In other games today, the Swiss upset an unmotivated team from Sweden by a score of 39-35, while the British more than doubled their rivals from Germany 48-23.  Games between those two teams are typically a lot closer than that.

Meanwhile, the speedy Japanese were proving they belong at the World Championships by blowing past Austria 42-31. Belgium continued on it's winning ways, this time beating a lower ranked team, putting The Netherlands in their place by a score of 48-37. In the final game of the day, the Australians swept their pool and the #1 position in Pool "B" by beating their cross-Tasman Sea rivals, The Kiwis 34-27.

These games setup the following crossover matches, all to be held tomorrow:

GYM 1

1. 09.00 A5-B6 (Switzerland vs. The Netherlands)
3. 11.00 A3-B4 (Sweden vs. New Zealand)
5. 14.00 B1-A2 (Australia vs. USA)
6. 16.00 A1-B2 (Canada vs. Belgium)

GYM 2

2. 10.00 B5-A6 (Germany vs. Austria)
4. 12.00 B3-A4 (Great Britain vs. Japan)

On Sunday, the winners of the crossover games will meet for the medals and the final positions, i.e.

Winner of Game 1 vs. the Winner of Game 2 (for 9th/10th, others play for 11th/12th)
Winner of Game 3 vs. the Winner of Game 4 (for 5th/6th, others play for 7th/8th)
Winner of Game 5 vs. the Winner of Game 6th (for Gold/Silver, others play for Bronze)

Check the Schedule on the World Championships web site for the latest game schedule.

Here is an update on the CAN-SWE and CAN-AUT games from a series of e-mails sent yesterday by Canadian Team Leader, Cathy Cadieux:

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We had a real BARNBURNER of a game this morning against Sweden.  They came out guns blazing and played their best game of the tournament.  Canada was up by only one at the start of the third quarter.  However, we had the possession arrow and went up by two.  Then a turnover gave us the ball and we held the ball until the last six seconds, scoring our final goal and posting a win of 34-31.

"Sweden is always a team to respect" said co-captain David Willsie.  "They played their best game of the tournament against us, and we expected nothing less."  Coach Soares went on to say "Sweden has a solid squad and they've been training hard and taking advantage of every possible pre-World's competition, just as Canada has.  It was a tough game, but with good discipline we eventually took control."

In our second game of the day, none of the starters played.  Playing most of the game were newbies Adam Frost (2.5) and Mike Whitehead (3.0) with vets Daryl Stubel (2.0) and Dany Bélanger (0.5).  It was a good experience for the newbies and our starters all got a good rest for tomorrow's game against the U.S.  If we win that one, we play Belgium in the crossover.  We'll win it.

"Our bench came out and did the job against Austria" said Head Coach, Joe Soares.  "Our goal in this game was to rest the starters and prepare for tomorrow's game against the USA."

As for the pending game against the USA this morning, High Performance Representative and Team Manager Marco Dispaltro (himself a national team athlete in wheelchair tennis) noted that "We're as ready as we can be" while co-captain Garett Hickling said that "We're going to take it to them."

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Pretty good forecasts, as it turned out, but the team is well aware of the impressive team from Belgium that they will have to beat tomorrow in order to make it to the gold medal game, and they are respecting the giant killers from Brussels.  This team takes it one game at a time, and it's formidable preparation and maturity holds it in good stead for tomorrow's semi-final game.  Immediately prior to the World Championships, we held an exhibition game against these same Belgians, but a playoff game is notably different from an exhibition game, which was comfortably won by Team Canada on May 27th.

CANADA UNDEFEATED AT WHEELCHAIR RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Gothenburg, Sweden) The Canadians have swept their pool at the Wheelchair Rugby World Championships in Gothenburg, and are in the medal round.

Canada became the first team to ever defeat the highly regarded American team in an international competition.  The USA winning streak at World Championships and Paralympic Games was stopped by a methodical and composed team of athletes who know their southern neighbours very well.  Team Canada is coached by former US Wheelchair Rugby Paralympic athlete Joseph Soares, and is assisted by Benoit Labrecque from Québec City.

Twelve teams qualified for these world championships, which only occur every four years, with Canada seeded 4th, and competing in a pool along with the United States (1st), Sweden (5th), Switzerland (8th), Japan (9th) and Austria (12th).

The other pool consists of Australia (2nd), New Zealand (3rd), Great Britain (6th), Germany (7th), Belgium (10th) and The Netherlands (11th).

The Canadian National Wheelchair Rugby team entered the world championships seeded 4th, after a disappointing result at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The Canadians medalled at the 1998 World Championships (bronze) earned a silver medal at the 1996 Paralympic Games, where rugby was a demonstration sport, and another silver at the inaugural World Championships in Notwil, Switzerland, in 1995.

Team Canada now plays the Cinderella Team from the other pool, Belgium, which upset higher ranked teams from New Zealand, Great Britain, and Germany, to earn the right to be in the medal round. The US team will play the #1 team from the other pool, the 2000 Paralympic silver medallists from Australia. The winners of these two games will be in the gold medal game on Sunday, while the two losing teams will meet for the bronze.

The World Championships in wheelchair rugby are held every four years, and are recognized by the International Paralympic Committee and the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation. Teams are pre-qualified for the world championships through results at zonal qualification meets and their previous results at the Paralympic Games and World Championships. The Paralympic Games serve as the World Championships on an alternating basis every four years, giving the sport a high profile top-level competition every two years.

The Canadian National Wheelchair Rugby Team consists of:

Mike Bacon 37 Saskatoon, SK
Dany Bélanger 37 Montréal, QC
Ian Chan 25 Richmond, BC
Adam Frost 33 Vancouver, BC
Dave Gagné 25 Québec, QC
Garett Hickling 31 Kelowna, BC (Co-Captain)
Daniel Paradis 40 Québec, QC
Allan Semeniuk 35 Saskatoon, SK
Patrice Simard 23 Québec, QC
Daryl Stubel 36 Regina, SK
Mike Whitehead 26 London, ON
David Willsie 34 London, ON (Co-Captain)

Joseph Soares Coach Tampa, FL
Benoit Labrecque Asst. Coach Québec, QC
Marco Dispaltro Team Manager St-Jérôme, QC
Jennifer Cadieux Medical Ottawa, ON
Stéphan Charbonneau Equip. Manager St-Jérôme, QC
Cathy Cadieux Team Leader Ottawa, ON

Team Canada used three lines in their historic win over the US, primarily the Hickling (3.5) – Willsie (2.0) – Semeniuk (2.0) – Paradis (0.5) line. Other lineups used in the win were Hickling (3.5) – Chan (3.0) – Bacon (1.0) – Paradis (0.5) and Chan (3.0) – Semeniuk (2.0) – Willsie (2.0) – Bacon (1.0).

International referees and officials who watched the game were particularly impressed by the level of composure that the Canadians exhibited, as they kept focused through difficult moments in the game.

The difference between these two experienced teams was minimal, and as implied in one of the reports on the WC web site, any small error for either team would have made the difference.

Team Canada's tactics for this game were well suited to the US style of play, and the coaching staff is very knowledgable about the American team.

POOL "A": (Final Results, May 31st)

TEAM Won-Lost, +/-, Goals Scored, Total Points

1. Canada 5-0, +47 192 goals scored, 10 points (seeded 4th)
2. USA 4-1, +85, 215 goals scored, 8 points (seeded 1st)
3. Sweden 2-3, +16, 183 goals scored, 4 points (seeded 5th)
4. Japan 2-3, -20, 170 goals scored, 4 points (seeded 9th)
5. Switzerland 2-3, -67, 157 goals scored, 4 points (seeded 8th)
6. Austria 0-5, -61, 150 goals scored, 0 points (seeded 12th)


POOL "B": (Final Results, May 31st)

TEAM Won-Lost, +/-, Goals Scored, Total Points
1. Australia 5-0, +33, 216 goals scored, 10 points (seeded 2nd)
2. Belgium 4-1, +22, 210 goals scored, 8 points (seeded 10th)
3. Great Britain 3-2, +39, 196 goals scored, 6 points (seeded 6th)
4. New Zealand 2-3, +25, 172 goals scored, 4 points (seeded 3rd)
5. Germany 1-4, -56, 172 goals scored, 2 points (seeded 7th)
6. Netherlands 0-5, -63, 165 goals scored, 0 points (seeded 11th)

The Canadian Team continues to follow their unofficial theme song, Taking Care of Business, as they put away the #1-seeded team from the United States today in a classic demonstration of grace under fire. The two impressive teams were tied after the first quarter and Canada was down by two at the half-way point, 13-11. With 7 seconds left on the clock in the final quarter of play, the game was tied, when Canadian co-captain Garett Hickling made the go-ahead goal which secured the big win for the Canadians. Hickling was the Tournament MVP at the last World Championships, held in Toronto in 1998.

The US has never lost an international game, and the Canadians intend on doing it again should the US get past the undefeated Australians, who looked impressive in Pool "B".

The victory over the US secured Canada a #1 seed in their pool, and a crossover game against the #2 team in Pool "B", the Cindarella Team of these World Championships, the Belgians.

No details are yet available on the CAN-AUT game aside from the score, which was a 37-33 victory for the Canadians. (SEE ABOVE FOR NEWS ON THIS GAME)

In the other two games not yet reported upon, GBR beat NED by a score of 43-28, while Australia outscored Germany 51-42. You can now check out the games by quarter through the new links which have been established in the details column next to the game scores on the results page of the World Championships web site.

STANDINGS Thursday 30 MAY - Pool A

TEAM Won-Lost, +/-, Goals Scored, Total Points
USA 4-0, +86, 193 goals scored, 8 points
Canada 4-0, +46, 169 goals scored, 8 points
Sweden 2-2 ,+20 148 goals scored, 4 points
Switzerland 1-3, -31 128 goals scored, 2 points
Japan 1-3, -71 118 goals scored, 2 points
Austria 0-4, -50 119 goals scored, 0 points


STANDINGS Thursday 30 MAY - Pool B

TEAM Won-Lost, +/-, Goals Scored, Total Points
Australia 4-0, +26 182 goals scored, 8 points
Belgium 3-1, +11 162 goals scored, 6 points
New Zealand 2-2, +32 145 goals scored, 4 points
Great Britain 2-2, +14 148 goals scored, 4 points
Germany 1-3, -31 149 goals scored, 2 points
Netherlands 0-4, -52, 128 goals scored, 0 points

The Japanese have earned their first win at the Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, with a comfortable 31-20 victory over the Swiss.  Info on the Great Britain vs. Holland game should be available shortly.

After 2½ days of competition, here is what the pool results look like:

Pool "A"

1. USA 4-0, +86, 8 points
2. CAN 3-0, +42, 6 points
3. SWE 2-2, +20, 4 points
4. JAP 1-3, -31, 2 points
5. SWI 1-3, -71, 2 points
6. AUT 0-3, -46, 0 points


Pool "B"

1. AUS 3-0, +17, 6 points
2. BEL 3-1, +11, 6 points
3. NZL 2-2, +32, 4 points
4. GBR 1-2, -1, 2 points
5. GER 1-2, -22, 2 points
6. NED 0-3, -37, 0 points

Only the top two teams per pool will have a chance at earning medals.  On Saturday, the #1 team in Pool "B" will play against the #2 team from Pool "A" in the first crossover game, immediately followed by a match between the top team in the "A "Pool vs. the second ranked team from Pool "B". Earlier games will be held for those ranked 3rd - 6th in their respective pools.

Meanwhile we have engaged the Austrians in Gothenburg. A victory here assures us a chance at the medal round and will be a warm up match prior to meeting our southern neighbours in the toughest game of the pool.

TEAM CANADA UNDEFEATED AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Canada met a strong Swedish team on the court in Gothenburg before a home crowd that was keen to see their team make it to the medal round.  Unfortunately for the crowd, our Canadians came out on top.  The game was extremely close and echoed the game played in the next gymnasium between Australia and the undefeated underdogs from Belgium.  At the end, Australia came through with a three goal victory, 46-43.

At the end of the third quarter in our game against Sweden, were were up by one, and had possession of the ball and scored.  Two up, we then stalled for most of the fourth quarter, scoring finally with 6 seconds remaining, taking the game to a final score of 34-31.

The WC site now has some info on this game (from a Swedish perspective) available in English:

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"Sweden lost their chances of playing in the semi-final. Seriously disappointed even if they made a great performance.

No mistakes were permitted when Sweden played Canada.  The starting line-up of Eriksson (3.0), Kulle (2.0), Nilsson (2.0) and Josefsson (1.0) all did an extremely good job and showed every inch of the professionalism in the game they’ve made themselves known for.  The foursome continued their steady play, unfortunately the new line-up, holding Rissmar (3.0) and Mattsson (2.0) weren’t given a chance by the Canadians to get in to the game.  By the end of the third period and for the rest of the game the Swedish team had difficulty controlling the ball.  The Canadian team forced the momentum back and gained another couple of goals and finally ended the fourth period in favour, 33-30.

This was probably Sweden’s best game and we’re looking forward to see them play Switzerland tomorrow."

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In other games today, in a game of teams ranked at the opposite end of the spectrum, the Americans doubled the Austrians 38-19.  Meanwhile, New Zealand earned their first win in a 42-28 drubbing of Germany.  Currently, two games are being played: SWI—JAP and GBR—NED. Canada plays the Austrians tonight at 19:00 local time, while Australia meets Germany on the other court.

Goal scorers from our earlier 40-29 victory over Japan are now available:

11 - David Willsie
9 - Garett Hickling
8 - Ian Chan (3.0, Richmond, BC)
4 - Al Semeniuk
3 - Patrice Simard
3 - Mike Whitehead
1 - Adam Frost
1 - Daryl Stubel

The Swedes are on average, 3 years older than our Canadians, but have the full support of the home crowd. It should be an interesting game.  Stay tuned for news on both games tomorrow evening, Canadian time.

In a single word, "wow."  The Kiwis are out of the medal rounds.  Although it is still mathematically possible for New Zealand to finish in 2nd place in their pool, it's highly unlikely that they'll be able to recover from their opening two losses against lower seeded opponents.

The 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games bronze medallists have now lost to both the 10th seeded Belgians and the #6 team from Great Britain.  They are currently playing The Netherlands, and will face tough opponents from Australia (Paralympic silver medallists) and the Germans, who already have a victory at the World Championships.  Congrats to the Brits on their impressive victory!

In related news, the Belgians continue to impress the gallery, as they've earned their 3rd straight win, this time over the Germans.  Instead of their narrow 1 goal victories over the Kiwis and the Brits, the Belgians earned their latest win by an impressive 12 goal point spread.

Our Canadian team earned their second win and are now undefeated in Pool "A", having earned a solid victory over the Swiss while using the entire Canadian team, including our rookies (*), as is reflected in the goal scorers:

14 - Mike Whitehead * (3.0, London, ON)
13 - Daryl Stubel (2.0, Regina, SK)
8 - Al Semeniuk (2.0, Saskatoon, SK)
7 - Garett Hickling (3.5, Kelowna, BC)
5 - David Willsie (2.0, London, ON)
4 - Patrice Simard (1.5, Québec, QC)
2 - Adam Frost * (2.5, Vancouver, BC)
1 - Mike Bacon (1.0, Saskatoon, SK)

Team Canada nearly doubled the Swiss, with the game ending 59-31, the widest point spread of the tournament thus far.  Things are looking good for our disciplined and talented team.

Our next opponents at the Worlds is a team quite familiar to us, as we've played with them often this season in tournament and exhibition play on our US Tours.  We take on the host country at noon hour tomorrow, Gothenburg time.  Later that day at 7pm we go up against the Austrians, who are the low seeded team in our pool.  So far the Swedes are 2-1, having defeated Austria by 21 and Japan by 9, and losing to the top-seeded Americans by 7.  The Austrians have yet to win a game, having lost to the Swedes by 21 and the Swiss by 6.  Both Austria and Canada have two games to play tomorrow, as the Austrians will take on both of the strong North American teams on the same day.  It's got to be a tough day for the Austrian fans.

For those of you looking for game analysis on one of the US games, check out the USQRA web page for information on the USA-SWE game.  Analysis on Swedish games can be found on the WC web site in their reports section.

Belgium has to be the talk of the town today as they upset yet another team by a single point.  This time it was the 6th seeded Brits who faced the Muscles from Brussels and came out on the short side.  With their tiny team of seven players, the underdogs were still able to control their second game of the day.  Tomorrow Germany will attack tiny Belgium on the court and see if they can can do what the Kiwis and Brits could not.

The second game for the Japanese ended up with a result similar to the first, except by a slightly narrower 9 point margin in a loss against the host Swedes.  The Swedes were slower, but always in control of the game, taking advantage of their game experience against their faster opponents.

Tomorrow's matchups look like this:

10:00 CAN vs SWI   —   AUS vs NED
12:00 USA vs JAP   —   NZL vs GBR
17:00 SWE vs AUT   —   GER vs BEL
19:00 USA vs SWI   —   NZL vs NED

~That is all~

Amongst the crowds and behind the scenes, the unknown factor has been whispered about and speculated upon, but now in Gothenburg, the Japanese are now available for all to see.  The honour went to the country that founded the sport to meet this speedy team from The Land of the Rising Sun.

According to the WC site, Japan's technique could use some work, as well as some improved tactics on the court.  Our Canadians impressed the gallery with their clever and disciplined style of play.  Japan's next opponent is the Swedes, against whom they are playing as I file this report.  Canada doesn't play again until tomorrow morning, against the 8th ranked Swiss, who beat the 12th ranked Austrians today 47-41.  Meanwhile, in the other gym, Germany (#7) got by the Netherlands (#11) by a four point margin, 46-42.

It's worth noting that Gothenburg (GMT +1) is six hours ahead of those of us in the Eastern Time Zone, so we should know the result of the CAN-SWI game fairly early tomorrow.

BELGIANS UPSET KIWIS

The #10 ranked team from Belgium has upset the 2000 Paralympic Games bronze medallists from New Zealand. This is a HUGE upset for the Kiwis and a warning for any other team not to be overconfident. The powerful Kiwis fell to the smallest team at the Worlds, as the Belgians only have seven players on the bench. The final score was 33-32 for the Boys from Brussels.

Team Canada defeated their first opponent, the tournament's "Great Unknown" team from Japan, by the largest margin so far at the Worlds. The final score was 40-29 in our favour over the 9th seeded Japanese. Game analysis and goal scorers should become available shortly.

The first two games have been held at the World Championships, and so far the seeds have held, but the scores were closer than many expected.

Here is a report on the USA-SWE game from info found on the WC web site:

The first match in the World Championships between USA and Sweden was hard, especially for Sweden who lost by a score of 31-38. The reigning world champions did well, especially #12 Mark Gilliland (3.0), #3 Mark Zupan (3.0), and #4 Bryan Kirkland (2.0). The Swedish team had to do without one of its big stars, Thomas Eriksson (3.0) who is sick but is expected to be able to compete in the next couple of days. Some of their older players, such as 42 year old 3.0 Tomas Engblom, and 50 year old J-O Mattsson did extremely well in this very first match of the world championships, along with their 25 year old "deuce," Pelle Kulle.

The Brits nearly upset the Aussies, but went down by 2 points, 34-36.

Or... even better... you can get tomorrow's news today here at the Canadian Rugby Road Journal!

NEWSFLASH from Canadian Team Leader, Cathy Cadieux:

Hi ho Canada! I have news of the meeting today (it was a long one) and an interesting story.

First, the meeting:

No resolution on chair specs. The Tech Committee is to make recommendations for consideration and voting later this week. Our simple approach on this one will likely be the order of the day.

Three Canadians were elected to the IWRF Executive Committee, including Tony Lapolla (Technical Commissioner), Eron Main (Competitions Commissioner) and Cathy Cadieux (Vice President Finance). Barb Montemurro did not receive a majority endorsement of her nomination and the President's position remains vacant.

In an open practice session today, the ROOKIES of Team Canada treated the crowd to a rousing rendition of O Canada (bilingual of course). I guess it was pretty good and I am sorry I missed it.

Al Semeniuk suffered a major "ride" injury (HA HA) at the large amusement park across the street from the hotel. He banged his nose on one particularly THRILLING attraction.

Everyone is healthy and ready to play. Opening ceremonies are at 11:00 am tomorrow morning. Let the games begin.

More tomorrow.

Cheers,

Cath

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On a personal note, I think the team could have used my *ahem* well practiced French version of O Canada. (thanks Capt. Dave) ;-) This past weekend at the Fencing Youth Nationals in Gatineau, Québec made it two National Championships in a row where I didn't get a chance to sing. However, the anthem was sung twice, once in English, and once in French, by two different and impressive choral groups to a list of dignitaries which included the Québec Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Mme Lise Thibault, who is quite supportive of wheelchair sports, and is a role model for many Canadians. Mme Thibault is a former President and Director General of the Québec Bureau for the Handicapped, and has been in a wheelchair since a bad tobogganing accident while still a teenager.

The Canadian team left late last week for the Wheelchair Rugby World Championships in Sweden, and held their first practice yesterday.

In a closed session, Canada played an exhibition game with Belgium, with Canada coming out on top by a wide margin. All of Canada's athletes competed in the game, wearing their red bandanas. We got some pictures which, I hope, Benoit will be able to send soon.

Coach Joe has been busy scouting those teams we haven't seen so far this year, including New Zealand and Japan who are in our pool. We'll be scouted tomorrow in our "open practice". We're planning to run drills, primarily.

The most exciting adventure so far has been "THE LUGGAGE." I believe the last missing piece is to arrive today. When we arrived, we were missing 27 pieces, including all of our rugby chairs AND all of Ian's luggage. Adventures in travel.

I believe that we got an 11th hour reprieve on our additional luggage through our travel agent and Air Canada. More on that issue later when I hear back from the Team Leader, Cathy Cadieux.

Along with those teams our coach was scouting, Team Canada is in a pool with the United States, Sweden and Austria.

We play our first game of the World Championships against an unknown factor in the tournament, the Japanese. Check out the World Championships schedule for a complete listing of upcoming games.

Check back tomorrow for the latest news from Gothenburg!

Upon the completion of the 2002 Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Championships, the team held a two day National Team Selection Camp. The new team for 2003 will be announced in mid-June after the World Championships.

In preparation for those same World Championships, which are to be hosted by the Swedes in Gothenburg, Team Canada went south to the excellent facilities in Warm Springs, Georgia, to scrimmage with the top-ranked Americans, and the 5th ranked Swedes.

Our first scrimmage game was against one of the two US teams. This team had some members from their team going to Worlds, as well as others from their development squad.

Friday – May 10th Scrimmages:

USA 1 vs Canada (CAN 35 - USA 32)

Scorers for our team included: Garett Hickling (11), Ian Chan (11), David Willsie (10), Al Semeniuk (2), and Patrice Simard (1).

We went on to play back-to-back games later that day, with our National Team defeating the Swedes 41-29, followed by a two-point loss to the Americans in our final game of the day.

Goal scorers in the CAN-SWE game were: David Willsie (12), Mike Whitehead (10), Garett Hickling (5), Ian Chan (5), Adam Frost (4), Al Semeniuk (4) and Patrice Simard (1).

Earning points for the red and white team in the CAN-USA game was: Garett Hickling (12), David Willsie (11), Ian Chan (10), and Al Semeniuk (2).

Saturday's schedule had another trio of games on slate for our National team players, with games against the USA at 9:30 and 4:15, and a game against the Swedes sandwiched in at 2:30. The first game against the Americans saw our team lose by a 4-goal margin, 31-35. Seven players earned goals for our team, with Ian Chan leading the way with 11 goals. Other scorers included Garett Hickling (5), Patrice Simard (4), Mike Whitehead (4), Al Semeniuk (3), David Willsie (3), and Dave Gagné with 1.

In our final game against Sweden, we fully used our bench and sat out star captain Garett Hickling, and still managed a 2-goal victory, 39-37. Goal scorers included Ian Chan (12), David Willsie (8), Daryl Stubel (6), Mike Whitehead (6), Patrice Simard (4), and Adam Frost (1).

Leading goal scorers for these scrimmage games were:

Ian Chan (49)
David Willsie (44)
Garett Hickling (33)
Mike Whitehead (20)
Al Semeniuk (13)
Patrice Simard (10)
Daryl Stubel (6)
Adam Frost (5)
Dave Gagné (1)

A combined team of Swedish and Canadian players then took on the Americans in a fun match to round out the series of games.

Training for the Canadians continues through to tomorrow, with the team returning home on Wednesday. The World Championships are to be held from May 28th - June 2nd.