this year.
TEAM CANADA COACHING STAFF – MEN Team Leader: Todd Johnson, University of Regina
Head Coach: Dave Adolph, University of Saskatchewan
Associate Coach: Mark Howell, University of Calgary
Associate Coach: Mike Sirant, University of Manitoba
Video Coach: Spiros Anastas, University of Lethbridge
Equipment/Athletic Therapy: Chris Linder, University of Calgary
Equipment/Athletic Therapy: T.J. Mussbacher, University of Alberta
TEAM CANADA COACHING STAFF – WOMEN Team Leader: Kelsie Graham, Saskatchewan Hockey Association
Head Coach: Jon Rempel, University of Manitoba
Assistant Coach: Bruce Donaldson, University of Prince Edward Island
Assistant Coach:
Jim Hunter, University of Windsor
Equipment: Jean Huynh, McGill University
Athletic Therapy: Nadine Smith, Carleton University
UNIVERSIADE: CANADA'S ALL-TIME RESULTS IN MEN'S HOCKEY 2013 (Trentino, Italy): gold (AUS)
2011 (Erzurum, Turkey): bronze (OUA)
2009 (Harbin, China): silver (Canada West)
2007 (Turin, Italy): gold (AUS)
2005 (Innsbruck-Seefeld, Austria): 5
th (OUA)
2003 (Tarvisio, Italy): bronze (Canada West)
2001 (Zakopane, Poland): silver (AUS)
1999 (Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia): bronze (OUA)
1997 (Muju-Chonju, South Korea): bronze (Canada West)
1995 (Jaca, Spain):
Canada did not participate1993 (Zakopane, Poland):
Canada did not participate1991 (Sapporo, Japan): gold (senior national team)
1989 (Sofia, Bulgaria):
Canada did not participate1987 (Strbske Pleso, Czechoslovakia): bronze (University of Alberta)
1985 (Belluno, Italy):
Canada did not participate1983 (Sofia, Bulgaria):
Canada did not participate1981 (Jaca, Spain): gold (University of Alberta)
1978 (Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia):
no men's hockey tournament1975 (Livigno, Italy):
no men's hockey tournament1972 (Lake Placid, USA): silver
1970 (Rovaniemi, Finland):
Canada did not participate1968 (Innsbruck, Austria): bronze (University of Toronto)
1966 (Sestriere, Italy):
Canada did not participate1964 (Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia):
no men's hockey tournament1962 (Villars, Switzerland):
Canada did not participate1960 (Chamonix, France):
no men's hockey tournament UNIVERSIADE: ALL-TIME MEDALLISTS IN MEN'S HOCKEY 2013 (Trentino, Italy) CANADA, Kazakhstan, Russia
2011 (Erzurum, Turkey): Russia, Belarus, CANADA
2009 (Harbin, China): Russia, CANADA, Slovakia
2007 (Turin, Italy): Canada, Russia, Kazakhstan
2005 (Innsbruck-Seefeld, Austria): Russia, Czech Republic, Finland
2003 (Tarvisio, Italy): Russia, Slovakia, CANADA
2001 (Zakopane, Poland): Slovakia, CANADA, Ukraine
1999 (Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia): Ukraine, Slovakia, CANADA
1997 (Muju-Chonju, South Korea): Czech Republic, Finland, CANADA
1995 (Jaca, Spain): Kazakhstan, Czech Republic, Russia
1993 (Zakopane, Poland): Russia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia
1991 (Sapporo, Japan): CANADA, USSR, Finland
1989 (Sofia, Bulgaria): USSR, Czechoslovakia, Finland
1987 (Strbske Pleso, Czechoslovakia): Czechoslovakia, USSR, CANADA
1985 (Belluno, Italy): USSR, Czechoslovakia, Finland
1983 (Sofia, Bulgaria): Czechoslovakia, USSR, Romania
1981 (Jaca, Spain): CANADA, Finland, Japan
1978 (Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia):
no men's hockey tournament1975 (Livigno, Italy):
no men's hockey tournament1972 (Lake Placid, USA): USSR, CANADA, USA
1970 (Rovaniemi, Finland): Czechoslovakia, USSR, Finland
1968 (Innsbruck, Austria): USSR, Czechoslovakia, CANADA
1966 (Sestriere, Italy): USSR, Romania, Czechoslovakia
1964 (Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia):
no men's hockey tournament1962 (Villars, Switzerland): Czechoslovakia, USSR, Sweden
1960 (Chamonix, France):
no men's hockey tournament UNIVERSIADE: CANADA'S ALL-TIME RESULTS IN WOMEN'S HOCKEY 2013 (Trentino, Italy): gold
2011 (Erzurum, Turkey): gold
2009 (Harbin, China): gold
UNIVERSIADE: ALL-TIME MEDALLISTS IN WOMEN'S HOCKEY 2013 (Trentino, Italy) CANADA, Russia, USA
2011 (Erzurum, Turkey): CANADA, Finland, Slovakia
2009 (Harbin, China): CANADA, China, Finland
About the Winter UniversiadeThe Winter Universiade is a biennial international multi-sport event open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event. The competition program of the Granada Universiade includes alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey (women & men), snowboarding, speed skating (short track), and synchronized skating.
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-six universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit
www.cis-sic.ca.
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