Burnaby’s Gabriel Ho-Garcia was named to Canada’s men’s national field hockey team pre-Olympic tour, which will go towards choosing the 18 athletes who will go to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
A forward with 76 caps to his record, 23-year-old Ho-Garcia headed to Europe for the tour that started June 6 and continues to June 21, with matches against Olympic-bound Ireland and Spain.
It’s the same roster that competed for Canada at the 2016 Azlan Shah Cup tournament in Malaysia, where they finished sixth.
The European tour presents the final preparation phase for Canada before the roster is whittled down to 16 athletes and two reserves for Rio.
Once the roster has been finalized, the Canadian team will host the U.S. for a three-game series to be played in Surrey and West Vancouver, July 7, 9 and 10.
