Volleyball Canada – The Canadian Men’s Team is now in Poland for the XVI Hubert Jerzy Wagner Memorial Tournament, which will be held at Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland.
 
Eight Olympians are part of the roster, and returning to the lineup are Gord Perrin and Sharone Vernon-Evans, who did not play in this year’s Volleyball Nations League due to injury recovery.
 
In Poland, Canada will have the chance to play top-ranked teams as part of the preparation for the World Championships next month.

The schedule in Poland is as follows:

Aug 24 – CAN–POL – 17:30 (local time)
Aug 25 – CAN–RUS – 17:00
Aug 26 – CAN–FRA – 14:00 
 
Roster:
TJ Sanders, London, ON
Gord Perrin, Creston, BC
Steven Marshall, Abbotsford, BC
Nicholas Hoag, Sherbrooke, QC
Lucas Van Berkel, Edmonton, AB
Jay Blankenau, Sherwood Park, AB
Jason DeRocco, Winnipeg, AB
Sharone Vernon-Evans, Scarborough, ON
Daniel Jansen VanDoorn, Langley, BC
Ryan Sclater, Port Coquitlam, BC
Graham Vigrass, Calgary, AB
Blair Bann, Edmonton, AB
Arthur Szwarc, Toronto, ON
Eric Loeppky, Steinbach, MB
 
Staff:
Head coach: Stephane Antiga
Assistant coach: Dan Lewis
Team manager: Julien Boucher
Therapist: Melissa Healy
Statistician: Lionel Bonnaure
Strength coach: Louis-Jean Tremblay
 
The long list for the World Championships can be found here: http://italy-bulgaria2018.fivb.com/en

Volleyball Canada
Jackie Skender
Director, Communications
613.794.7676
jskender@volleyball.ca