Gabriel Ho-Garcia scored his firstever international goal for Canada's national men's field hockey team last month.
The Simon Fraser University student scored in just his second game with the national senior team at the International Field Hockey Federation Champions Challenge in South Africa on Nov. 27.
Ho-Garcia tallied his historic marker on a diving deflection on goal in the 20th minute of an eventual 3-2 loss to Argentina at the competition.
At 18 years of age, Ho-Garcia is one of the youngest players at the Champions Challenge in Johannesburg.
Ho-Garcia got his start with the Burnaby Lakers Field Hockey Club under coach John Nolan.
Ho-Garcia is one of five local district field hockey products currently on the junior national team roster for selection to the Junior World Cup qualifying round, which is scheduled to begin in September 2012. Joining Ho-Garcia are Burnaby's Ali Currumbhoy and C.J. Roydhouse and Brenden, Stephan and Matthew Bissett of New Westminster.
