Six Chiefs vying for a spot on Team Canada

By Stephen Stamp
The Canadian Lacrosse Association has released the list of 37 players who comprise its training roster for the national team that will compete at the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships and 24 of the players hail from Major Series Lacrosse teams.

The Six Nations Chiefs lead the way with six players selected to the 37-man roster, which will be whittled down to 23 to form the team that will actually compete at the worlds on the Onondaga First Nation this September. New acquisitions Dillon Ward and Dhane Smith join holdovers Brandon Miller, Dan Coates, Jesse Gamble and Bill Dee Smith.

The Peterborough Lakers and Oakville Rock each had five players named to the roster. There were also four players from the Brampton Exclsiors, three from the Brooklin Redmen and two from the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks.


The full list of MSL players named are listed below. For a full list of the players invited, go the Canadian Lacrosse Association website.


Six Nations Chiefs

Brandon Miller

Dillon Ward

Dan Coates

Jesse Gamble

Billy Dee Smith

Dhane Smith

Peterborough Lakers

Matt Vinc

Brad Self

Shawn Evans

Adam Jones

Cory Vitarelli

Oakville Rock

Jordan MacIntosh

Brodie Merrill

Jason Noble

Rob Hellyer

Stephan Leblanc

Brampton Excelsiors

Sandy Chapman

Chris Corbeil

Paul Dawson

Kyle Rubisch

Brooklin Redmen

Scott Campbell

Kiel Matisz

Steve Priolo

Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks

Joey Cupido

Ryan Benesch