Field Hockey Canada – Vancouver, BC – Field Hockey Canada’s Women’s National Program has named the team that will represent Canada at the 2017 Pan American Cup in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from August 5-13 this year.

Seventeen women have been named to the touring roster, with an 18th to be added in the coming weeks after further evaluation in training and the Women’s National Team Super Series (July 11, 13, 19 at 7pm at UBC’s Wright Field).

Canada will take on five other nations in the 2017 Pan American Cup, where the continental champion will qualify for the 2018 FIH Women’s World Cup, and the top six teams qualify for the 2021 Pan American Cup.

The Women’s National Program heads into the Pan American Cup with a roster of core athletes who have had lots of play together as a unit.

Sixteen of the athletes named to the team are those who played together in Canada’s last international tournament, the  2017 Hockey World League Round 2 in West Vancouver, with five veterans sitting at over 100 matches played for Canada.

Team captain Kate Wright (Gillis) is poised to break Field Hockey Canada’s all-time games played record for the Women’s National Team. Wright currently sits at 168 international games played, and is anticipated to break the organization’s all-time record in the first game of the Pan American Cup versus the Dominican Republic on August 5th.

A number of National Team veterans – all with more than 100 international matches for Canada under their belt – join Wright on the competition roster, including Danielle Hennig (Kelowna, BC; 132 caps), Hannah Haughn (North Vancouver, BC; 127), Sara McManus (Tsawwassen, BC; 120), and Brienne Stairs (Kitchener, ON; 113).

Making her Senior International debut on the 2017 Pan Am Cup roster is Hannah Eborall (Beamsville, ON). Eborall also made her first Women’s Junior  appearance in Lancaster in 2015, when Canada faced the United States.

Canada’s Women open the 2017 Pan American Cup against the Dominican Republic August 5th at 2pm PT/5pm ET. For more Canada’ schedule, results and recaps, click here.

WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM – 2017 PAN AMERICAN CUP

Name	Position	Hometown	Current/Last Club	Caps
Alison Lee	Defender	Mississauga, ON	University of Toronto	9
Alex Thicke	Forward	North Vancouver, BC	West Vancouver FHC	36
Amanda Woodcroft	Midfielder	Waterloo, ON	University of Toronto	63
Brienne Stairs	Midfielder	Kitchener, ON	Vancouver Hawks	113
Danielle Hennig*	Defender	Kelowna, BC	Vancouver Meralomas	132
Hannah Eborall	Defender	Beamsville, ON	A&C Field Hockey Academy	0
Hannah Haughn	Midfielder	North Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia	127
Kaitlyn Williams	Goalkeeper	White Rock, BC	Vancouver Meralomas	91
Karli Johansen	Defender	North Vancouver, BC	India Club	81
Kate Wright (Gillis)*	Forward	Kingston, ON	West Vancouver FHC	168
Maddie Secco	Midfielder	Victoria, BC	Vancouver Hawks	88
Nikki Woodcroft	Forward	Waterloo, ON	University of Toronto	17
Rachel Donohoe	Forward	North Vancouver, BC	West Vancouver FHC	30
Rowan Harris	Goalkeeper	Ottawa, ON	Outaouais FHC	16
Sara McManus	Defender	Tsawwassen, BC	Vancouver Meralomas	120
Shanlee Johnston	Defender	Vancouver, BC	Vancouver Hawks	60
Stephanie Norlander	Forward	North Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia	60
*Team Captain

TEAM CANADA STAFF

Head Coach – Ian Rutledge
Assistant Coach – Steph Andrews
Team Manager – Nancy Mollenhauer
Athletic Therapist – Ashely Ellett
Athletic Therapist – Michelle Meckling
Video Analyst – Paul Mounter

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