In pool play at the Mini-International Tournament, we met three teams: Australia, Texas, and Lakeshore.

In our first game against Australia, the team went down 34-32 without our perennial leading scorer, Garett Hickling, who sat out the game due to a nagging injury. Teammate
Ian Chan took up the slack, scoring 17 goals, while Dave Willsie scored 9, and three others scored the remaining six goals: Steve (3), Martin (2) and Al (1).

The game vs. the world's best club team from Lakeshore was not our best showing, as it featured a loss of ball control and far too many unforced errors. Lakeshore won by a comfortable 13-point margin, 43-30. Canadian goal scorers included Dave Willsie (9), Steven Dunn (7), Ian Chan (4), Mike Whitehead (4), Al Semeniuk (2) and Daryl Stubel (1). Garett did not play.

The remaining game in pool play featured Team Texas, without their star 3.5 player, Steve Pate. Garett was able to play the first half, and a young Canadian team saw a lot of court time in the second half. Leading the way to a high scoring 53-46 Canadian victory were Dave Willsie with 18 goals, Ian Chan with 9, Garett (8), Patrice Simard (6), Steve (4), Al (3), Mike Whitehead (3) and Daryl with the remaining two.

The Semi-Final game against the Australians was quite enjoyable. Garett played in the first two quarters, with the younger players again seeing a lot of action in the second half. Ian Chan and Al Semeniuk looked especially brilliant, earning the Canadians the right to play Lakeshore in the final. The goal scorers were: Dave Willsie (13), Al Semeniuk (10), Garett Hickling (9), Ian Chan (8), and both Mike Bacon and Dave Gagné with 1 goal each.

The Final was a seesaw match which saw each team take the lead only to lose it to a determined effort by the opposing team. The Lakeshore crowd, in their awesome new facility that expanded in October of last year, was taken aback by the play of the Canadians, who looked like they might beat their home team. Although victory was in the grasp of Team Canada, a few unforced errors sealed the game and the tournament in favour of Lakeshore. The final score was 25-23 for the home team, but the Canadians held Lakeshore to their lowest scoring game in four years. There were only three Canadian goal scorers in this game, which saw Dave Willsie score 10, Al Semeniuk score 7, and Garett Hickling score 6.