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Streaming Sports Network Canada Username Password Login Games Leagues Teams Venues Hockey Football Basketball Soccer Volleyball Blogs Direct from the CISBourque Singer to lead Canadas hockey team December 15 2009Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced the appointment of Canadas mens hockey team personnel for the 25th Winter Universiade set for January 27 to February 6 2011 in Erzurum Turkey Brian Bourque of the Waterloo Warriors will serve as Team Canadas general manager while Western Ontarios Clarke Singer has been named head coach His assistants behind the bench are Concordias Kevin Figsby and Guelphs Shawn Camp It will be a second tour of duty at the University Games for both Singer and Figsby who served similar roles in 2005 at Innsbruck Austria where Canada finished fifth The Canadian squad for the Games will be comprised entirely of players from the Ontario University Athletics conference Since 1997 Canada has been represented at the Universiade mens hockey tournament by selections from each of three CIS leagues on a rotating basis Canada West players claimed bronze medals in 1997 (South Korea) and 2003 (Italy) and silver in 2009 in Harbin China where they dropped a 42 decision to Russia in the goldmedal final OUA skaters won bronze in 1999 (Slovakia) before their fifthplace finish in 2005 Atlantic University Sport allstars returned home with silver in 2001 (Poland) before winning the competition in 2007 in Turin Italy Canada also won gold in 1991 in Sapporo Japan while represented by the senior national team and in 1981 in Jaca Spain when the University of Alberta Golden Bears wore the Maple Leaf uniform It is an honour and privilege to represent Canada the University of Waterloo OUA and CIS on the international hockey stage said Bourque I am excited to work with the coaching staff that we have assembled I look forward to the competition and showcasing the talent of our studentathletes It will be a great honour to represent the CIS and OUA in this onceinalifetime opportunity to win a world championship said Singer Our coaching staff is looking forward to putting together a team the country will be very proud of Bourque who joined the Warriors as an assistant coach in 2003 and was voted OUA coach of the year in 200506 is in his fifth season as bench boss at Waterloo where he has registered an impressive 83329 overall record since taking over the team A native of Cole Harbour NS he previously coached with the Dartmouth Midget AAA (NSMHL) program York University and the Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL) prior to joining the Warriors Singer is in his 11th season at the helm of the Mustangs The native of Stratford Ont led Western to the University Cup national title in 2002 when he also earned CIS mens hockey coachoftheyear honours Named as the OUAs top coach four times he has guided his troops to a pair of Queens...