Joshua Kuempel
The import
Joshua was born in Germany and came to Canada in his youth. It wasn’t long before he was making headlines and winning awards in the Ottawa hockey community. Joshua has been playing with the Nighthawks since he
was 10 years old. In 2017, Joshua was a member of both the Men’s National
Junior team (U18) and played in the 2017 test series vs the USA in Los
Angeles. Joshua was also the youngest player in the World Cup Indoor qualifier in Guyana in October 2017, making him the only player in Canada to make both the National Indoor and Outdoor squad. He was also a key member of the U18 Ontario East Team that won the National Championships in Surrey BC in July 2017.
Josh competed in the Youth Pan American Championship in Mexico to help the under-18 Canadian men’s national hockey-5 team to 5 victories in 6 matches to win a bronze medal and qualify for the Youth Olympic Games. Josh was selected for the 2018 Youth Olympic Team which was headed to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Josh received the 2017 and 2018 Individual Ottawa Sport Award for Field Hockey.