{"id":798896,"date":"2026-07-14T03:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/798896\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:35:15","slug":"australians-overseas-2025-26-canada-part-8-ice-hockey-news-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/798896\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians overseas 2025\u201326: Canada (part 8) \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\/1784000115_70_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 8 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\/890590\/zac-mirfin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zac Mirfin<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/gamesheetstats.com\/seasons\/10603\/goalies\/6142061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GLPHLV profile<\/a>): Third season with the Acad\u00e9mie Ste-C\u00e9cile Stallions. Playing in the Great Lake Prep Hockey League\u2019s Varsity Division, Mirfin recorded a save percentage of 0.837 and a goals against average of 5.40 across three games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/1013738\/mickey-nottle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mickey Nottle<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/easternu18prep.csshl.hockeytech.com\/stats\/player\/18208\/194\/mickey-nottle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CSSHL profile<\/a>): Second season with the Canadian International Hockey Academy (CIHA). Playing on their Voyageurs U18 Prep team in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League\u2019s U18 Prep East Division, Nottle recorded two assists from five games. He also made four appearances for their Voyageurs U18 Varsity team in U18 AAA competition, recording two assists. Heading into 2026\u201327, he has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZP3ItJmSu9\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">re-signed<\/a>\u00a0with CIHA for a third season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/631645\/daniel-o-handley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel O\u2019Handley<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kijhl.ca\/stats\/player\/101527\/65\/daniel-ohandley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KIJHL profile<\/a>): Second season with the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. Playing in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, O\u2019Handley recorded three goals and eight assists from 38 games. Heading into 2026\u201327, he has signed with the University of Michigan-Flint to play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/613658\/morris-o-handley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morris O\u2019Handley<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.portagecollege.ca\/sports\/mice\/2025-26\/players\/morrisohandleyzofq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portage College profile<\/a>): First season in Canada since 2023\u201324, having spent 2024\u201325 in the United States. Playing for Portage College in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, O\u2019Handley competed in 28 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/337754\/zachary-okabe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zachary Okabe<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/theahl.com\/stats\/player\/10064\/90\/zach-okabe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AHL profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/echl.com\/players\/10441\/zach-okabe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ECHL profile<\/a>): First season in Canada since 2018\u201319, having spent the last six seasons in the United States. Okabe made a brief two game appearance in the American Hockey League for the Abbotsford Canucks. He then returned to the United States to rejoin the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL, where he spent 2024\u201325, recording 19 goals and 37 assists from 65 games. Heading into 2026\u201327, Okabe has signed with HC Thurgau to play in the Swiss League.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/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-798896","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\/798896","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=798896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798896\/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=798896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}