List of World Series Hockey players
This is a list players signed to play in the World Series Hockey, which was scheduled to commence play on December 17, 2011 but was later postponed to February 29, 2012.
The players for the eight teams will be finalized November 28 based on the draft system.
The draft consisted of 24 Rounds where a team picked one player in each round. Each Team has a minimum of 22 and a maximum of 25 Players (including the Captain) with a maximum of 6 Non-Indian Players, a minimum of 4 Local Players from their Territory and a minimum of 4 Indian Youth Players.[1]
A second draft was held on February 10, 2012. Among the notable picks, Canadian captain Ken Pereira was chosen by Pune Strykers while Australian Mark Harris and Indian Hamza Mujtaba got selected by Chennai Cheetahs. South African Olympian Clyde Abraham was picked by Mumbai Marines while Gagan Ajit Singh, the ace Indian striker, will make his comeback into hockey with Sher-e-Punjab.[2]
International
Australia
- Brent Livermore
- Eli Matheson
- Joseph Reardon
- Mark Harris
- Matthew Hotchkis
- Peter Kelly
- Robert Green
- Troy Sutherland
Argentina
- Juan Martin Lopez
- Lucas Vila
- Matias Vila
- Mario Almada
- Pedro Ibarra
- Rodrigo Vila
Brazil
- Daniela Barbosa
- Pablo Gomes Navarro
Canada
- Adam Froese
- Antoni Kindler
- Connor Grimes
- Iain Smythe
- Sukhwinder Singh Gabbar
- Ken Pereira
- Mark Pearson
- Richard Hildred
Netherlands
- Andrew Eversden
- Jesse Mahieu
- Martijn de Jager
- Melchior Looijen
- Roderik Huber
- Steven Faaij
New Zealand
- Casey Henwood
- Lloyd Stephenson
Pakistan
- Adnan Maqsood
- Rehan Butt
- Shakeel Abbasi
- Syed Imran Warsi
- Tariq Aziz
- Waseem Ahmad
- Zeeshan Ashraf
India
150 Indian players, including all the top players from the current national team have signed on and received advanced payments to play in World Series Hockey. Every player has signed a 3-year contract. Four of these will be captains in the inaugural edition of the tournament. This includes Adrian D'Souza, Arjun Halappa, Prabhjot Singh and Sardar Singh.
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See also
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References
- "Captains, coaches named for WSH teams". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- "Gagan Ajit to make comeback in World Series Hockey | Hockey | NDTVSports.com". Sports.ndtv.com. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- http://www.worldserieshockey.com/pdf/150%20Top%20Indian%20Players%20Sign%20up%20for%20WSH%2017.11.11.pdf
- "Chandigarh Comets to take on Bhopal Badshahs in WSH opener - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- http://worldserieshockey.com/pdf/Bhopal%20Team%20Composition.pdf
- http://worldserieshockey.com/pdf/Chandigarh%20Team%20Composition.pdf
- http://worldserieshockey.com/pdf/Chennai%20Team%20Composition.pdf
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2012-01-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://worldserieshockey.com/pdf/Karnataka%20Team%20Composition.pdf
- http://worldserieshockey.com/pdf/Mumbai%20Team%20Composition.pdf
- http://worldserieshockey.com/pdf/Pune%20Team%20Composition.pdf
- http://worldserieshockey.com/pdf/Punjab%20Team%20Composition.pdf