The 23 Players and Staff Behind Canada’s 2007 Indoor Team
Find all 23 players with numbers, positions, handedness, hometowns and clubs, plus coaches and staff, backed by an archived final roster.
Canada’s archived final roster for the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship names 23 players: nine forwards, seven defenders, four transition players, and three goalies. It also identifies the team’s coaches, management, program leadership, doctor, and trainer.
A separate Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame record identifies Canada as the 2007 men’s box world champion, followed on the podium by Haudenosaunee and the USA.
Canada’s complete 23-player roster
The table reproduces the archived document’s player numbers, position labels, handedness or goalie designations, hometown formatting, and club affiliations. The hometown entries have been checked against the archived roster text, including unusual spellings and the absence of a province for Chris Driscoll’s listed hometown.
| No. | Player | Roster details | Hometown as printed · Listed club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dan Carey | Forward · Left | Peterborough, Ont. · Colorado Mammoth |
| 44 | Anthony Cosmo | Goalie · Goalie | Missassauga, Ont. · San Jose Stealth |
| 50 | Ryan Cousins | Defense · Right | Toronto, Ont. · Minnesota Swarm |
| 6 | Dan Dawson | Forward · Right | Oakville, Ont. · Arizona Sting |
| 30 | Steve Dietrich | Goalie · Goalie | Kitchener, Ont. · Buffalo Bandits |
| 7 | Colin Doyle | Forward · Left | Kitchener, Ont. · San Jose Stealth |
| 18 | Nenad Gajic | Transition · Right | Burnaby, BC · Colorado Mammoth |
| 78 | John Gallant | Defense · Left | Brantford, Ont. · Colorado Mammoth |
| 24 | John Grant | Forward · Left | Peterborough, Ont. · Rochester Knighthawks |
| 34 | Tracey Kelusky | Forward · Right | Peterborough, Ont. · Calgary Roughnecks |
| 27 | Peter Lough | Defense · Right | Toronto, Ont. · Arizona Sting |
| 23 | Pat McCready | Transition · Left | St. Catherines, Ont. · Buffalo Bandits |
| 71 | Brodie Merrill | Transition · Left | Orangeville, Ont. · Portland Lumberjax |
| 10 | Bruce Murray | Defense · Left | Coquitlam, BC · Arizona Sting |
| 38 | Gee Nash | Goalie · Goalie | Ajax, Ont. · Colorado Mammoth |
| 9 | Gavin Prout | Forward · Right | Whitby, Ont. · Colorado Mammoth |
| 66 | Scott Self | Defense · Right | Peterborough, Ont. · Arizona Sting |
| 11 | John Tavares | Forward · Left | Toronto, Ont. · Buffalo Bandits |
| 17 | Steve Toll | Transition · Right | St. Catherines, Ont. · Rochester Knighthawks |
| 26 | Chris Driscoll | Defense · Right | Fergus · Toronto Rock |
| 51 | Shawn Williams | Forward · Left | Scarborough, Ont. · Rochester Knighthawks |
| 40 | Taylor Wray | Defense · Right | Calgary, AB · Calgary Roughnecks |
| 20 | Jeff Zywicki | Forward · Right | Nepean, Ont. · San Jose Stealth |
“Goalie” appears as both the position and the designation in place of handedness for Anthony Cosmo, Steve Dietrich, and Gee Nash. The 23-player count does not include coaches, managers, program officials, or medical personnel.
Roster breakdown by position, handedness, and club
The archived roster’s position and handedness designations produce the following breakdown:
| Roster category | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | Dan Carey, Dan Dawson, Colin Doyle, John Grant, Tracey Kelusky, Gavin Prout, John Tavares, Shawn Williams, Jeff Zywicki | 9 |
| Defense | Ryan Cousins, John Gallant, Peter Lough, Bruce Murray, Scott Self, Chris Driscoll, Taylor Wray | 7 |
| Transition | Nenad Gajic, Pat McCready, Brodie Merrill, Steve Toll | 4 |
| Goalie | Anthony Cosmo, Steve Dietrich, Gee Nash | 3 |
“Transition” is the roster’s own category. It is retained here without assigning more specific tactical responsibilities to any of the four players.
Among the 20 skaters, 11 are designated as right-handed and nine as left-handed. The three goalies are identified by role rather than assigned a handedness.
Every player has a listed club affiliation. The club totals are:
| Listed club | Players |
|---|---|
| Colorado Mammoth | 5 |
| Arizona Sting | 4 |
| Buffalo Bandits | 3 |
| Rochester Knighthawks | 3 |
| San Jose Stealth | 3 |
| Calgary Roughnecks | 2 |
| Minnesota Swarm | 1 |
| Portland Lumberjax | 1 |
| Toronto Rock | 1 |
Colorado’s five-player group consisted of Carey, Gajic, Gallant, Nash, and Prout. Arizona’s four listed players were Dawson, Lough, Murray, and Self.
Coaches, management, and team staff
The archived roster identifies supporting personnel across coaching, management, program leadership, and medical or training functions. They are documented separately from the 23 players.
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Gary Gait
- Assistant coaches: Ed Comeau, Bob Hamley, and Jamie Batley
Team management
- General manager: Steve Govett
- Assistant general managers: Paul Day and Jeff Dowling
Program leadership
- Chairman, Canadian National Indoor Program Committee: Johnny Mouradian
Medical and training staff
- Team doctor: Don Hedges
- Team trainer: Karen Nichol
These names represent the supporting staff listed in the roster document; they are not included in the player total.
Canada’s 2007 championship result
The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame’s Team Canada Men Box record identifies Canada as the 2007 men’s world champion. Its documented podium order is:
- Canada
- Haudenosaunee
- USA
The two historical records serve different purposes. The archived tournament document establishes the listed players and staff, while the Hall of Fame record supports Canada’s championship and the podium order. The Hall of Fame page does not independently verify the roster.
The Hall of Fame record labels the competition “World Championships Men.” That wording alone should not be used to establish the event’s formal historical title. The supplied records also do not establish the championship-game opponent, final score, schedule, or Canada’s game-by-game record, so those details are not included here.
How to read the archived roster
The personnel information comes from a contemporaneous PDF preserved through the Internet Archive. Because archived PDF extraction can affect column alignment or introduce transcription irregularities, the table follows the available roster text rather than silently normalizing uncertain details.
That is particularly important for the hometown column. Anthony Cosmo’s location appears as “Missassauga, Ont.”, while Pat McCready and Steve Toll are listed under “St. Catherines, Ont.” Chris Driscoll’s hometown appears only as “Fergus,” with no province shown. These are source-faithful reproductions, not proposed corrections or definitive statements about standard place-name spelling.
The roster also contains all-numeric birth dates, but the extracted document does not define whether the dates use month-day or day-month ordering. They have therefore not been interpreted or republished.
Finally, selection to the roster does not prove that every named player appeared in a tournament game. The supplied records do not establish captains, substitutions, appearances, scoring, penalties, goaltending statistics, or individual tournament performances.
Taken together, the archived final roster identifies Canada’s 23 selected players and its listed supporting staff, while the separate historical record confirms Canada as the 2007 champion. The roster should be treated as a source-faithful personnel reference, not as proof of game appearances or individual results.