{"id":794724,"date":"2026-07-12T03:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794724\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T03:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:26:11","slug":"australians-overseas-2025-26-canada-part-6-ice-hockey-news-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794724\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians overseas 2025\u201326: Canada (part 6) \u2013 Ice Hockey News Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thumbnail-Australians-overseas-002.png\" alt=\"Ice Hockey News Australia Australians overseas featured image thumbnail\" title=\"Thumbnail - Australians overseas-002\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the 2025\u201326 season having finished in the Northern Hemisphere we thought we would take a brief look at the Australian players who were competing overseas. Today is Part 6 of 11 featuring Australians in Canada. The information is collected from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/nation\/australia\/abroad-players-in-na\/2025-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elite Prospects<\/a> and so might not be fully comprehensive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/1127514\/oliver-helsen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Helsen<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/u15prep.csshl.hockeytech.com\/stats\/player\/17771\/189\/oliver-helsen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CSSHL profile<\/a>): First season with Pilot Mound Academy after spending 2024\u201325 with Bow Valley HC. Playing in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League\u2019s U15 Prep Division, Helsen recorded five goals and eight assists from 35 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/808644\/zakaria-jomaa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zakaria Jomaa<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/lhse.ca\/joueurs\/?playerNo=31098\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LHSE profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gamesheetstats.com\/seasons\/10684\/players\/5766323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latam Cup profile<\/a>): First season with the Montreal Mounties. Playing in the Ligue de Hockey S\u00e9nior du \u00c9lite, Jomaa competed in four games, recording one goal and one assist. He also made five appearances for the Lebanon Heritage Flying Cedars in the LATAM Cup\u2019s Division II where he recorded nine goals and three assists from five games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/57121\/zane-jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zane Jones<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcentralhockeyleague.com\/leagues\/rosters_profile.cfm?clientid=4841&amp;leagueID=17388&amp;teamID=634064&amp;showGameType=0&amp;playerID=2336304\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCHL profile<\/a>): Second season with the Wetaskiwin Longhorns. Playing in the\u00a0North Central Hockey League,\u00a0Jones recorded 15 goals and 29 assists from 29 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/1072346\/justine-kruhlak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justine Kruhlak<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/purcellcollegiate.ca\/athletics\/hockey-academy\/19u-girls\/19u-girls-roster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purcell roster<\/a>): First season in Canada after spending 2024\u201325 in Belgium. Playing for Purcell Hockey Academy\u2019s 19U team, Kruhlak played 30 games of 19U AAA competition, recording seven goals and ten assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/942487\/sam-lamb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Lamb<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/usphl.com\/premier\/game-center\/players\/?playerId=20509\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USPHL profile<\/a>): First season in Canada after spending 2024\u201325 in Scotland. Playing in the United States Premier Hockey League\u2019s Premier Division, Lamb started the season off with the Diamond Valley Rockies where he recorded four goals and five assists from 23 games. He then moved across to the Three Hills Titans where he competed in six games, recording one goal and one assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the 2025\u201326 season having finished in the Northern Hemisphere we thought we would take a brief look&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-794724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}