Can-Am United Floorball Club

Can-Am United FC

Official logo of Can-Am United FC
Full name	Can-Am United FC
Nickname(s)	Can-Am FC
Founded	2010
Captain
League	Canada Cup
2010	Intermediate Division
First game	3:2 win vs.
Largest win	9:1 win vs.
Largest defeat	3:0 loss vs.
All-time top scorer	(5 points)
Home colors Away colors

The Can-Am United Floorball Club, known simply as Can-Am United FC, is a floorball club consisting of players from both Canada and the United States.^[1]

The club is one of the first ever joint Canada-U.S. floorball clubs, and will be a building block on which ties can be strengthened between both floorball in Canada and in the United States. As well, it will build a partnership between many players. The club is only the second joint team ever in the history of North American floorball, the previous being the , which participated in the intermediate division of the 2007 Czech Open.^[2]

History[]

The floorball club was created in 2010 by several North American free agent players looking for a team to participate with at the Canada Cup. After being in contact with each other and finding other players, the team registered for the tournament in the Intermediate Division.^[3]

The club is a mix of three North American floorball clubs: Alaska's , the , and the Edmonton Panthera Floorball Club. As well, the team has free agent players from Colorado, D.C., Massachusetts, and Vermont.

2010 Canada Cup[]

Roster difficulties[]

Originally posed to send three players to the tournament, the Edmonton Panthera could only send one, but instead were able to pick up another free agent player from the in the form of .

Tournament results[]

Can-Am FC played in the intermediate division, with their debut being on May 22, 2010 at York University, in Toronto, Ontario.^[4] They won their first match by a score of 3:2 over .^[5]

After steamrolling the by a score of 9:1, the club was shut out in its next two matches against clubs and by scores of 2:0 and 3:0, respectively.^[6][7][8]

Following the 4 round robin matches, Can-Am United found itself tied for 4th place in their division with the iMove Blue Collars.^[9] Due to tournament tiebreaker rules, the iMove Blue Collars advanced to the playoff round based on head-to-head statistics, eliminating Can-Am United from the tournament.^[10]

Roster[]

As of May 28, 2010

Goalkeepers
Nationality	Number	Player Name	Club
	00
	69	Matthew Ellis
	69

Defensemen
Nationality	Number	Player Name	Club
	2
	4
	5
	6
	17
	18	Matthew Ellis

Forwards
Nationality	Number	Player Name	Position	Club
	7		C
	8		C
	9		RW
	10		RW
	11	– C	LW
	15	– C	LW	Edmonton Panthera

Note: , Matthew Ellis, and double as both defensemen and goalkeepers

Rankings & records[]

Franchise scoring leaders[]

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Tournament records[]

Year	MP	W	L	D	GF	GA	+/-
2010 Canada Cup	4	2	2	0	12	8	+4
Totals	4	2	2	0	12	8	+4

Head-to-head records[]

Opponent	MP	W	L	D	GF	GA	+/-
	1	0	1	0	0	2	-2
	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8
	1	0	1	0	0	3	-3
Totals	4	2	2	0	12	8	+4

See also[]

• Canada Cup
• Edmonton Panthera FC
• 2010 Canada Cup, Intermediate Division

References[]

External links[]

• Arctic Floorball Monkeys
• Official Canada Cup Intermediate Division Page