Team Canada 2014
On Sunday, December 29th, 2013, Team Canada management released its 30-skater roster for the 2014 Blood and Thunder Roller Derby World Cup to be held in Dallas, Texas, on the weekend of December 4th, 2014.
The roster includes ten returning players (indicated with an *) from the 2011 team that came in second place, losing to USA in the final.
There are nine skaters from Montreal’s New Skids on the Block, Canada’s top ranked WFTDA team (15th in WFTDA, 1st in Canada). There are six skaters from Terminal City’s All Stars (37th, 3rd), five skaters from Toronto Roller Derby’s CN Power (29th, 2nd), and two returning skaters from the Rideau Valley Vixens (69th, 7th). The remaining Canadian leagues represented were Red Deer (4th in Canada) and Calgary (WFTDA Apprentice, 14th in Canada).
Team Canada will feature six skaters who play for US-based WFTDA leagues (after having only one in 2011). The represented leagues are the Texas Roller Girls (3rd),the Windy City Rollers (8th), Atlanta Rollergirls (10th), the Philly Roller Girls (14th), Boston Derby Dames (16th), and Detroit Derby Girls (28th).
The Roster
Bala Reina (Toronto Roller Derby – CN Power)
Buffy Sainte Fury (Terminal City Rollergirls – All Stars, Public Frenemy)
Chasing Amy (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
Demanda Lashing (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block, Les Filles Du Roi)
Dusty (Toronto Roller Derby – CN Power)
Dyna Hurtcha (Toronto Roller Derby – CN Power)
Evada Peron (Terminal City Rollergirls – All Stars)
Eve Hallows (Terminal City Rollergirls – All Stars, Bad Reputations)
*Georgia W. Tush (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
Greta Bobo (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
Heavy Flo (Philly Roller Girls – Liberty Belles)
*Jess “Bandit” Paternostro (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
Kim Janna (Terminal City Rollergirls – All Stars)
KonichiWOW (Windy City Rollers – All Stars)
Kriss Myass (Calgary Roller Derby Association – All Stars)
*Lil’ Mama (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
*Luludemon (Terminal City Rollergirls – All Stars)
*Mackenzie (Terminal City Rollergirls – All Stars)
Maya Mangleyou (Boston Derby Dames – Boston Massacre, Nutcrackers)
Mel-e-Juana (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
*Murphy (Rideau Valley Roller Girls – Vixens, Slaughter Daughters)
Nasher the Smasher (Toronto Roller Derby – CN Power)
Nattie Long Legs (Atlanta Rollergirls – Dirty South Derby Girls, The Toxic Shocks)
*Rainbow Fight (Toronto Roller Derby – CN Power)
Sarah Hipel (Texas Roller Girls – Texacutioners)
*Smack Daddy (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
*Soul Rekker (Rideau Valley Roller Girls – Vixens, Slaughter Daughters)
Surgical Strike (Montreal Roller Derby – New Skids on the Block)
*Taz (Red Deer Roller Derby Association – Belladonnas)
USS DentHerPrize (Detroit Derby Girls, All Stars, Detroit Pistoffs)
Team Canada Management
Head Coach: Ewan Wotarmay (Montreal Roller Derby)
Assistant Coach: Mack the Mouth (Terminal City Roller Girls)
Manager: Flyin’ Bryan Killman (Toronto Roller Derby)
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