Nickname(s) | Team Alberta | ||
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Founded | 2007 | ||
Captain | Andrzej Zadora | ||
First game | 3:5 vs. Quebec | ||
Largest win | 4:2 vs. Ontario | ||
Largest defeat | 2:10 vs. B.C. | ||
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The Alberta men's provincial floorball team is the men's provincial floorball team of Alberta, and a member of Floorball Canada. Alberta's men's team is currently ranked 3rd in Canada at floorball, based on their performance at the 2009 Canadian Floorball Championships.
Alberta maintains a strong rivalry in floorball with Ontario. The majority of players on Team Alberta are Canadian and Polish. The team is organized by Floorball Alberta.
The team has seen relatively little success (with only 3 wins), but nevertheless has finished 3rd in Canada twice.
As of December 6, 2010
Goalkeepers | |||||
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Nationality | Number | Player name | Club | ||
88 | Jacek Kula | River City IBK | |||
92 | Michał Sebastianski | River City IBK |
Defensemen | |||||
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Nationality | Number | Player name | Club | ||
2 | Henry Camp | Edmonton Panthera FC | |||
7 | Filip Osmulski | N/A | |||
8 | Robert Chrobak – A | River City IBK | |||
10 | Tomasz Kula | River City IBK | |||
22 | Gabriel Charles | Edmonton Panthera FC |
Forwards | |||||
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Nationality | Number | Player name | Club | ||
4 | Andrzej Łuszczek – A | River City IBK | |||
9 | Tomasz Łuszczek | River City IBK | |||
11 | Dawid Cholewa | Oil Country FC | |||
13 | Jonas Quick | N/A | |||
14 | Bartłomiej Seres | N/A | |||
19 | Colin Schulte | Edmonton Panthera FC | |||
23 | Andrzej Zadora – C | Northern Lights FC |
Year | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- |
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2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | −12 |
2008 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 38 | −18 |
2009 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 0 |
2010 | Did not participate | ||||||
2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 79 | −42 |
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