Canada men's national field hockey team

Canada

Nickname(s)	Red Caribou
Association	Field Hockey Canada
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Peter Milkovich
Assistant coach(es)	Bartel Berkhout
Manager	Mark Wittig
Captain	Keegan Pereira Balraj Panesar John Smythe
Most caps	Ken Pereira (348) [1]
Top scorer	Scott Tupper (126) [2]
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	20 1 (19 August 2025) [3]
Olympic Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1964 )
Best result	10th (1976, 1984, 2000, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1978 )
Best result	8th (1998)
Pan American Games
Appearances	15 (first in 1967 )
Best result	1st (1983, 1987, 1999, 2007)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2000 )
Best result	1st (2009)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Games 4 8 2 Pan American Cup 1 4 2 Total 5 12 4 Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1999 Winnipeg Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1979 San Juan Team 1991 Havana Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Team 1971 Cali Team 2023 Santiago Team Pan American Cup 2009 Santiago 2000 Havana 2004 London 2013 Brampton 2017 Lancaster 2022 Santiago 2025 Montevideo

The Canadian men's national field hockey team represents Canada in international men's field hockey since 1964, when it played in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 to 1960		did not participate
1964	Tokyo, Japan	13th	7	1	0	6	5	25	Squad
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	did not participate
1972	Munich, Germany
1976	Montreal, Canada	10th	6	1	0	5	6	14	Squad
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	did not participate
1984	Los Angeles, United States	10th	7	1	1	5	8	20	Squad
1988	Seoul, South Korea	11th	7	1	2	4	6	15	Squad
1992	Barcelona, Spain	did not qualify
1996	Atlanta, United States
2000	Sydney, Australia	10th	7	1	3	3	10	16	Squad
2004	Athens, Greece	did not qualify
2008	Beijing, China	10th	6	1	1	4	10	20	Squad
2012	London, Great Britain	did not qualify
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th	5	0	1	4	7	22	Squad
2020	Tokyo, Japan	12th	5	0	1	4	9	27	Squad
2024	Paris, France	did not qualify
2028	Los Angeles, United States	to be determined
2032	Brisbane, Australia
Total		10th place	50	6	9	35	61	159

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	did not participate
1973
1975	did not qualify
1978	11th place game	11th	8	2	2	4	15	19	Squad
1982	did not qualify
1986	9th place game	10th	7	1	1	5	6	16	Squad
1990	11th place game	11th	7	1	1	5	6	11	Squad
1994	did not qualify
1998	7th place game	8th	7	1	3	3	16	18	Squad
2002	did not qualify
2006
2010	11th place game	11th	6	1	0	5	9	30	Squad
2014	did not qualify
2018	Cross-over	11th	4	0	1	3	3	13	Squad
2023	did not qualify
/ 2026	TBD
Total	Best: 8th	6/15	39	6	8	25	55	107

Pan American Games Pan American Games record Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA 1967 Winnipeg, Canada 4th 9 5 2 2 14 7 1971 Cali, Colombia 3rd 9 6 0 3 16 5 1975 Mexico City, Mexico 2nd 8 5 2 1 20 6 1979 San Juan, Puerto Rico 2nd 6 5 0 1 33 6 1983 Caracas, Venezuela 1st 6 6 0 0 25 4 1987 Indianapolis, United States 1st 6 5 1 0 42 5 1991 Havana, Cuba 2nd 6 5 0 1 33 5 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina 2nd 7 4 2 1 31 4 1999 Winnipeg, Canada 1st 7 6 1 0 29 5 2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2nd 5 4 0 1 10 5 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 5 3 2 0 12 7 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd 5 4 0 1 25 7 2015 Toronto, Canada 2nd 6 4 1 1 21 5 2019 Lima, Peru 2nd 6 5 0 1 33 10 2023 Santiago, Chile 3rd 5 4 1 0 12 4 2027 Lima, Peru to be determined Total 1st place 96 71 12 13 356 85

Pan American Cup Pan American Cup record Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA 2000 Havana, Cuba 2nd 6 4 1 1 32 6 2004 London, Canada 2nd 6 5 0 1 29 5 2009 Santiago, Chile 1st 5 4 1 0 26 11 2013 Brampton, Canada 2nd 5 3 1 1 9 8 2017 Lancaster, United States 2nd 5 3 1 1 13 3 2022 Santiago, Chile 3rd 6 4 0 2 26 11 2025 Montevideo, Uruguay 3rd 4 2 0 2 11 13 Total 1st place 37 25 4 8 146 57

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7th	4	1	2	1	11	6	Squad
2002	Manchester, England	6th	5	0	1	4	7	14	Squad
2006	Melbourne, Australia	9th	5	1	0	4	5	16	Squad
2010	Delhi, India	7th	5	2	2	1	8	8	Squad
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	6th	5	1	0	4	8	16	Squad
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	8th	5	1	0	4	4	15	Squad
2022	Birmingham, England	8th	5	0	1	4	7	29	Squad
Total		7/7	34	6	6	22	50	104

Hockey Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year	Round
2022	8th
2023–24	5th

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1995	4th
1999	4th
2000	7th
2007	8th
2008	5th
2014	5th
2015	5th
2016	6th
2019	4th
2020	Cancelled
2024	6th
Best result: 4th place

Defunct competitions

Hockey World League Hockey World League record Season Position Round Pld W D* L GF GA 2012–13 18th Round 2 5 3 0 2 16 13 2014–15 8th Round 2 6 4 0 2 17 7 Semifinal 7 2 1 4 7 22 Final 5 0 0 5 6 26 2016–17 10th Round 2 6 5 0 1 26 7 Semifinal 7 3 1 3 20 16 Total Best: 8th Final 36 17 2 17 92 91

Champions Challenge I Champions Challenge I record Year Position Pld W D* L GF GA 2001 until 2007 did not participate 2009 8th 5 1 0 4 6 13 2011 8th 6 1 0 5 10 20 2012 6th 6 1 1 4 12 20 2014 2nd 6 2 2 2 14 17 Total Best: 2nd 23 5 3 15 42 70

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 4 November 2022 for the 2022 FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa from 28 November to 4 December 2022. ^[4]

Caps updated as of 4 December 2022, after the match against Pakistan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
28	GK	Tristan Burgoyne	(1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 31)	9
32	GK	Zachary Coombs	(2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 24)	7	West Vancouver
4	DF	Roopkanwar Dhillon	(2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 23)	10
14	DF	Manveer Jhamat	(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 23)	10
16	DF	Gordon Johnston	(1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 32)	198
26	DF	Sam Cabral	(1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 26)	17	UBC Thunderbirds
29	DF	Taylor Curran	(1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 33)	204	West Vancouver
33	DF	Thomson Harris	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 27)	5
5	MF	Devohn Noronha-Teixeira	(1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 36)	113
8	MF	Oliver Scholfield	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 31)	95
17	MF	Brenden Bissett	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 32)	156
23	MF	Chris Tardif	(2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 25)	12	Vancouver Hawks
25	MF	Harbir Sidhu	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 28)	17	India Club
2	FW	Matthew Barnett	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 26)	12
9	FW	Gurpreet Singh	(1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 30)	10
13	FW	Brendan Guraliuk	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 25)	31
15	FW	Sean Davis	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 25)	5
21	FW	Matthew Sarmento	(1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 34)	144	Vancouver Hawks

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ethan McTavish	(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 25)	4	West Vancouver	2022 Commonwealth Games
GK	Antoni Kindler	(1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 37)	112		2022 Pan American Cup
DF	John Smythe	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 36)	134		2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	Balraj Panesar	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 29)	85	East Grinstead	2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	Alexander Bird	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 22)	5		2022 Commonwealth Games
DF	James Kirkpatrick	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 34)	114	West Vancouver	2022 Pan American Cup
MF	Keegan Pereira	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33)	200		2022 Commonwealth Games
MF	Floris van Son	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 33)	52	Hurley	2022 Commonwealth Games
MF	Sukhi Panesar	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 31)	164		2022 Pan American Cup
FW	Fin Boothroyd	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 26)	41	East Grinstead	2022 Commonwealth Games
FW	Gavin Bains	(1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 26)	6	India Club	2022 Commonwealth Games
FW	Iain Smythe	(1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 (age 40)	205		2022 Pan American Cup

Famous players

• Patrick Burrows
• David Bissett
• Alan Brahmst
• Pat Caruso
• Paul Chohan
• Ken Goodwin
• Ravi Kahlon
• Ken Pereira
• Reg Plummer
• Trevor Porritt
• Ross Rutledge
• Nick Sandhu
• Lee Wright

See also

• Sports portal
• Canada portal

• Canada women's national field hockey team
• Field hockey in Canada

References

1. "All-Time Cap Leaders". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
2. "Captain Scott Tupper retires from Men's National Team Program". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
3. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
4. "Men's National Team Nations Cup Roster Announcement". fieldhockey.ca. Field Hockey Canada. 4 November 2022.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile