Canada’s men’s field hockey team is three wins away from a berth into the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The Canadian men, including Brenden Bissett of New Westminster, topped its pool at the Pan Am Games in Toronto with four goals from Gabriel Ho-Garcia of Burnaby in an 8-1 win over Mexico on Saturday.
Canada went a perfect 3-0 in pool play, defeating Chile 1-0 and Brazil 9-1 in the opening game on July 14.
Bissett opened the scoring for Canada against Brazil, scoring his first tally of the Games in the eighth minute of play.
Against Mexico, Ho-Garcia got Canada off to a roaring start, tapping in his first of the game in the sixth minute and eight minutes later, tallying the eventual game winner off a loose ball in front of the Mexican goal before the first quarter was finished.
“It’s mainly when the team plays well,” Ho-Garcia said in Field Hockey Canada press release. “Team plays well, I get in the right positions and I get lucky.”
Canada drew Trinidad and Tobago in its quarter-final fixture today (Tuesday).
The men’s semifinals will be played on Thursday.
