Volleyball Canada is pleased to announce the names of the athletes selected to its 2014 B men’s team. During the selection camp held in Gatineau, Quebec, a total of 59 players battled hard for four days under the direction of Team Canada Head Coach Glenn Hoag. Five players from Volleyball Canada’s full-time training centre are part of the roster announced today.

“This was one of the larger selection camps we have had. It gave us an opportunity to identify and assess a lot of players,” explained Hoag. “I was impressed with the level of intensity that our young athletes were able to sustain right through the camp.”

The senior A and B group will be training together in Gatineau, with the B team heading to Mexico for the Pan-Am Cup from Aug. 9 to 17.  The next stop for senior A team is the World Championship Qualifier and then World League. Coaches Hoag and Georges Laplante will be adding players from the Senior A team to the Pan Am Cup roster as the season progresses.

The B team coaches are Laplante with assistants Ryan Ratushniak and Nathan Groenveld. “I’m looking forward to working with this promising group of athletes this summer,” said B team Head Coach Laplante. “We had some talented athletes in the camp, and now the hard work begins!”

B team roster (as of May 2014) with club hometown:
Brad Gunter : Thompson Rivers University, Courtenay, BC
Nicholas Del Bianco : Trinity Western University, Surrey,  BC
Chris Voth, FTC Canada, Winnipeg, BC
Casey Schouten, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB
Felipe Humana-Paredes, FTC Canada, Toronto, ON
Dane Picshke, FTC Canada, Winnipeg, MB
Steven Marshall, FTC Canada, Abbotsford, BC
Justin Boudreault, FTC Canada, St-Joseph de Beauce, QC
Jérémie Lortie, FTC Canada, Ottawa, ON

Media contact: Jackie Skender
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