Although it didn't end the way they wanted, the Under-20 Canadian Ball Hockey Team showed quite well at the recent World Championships in Sheffield, England.

Allan product and Broncos' leading scorer from last year Logan Schatz was a member of the silver winning squad. 

"Yeah, I think we did a very good job," the 19 year-old said upon returning from the United Kingdom. "I'm really proud about the effort we put in every game and what not. You know we represented our country with class."

This was the first time a coast-to-coast roster was put together for Canada. Schatz was able to make the team after getting involved in the sport through his older brother. He now plays on a "A" division team in Saskatoon.

The championships were six games, Canada won them all except for the heart breaking 3-2 shoot-out loss to the Slovakian national under-20 squad on July 12th.

"We did well, obviously it didn't come to an end how we wanted it to in the shoot-out. I don't agree with how it ended in a shoot-out, I wish the overtime could have continued but what can you do?"

Great Britain is trying to grow the sport, a large reason why they played hosts for the event, they even scored a goal in an 11-1 defeat to the Canadians, something Schatz said was special to see for the nation. That was Team Canada's second contest. In their first game they blanked the US 5-0, that was followed by a 10-0 win over Switzerland, a 3-1 victory over Slovakia and then a 4-1 triumph over the Czech Republic in the semi-finals.

Canada had two leads in the gold medal game but couldn't hold on. The Slovaks forced overtime that decided nothing, they would score just once in the shoot-out to collect the title.

Schatz did have a chance to win it for the Canucks as he shot third.

"I just tried to clear my head and not be set to one move when I was going down the court," he explained. "I thought I was going to go low blocker shooting and then I saw him fake the poke check so I thought I would try to deke him and I just didn't have the ball hockey gods in my favour with that shot."

Schatz finished the six game tournament with a goal and five assists. Despite the second place finish and perhaps the couple inches away from a gold, he says it's a trip that will serve him with memories and friendships to last a lifetime.

"This team, we were together for 10 days and the chemistry that we had together off the court was unbelievable. I only knew eight or nine guys going into this Worlds and I can come home saying I was brothers with all of them."

He added they did get some time away from the arena, they took in Big Ben and other London landmarks plus the culture in Sheffield. He also stated that ball hockey will be something he continues to participate in long after his junior "A" career ends with the Broncos.

You can hear much more from Schatz below in his interview with Bolt FM's Clark Stork.