HOCKEY CANADA

NEWS RELEASE

November 3, 2003

CALGARY, ALBERTA – Head Coach Dave King and Hockey Canada announced Canada’s roster for the 2003 Deutschland Cup November 7-9, 2003 in Hannover, Germany. Canada enters this event as defending championship, having captured the 2002 Deutschland Cup.

Former NHL Coach Dave King (Calgary, Montreal, Columbus), now coaching the Hamburg Freeze, will be Canada’s Head Coach for this event. Assistant coaches for this event are former NHL Head Coach Pierre Pagé (Anaheim, Calgary) and Clément Jodoin, an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens last year.

Canada’s roster for the 2003 Deutschland Cup is mostly comprised of top Canadian players from the Deutschland Elite League (DEL). Of these DEL players, eleven (James Black, Mark Greig, Hnat Domenichelli, Micki Dupont, Chris Joseph, Denis Pederson, Jean-Yves Roy, Andy Schneider, Darryl Shannon, Ken Sutton, Darren Van Impe) have NHL experience, and three (Domenichelli, Joseph, Pederson) have represented Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Bruce Gardiner, of the Finnish Elite League’s Espoo Blues, also has NHL experience.

The NHL’s Dallas Stars have also loaned David Oliver, who is playing with the AHL’s Utah Grizzlies, to Canada’s National Men’s Team for the 2003 Deutschland Cup.

“I’m very pleased with the roster that we have assembled for this year’s Deutschland Cup,” said Dave King. “These are top players in the Elite League in Germany and they are looking forward to making Canada proud as go for Canada’s third Deutschland Cup in four years.”

Dave King’s son Scott, of Iserlohner (DEL), will also be suiting up for Canada at the Deutschland Cup. It is believed to be the first time in the history of Canada’s National Men’s Team that a father coaches his son in an international hockey competition.

Canada’s National Men’s team operates as a part-time team that participates in international events using Canadian-born players that are either playing hockey in Europe or on loan from their North American NHL or AHL teams.

Current NHL-ers Chuck Kobasew (CGY), Matthew Lombardi (CGY) and Travis Roche (MIN) all played with Canada’s National Men’s Team last year in various events.

The 2003 Deutschland Cup marks of the first of six major international events in which Canada’s Men’s Team will participate during the 2003-2004 season.

Hockey Canada’s Manager, National Men’s Team Scott Salmond will serve as media contact for this event, and can be reached at 011 49 221-80190905 (Nov. 5) or at 011 49 511 28 05 0 (Nov. 6-9).

For further information on the Canada’s National Men’s Team, visit the Hockey Canada official website at www.hockeycanada.ca

For more information:

Brad Pascall

Director, Communications

Hockey Canada

403-777-4556

bpascall@hockeycanada.ca

CANADA’S NATIONAL MEN’S TEAM

Deutschland Cup

November 7-9, 2003

Hannover, Germany

# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown 2003-2004 Team

in/cm lbs/kg

1 Gordon, Ian G 5’10/179 179/81 05/15/75 North Battleford, SK Frankfurt Lions (DEL)

31 Rousson, Boris G 6’2/188 196/89 06/14/70 Val d’Or, PQ Hamburg Freezers (DEL)

3 Shannon, Darryl D 6’2/188 205/94 06/21/68 Barrie, ON Berlin Eisbaren (DEL)

5 Dupont, Micki D 5’10/178 176/80 04/15/80 Calgary, AB Berlin Eisbaren (DEL)

6 Sutton, Ken D 6’0/184 201/91 05/11/69 Edmonton, AB Ingolstadt, ERC (DEL)

14 Tory, Jeff D 5’11/180 194/88 05/09/73 Burnaby, BC Duesseldorf Metro Stars (DEL)

21 Van Impe, Darren D 6’1/185 194/88 05/18/73 Saskatoon, SK Hamburg Freezers (DEL)

22 Bouchard, François D 5’9/176 185/84 08/03/73 Brossard, PQ Frankfurt Lions (DEL)

23 Joseph, Chris D 6’1/185 214/97 09/10/69 Burnaby, BC Adler Mannheim (DEL)

4 Greig, Mark F/A 5’11/180 196/89 01/25/70 High River, AB Hamburg (DEL)

7 Ferguson, Craig F/A 5’11/180 190/86 04/08/70 Castro Valley, CA Ingolstadt, ERC (DEL)

9 Schneider, Andy F/A 5’10/177 179/81 03/29/72 Edmonton, AB Hamburg Freezers (DEL)

11 King, Scott F/A 5’9/175 176/80 01/21/77 Saskatoon, SK Iserlohner, EC (DEL)

12 Black, James F/A 6’0/183 207/94 08/15/69 Regina, SK Iserlohner, EC (DEL)

15 Gardiner, Bruce F/A 6’0/183 185/84 02/11/71 Barrie, ON Espoo Blues (FIN)

16 Shearer, Rob F/A 5’9/175 187/85 10/19/76 Kitchener, ON Berlin Eisbaren (DEL)

17 Domenichelli, Hnat F/A 5’11/180 179/81 02/16/76 Edmonton, AB Ambri-Piotta (SUI)

20 Pederson, Denis F/A 6’2/187 203/92 09/10/75 Prince Albert, SK Berlin Eisbaren (DEL)

24 Purdie, Brad F/A 5’10/178 190/86 09/11/72 Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ Hamburg Freezers (DEL)

25 Oliver, David F/A 6’0/183 187/85 04/17/71 Sechlet, BC Utah Grizzlies (AHL)

26 Walker, Steve F/A 6’0/183 190/86 01/12/73 Collingwood, ON Berlin Eisbaren (DEL)

27 Roy, Jean-Yves F/A 5’10/177 176/80 02/17/69 Rosemere, PQ Kolner Haie (DEL)

TEAM STAFF

Head Coach Dave King Hamburg Freezers (DEL)

Assistant coach Pierre Pagé Berlin Eisbaren (DEL)

Assistant coach Clément Jodoin Montreal, PQ

Manager Scott Salmond Hockey Canada

Team Doctor Dr. Ian Auld Hockey Canada

Physiotherapist Gord Routledge Hockey Canada

Equipment Manager Stéphane Gauthier Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL))

Equipment Manager Brad Harrison Hamburg Freezers (DEL))

Asst Equipment Manager Sven Gibb Hamburg Freezers (DEL) )

2003 Deutschland Cup Game Schedule
Times listed are local

Friday, November 7, 2003

16:00 SUI – CAN

20:00 GER – USA

Saturday, November 8, 2003

14:00 SUI – GER

18:00 USA – CAN

Sunday, November 9, 2003

14:00 GER – CAN

18:00 USA – SUI