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Last Name Mendonca
First Name Louis
   
Position National Head Coach
Date of Birth 1 January 1957
Place of Birth Bahrain
Hometown  
Residence Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Languages Spoken English
     
Human Interest Started playing at the age of six, on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan... Involved in Provincial hockey since 1985... Coached Ontario's U-18, U-21 and senior teams... Coached in the mens Junior National program since 1994... Involvement with the Mens Senior National program since summer of 1998... Formerly, Quality Assurance personnel, Boeing Toronto... "Thrill of a lifetime" (given a chance to do anything in the world): flying in an F-18 fighter plane
Competitions with the Program
  • 1996 Junior World Cup Qualifier, Barbados - Assistant Mens Coach (3rd)
  • 1999 World Indoor Classic, Glasgow - Mens Coach (1st)
  • 1999 Pan American Games, Winnipeg - Mens Assistant Coach (1st)
  • 2000 Junior World Cup Qualifier, Santiago, Chile - Mens Assistant Coach (3rd)
  • 2001 Junior World Cup, Hobart, Australia - Mens Coach
  • 2002 Indoor Pan American Cup, Rockville, USA - Mens Coach (1st)
  • 2003 World Indoor Classic, Glasgow -  Mens Coach (4th)
  • 2003 Indoor World Cup, Leipzig -  Mens Coach (6th)
  • 2003 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo-  Mens Assistant Coach
  • 2004 Olympic Qualifier, Mens Coach, Madrid
  • 2004  Pan Am Cup, Mens Coach, London (2nd)
  • 2005 Indoor Pan Am Cup, Kitchener Mens Coach (1st)
  • 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne Team Leader(9th)
  • 2007 Pan American Games,  Mens Coach Brazil (1st)
  • 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Mens Coach(10th)

 



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