Ex-’Burne players are top of the Scots

Six make Scotland squad

Kelburne HC alumni dominate the Scotland squad selection for the upcoming Atlantic Series clashes with the USA, starting on Sunday.

Six former Paisley players have been included in coach Derek Forsyth’s squad that will face the Stars and Stripes at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre over the course of the next week.

Kenny Bain, Michael Bremner, David Forsyth, Willie Marshall, Gordon McIntyre and Lee Morton have all been named in the 24-man squad.

All six now play their hockey away from Kelburne, with Bain and Forsyth both playing in the Netherlands for Hurley and Qui Vive respectively.

Bremner, from Paisley, plays his hockey in Germany with HTC Ulhenhorst, while Marshall turns out for Surbiton, Morton for Reading, and McIntyre for Wimbledon.

The Scotland squad also sees a return to the fold by Ross Stott, who comes out of retirement to take on the USA on home turf.

Adam Le Page, of Tilburg, will make his Scotland debut as will Grange youngster Callum MacKenzie.

The squad features 13 players from the Gold Coast squad, including the Kelburne six, that secured Scotland’s highest ever finish at a Commonwealth Games, and also has youngsters Cameron Golden, Aidan McQuade and Hamish Imrie coming back into the squad to face the Americans.

A Scottish Hockey spokesman said: “It’s been an incredible year for the Blue Sticks in which they won EuroHockey Championship II; bagged their highest ever finish at a Commonwealth Games; won the NRS Sunday Post Team of the Year award; and reached the semi-final of World League.

“Now Scotland men are back in Glasgow to face USA and will look to continue their momentum against USA in the Atlantic Series.”

Tickets – three-match and single match tickets – for the Atlantic Series matches against the USA are available online.

Scotland squad: Tommy Alexander (HTC Ulhenhorst), Russell Anderson (Cannock HC), Tim Atkins (Surbiton HC), Kenny Bain (Hurley), Michael Bremner (HTC Ulhenhorst), Gavin Byers ( HTC Ulhenhorst), Patrick Christie ( Durham Uni), Murray Collins ( Loughborough Uni), Ben Cosgrove ( Grove Menzieshill), Callum Duke ( Hillhead), David Forsyth (Qui Vive), Cameron Golden (Grove Menzieshill), Rob Harwood (Western Wildcats), Hamish Imrie (Grange), Adam Le Page ( Tilburg), Steven McIlravey (Grove Menzieshill), Gordon McIntyre ( Wimbledon), Callum MacKenzie (Grange), Aidan McQuade ( Grove Menzieshill), William Marshall (Surbiton HC), Lee Morton (Reading), Duncan Riddell ( Reading), Robbie Shepherdson ( Loughborough), Ross Stott ( East Grinstead).