After a busy year for the Northwind, Head Coach Sean Goedheer and his staff have announced the extended squad that will take the National Men’s team forward for 2023 as well as set the basis of the squad looking forward to the International Cup in 2024.
Training Camps in Vancouver and Ottawa in the Spring of 2022 kicked off the year with sights set on taking on the USA later in 2022.
The Northwind and its development squad tasted International Football for the first time since 2017 with the return of the Parallel Cup this August in Toronto. Whilst the result did not go the way of Team Canada the overall experience held the squad in good standing moving forward.
Following the activity of 2022, the Northwind staff are pleased to announce the following list of players that will be representing Canada moving forward.
Head Coach Sean Goedheer will also be looking to bolster the Development Pathway moving forward with camps and other opportunities for players within Canada, not already in the program to put their name up for the Northwind in 2023 – more details on this will be to come in the new year.
The strength of Footy right across Canada is demonstrated with 15 AFL Canada member clubs, and 6 provincial leagues represented in the squad.
Congratulations to all players selected!
| Connor Adair | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Michael Berk | Edmonton Wombats (AFL Alberta) |
| Geoff Coventry | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Aaron Falcioni | Toronto Eagles (AFL Ontario) |
| Jordan Harcombe | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Anthony Kennedy | Edmonton Wombats (AFL Alberta) |
| Trent Loosemore | Burnaby Eagles (AFL British Columbia) |
| Jacob Martin | Grand River Gargoyles (AFL Ontario) |
| Kyle Mundell | Grand River Gargoyles (AFL Ontario) |
| Steve Setka | Winnipeg Bears (AFL Manitoba) |
| Morgan Whyte | Montreal Demons (AFL Quebec) |
| Greg Bridges | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Dustin Cowan | Hamilton Wildcats (AFL Ontario) |
| Michael Fischer | Grand River Gargoyles (AFL Ontario) |
| Eric Klein | Hamilton Wildcats (AFL Ontario) |
| Michael Masek | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Jason Nysten | Calgary Kangaroos (AFL Alberta) |
| Justin Settle | Hamilton Wildcats (AFL Ontario) |
| Rob Tersigni | Toronto Rebels (AFL Ontario) |
| Mark Zwaagstra | Vancouver Cougars (AFL British Columbia) |
| Youssef Abouzaid | West Island Wooders (AFL Quebec) |
| Chris Bourque | Sydney Giants (AFL Nova Scotia) |
| James Clock | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Eric Escaravage | Burnaby Eagles (AFL British Columbia) |
| Kyle Graham | Montreal Demons (AFL Quebec) |
| Nick Liang | Hamilton Wildcats (AFL Ontario) |
| Chris Moning | Hamilton Wildcats (AFL Ontario) |
| Mathew Payne | Old Montreal Dockers (AFL Quebec) |
| Jeremy Schwartzentruber | Grand River Gargoyles (AFL Ontario) |
| Steve Walker | Hamilton Wildcats (AFL Ontario) |
| Yacine Baouche | Old Montreal Dockers (AFL Quebec) |
| Kenneth Boudreau | West Island Wooders (AFL Quebec) |
| Scott Glover | Edmonton Wombats (AFL Alberta) |
| Greg Layman | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Ryan McNabb | Toronto Eagles (AFL Ontario) |
| Jim Oertel | Burnaby Eagles (AFL British Columbia) |
| Tyler Schwartzentruber | Grand River Gargoyles (AFL Ontario) |
| Udai Kapila | Toronto Rebels (AFL Ontario) |
| Adrian Nizzero | Calgary Kangaroos (AFL Alberta) |
| Riley Turpin | Ottawa Swans (AFL Ontario) |
| Erik Brezinski | Calgary Kangaroos (AFL Alberta) |
