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  • Dauphin, MB – National Inline Hockey Association – Canada (NIHA-Canada) is excited to announce the addition of the Alberta Minor Roller Hockey Association (AMRHA) to the national membership starting in 2012.

    Scott Hill, President of NIHA-Canada outlined that this wasn’t an overnight decision for either organization, but a work in process towards a common goal, [...]

  • One of the main knocks on the Sedins when they came into the league was their skating ability. They have never been particularly fast, but when they entered the league they weren’t particularly strong on their skates either. Knowing that this was one of the main areas they needed to work on, but not wanting to spend the sunny summer months in a cold ice rink, they took to inline skating outdoors to work on their skating stride.

  • Canada outplayed Sweden in the Bronze Medal game at the IIHF World Inline Hockey Championships! This marks Canada’s return to the podium since 1998 and the first time Sweden has been kept off the podium since 2000.
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JUNE 28, 2011

Canada Drops Semi’s vs USA - Bronze Remat...

The Americans came into their semifinal encounter as favourites, but they knew that they would face a maximum effort from their traditional rivals. Therefore, it was important to get off to a quick start. When the Canadians got themselves into some early penalty trouble, that`s exactly what they did. It took only two minutes for them to get the game`s first goal, as Charles Yoder faked a shot, then patiently outwaited a Canadian defender who dove to block it, and fed a pass to Shawn Gawrys, who had an easy tap-in at the side of the net. A few minutes later, the Americans were dangerous on their second power-play, and unlucky not to increase their lead. A block by defenceman Kyle Henderson, a nice save by Brett Leggat, and a couple of goalposts kept the US from converting. However, not long after returning to

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JUNE 24, 2011

QuarterFinal Deja vu - Canada beats Finland 6-5

iihf.com - The lower-seeded teams won the first two quarter-final games at the 2011 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship. Sweden had a 6-2 comeback win against Slovenia while Canada defeated Finland like last year. Finland vs. Canada 5-6 (1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 1-1) Game Sheet Last year Canada surprisingly ousted Finland 10-8 in the quarter-finals. This year the Canadians did it again in a 6-5 victory. Same as last year, Thomas Woods with three goals and Jimmy Carter with two were among the key players leading the Canadian offence. “It’s great to win against them in the quarter-finals like last year. We were struggling a bit in the last few games, but I had more luck today and my team was feeding me well,” Woods said. “We watched them and knew they’re going to be good, so we came into the game

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JUNE 22, 2011

Canada takes 3rd in Pool A with loss to USA

Pardubice, Czech Republic - It was a game that both teams had circled on the tournament schedule and a rivalry that can match any other. At 8:00PM on Tuesday night, USA and Canada squared off at the 2011 IIHF World Inline Hockey Championships. Coming off a gold medal victory in 2010, the Americans are the team to beat this year and they have continued in their winning ways beating Slovenia and Slovakia earlier in the Round Robin. Team Canada came into the game with a 1-1 record with many different scenarios regarding Pool placement on the line! "Our gameplan was to keep it simple and stay out of the box," Team Canada forward Thomas Woods said when asked about Team Canada's focus for the match. Unfortunately, Team Canada strayed from the gameplan early on. 2 penalties within the first two minutes of

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JUNE 21, 2011

POWERPLAY HEATS UP FOR CANADA’S FIRST WIN!

Pardubice, Czech Republic - Day 2 of the Round Robin at the IIHF World Championships is a good one for Team Canada. Team Canada squared off against Slovakia this afternoon in a must win situation after falling to Slovenia yesterday, 6-4. "In a short-term competition like this, you MUST win the games that you should and you NEED to win the games that you shouldn't." Brett Leggat, goaltender, "Going 0-2 is not an option if you want to get past the QuarterFinals at this event." For the second straight day, puckdrop was at 2PM and again it took some time for both teams to find their creativity with the puck. When asked about Team Canada's mindset in the early minutes, Team Canada Forward Dylan Nowakowski explained, "Our focus at the beginining of the game was to really make sure that we

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SLOVENIA HOLDS STRONG AGAINST CANADA ON DAY 1

Pardubice, Czech Republic - Team Canada will be taking the long route through Round Robin after a Day 1 loss to Slovenia on Sunday. Being that this was the first game for both teams at this years IIHF World Championships, the first quarter was up for grabs to the first team that could settle their nerves and compose themselves. That was Team Canada. A streaking Dave Hammond sliced through several Slovenians en route to a spinning rebound score followed closely by a breakaway goal by Thomas Woods who was sprung by a well palced pass from Jimmy Carter. "When i got the puck, Woodsy was already open but I was still 6 or seven feet away from the red line so I couldnt pass yet" described Jimmy Carter, "Woodsy did a great job to not get to far ahead of me so that when I gained the line he was still in the

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