June 03, 2023: Volleyball Canada’s men’s head coach Tuomas Sammelvuo has announced the 14 athletes who will represent Canada at the upcoming Volleyball Nations League (VNL) opening week in Ottawa, Ontario.
The teams include Canada, USA, Argentina, Italy, Cuba, Germany, Netherlands and Brazil. Canada kicks off its VNL campaign against Cuba on June 6 at the Arena at TD Place.
More info & tickets: https://www.tdplace.ca/event/volleyball-nations-league/
VNL Week 1 Men’s Roster:
Jay Blankenau – Sherwood Park, AB
Landon Currie – Vernon, B.C.
Danny Demyanenko – Toronto, ON
Mathias Elser – Calgary, AB
Pearson Eshenko – Banff, AB
Luke Herr – Winnipeg, MB
Nicholas Hoag – Sherbrooke, QC
Brodie Hofer -Langley, BC
Justin Lui – Pickering, ON
Stephen Maar – Aurora, ON
Jordan Schnitzer – Surrey, BC
Ryan Sclater – Port Coquitlam, BC
Arthur Szwarc – Toronto, ON
Lucas Van Berkel – Edmonton, AB
Staff
Head Coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo
Asst. Coach: João Paulo Bravo
Asst. Coach : Michael Hawkins
Statistician: Lionel Bonnaure
Sport Physiotherapist: Jovana Smoljanic
Chiropractor: Abe Avender
Lead S&C: Michael Cook
MPC: Jelle Kooijman
High Performance Director/ Team manager: Julien Boucher
Team attaché: Cassandra Nicol
Photo: Matt Stewart
Volleyball Canada Media Contact:
Jackie Skender
jskender@volleyball.ca
Mobile: 613-794-7676
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