Water Polo Canada announces the 2025 NCL 18U Eastern Conference All-Star Teams

CAMO (W), Capital Wave (M and W), DDO Black (M), Mavericks (M), Shadow (M and W) and South Central (W) will all be represented at the 2025 NCL 18U National Finals.

Ottawa, April 8, 2025 - Water Polo Canada announces the members of the National Championships League (NCL) 18U Eastern Conference All-Star Teams following the conclusion of the NCL 18U Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday, April 6th, in Scarborough, ON.

At the conclusion of the three-day competition, the following teams qualified for the NCL 18U National Finals to be held June 5-7 in Calgary, AB. On the men’s side, Capital Wave, DDO Black, Mavericks and Shadow’s teams all qualified, while on the women’s side, CAMO, Capital Wave, Shadow and South Central’s teams also secured their spot for the NCL 18U National Finals event after finishing top-4. CAMO and Mavericks respectfully won the women’s and men’s Eastern Conference Finals event in Scarborough.

These eight clubs will be joined by teams from Western Canada following the NCL 18U Western Conference Finals to be held April 25-27, 2025 in Edmonton, AB.

The 2025 NCL 18U Eastern Conference top scorers and All-Star Teams members are:

MEN

Top Scorer:

• Henrik Hodgson (Hamilton, ON - South Central Stingrays)

All-Star Team Members:

• Zakai Burke (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, QC - DDO)
• Henrick Hodgson (Hamilton, ON - South Central Stingrays)
• Ivan Khramtsov (Mississauga, ON - Mavericks)
• Costa Romanov (Stittsville, ON - Capital Wave)
• Rami Salem (North York, ON - Shadow)
• Zev Slater (Toronto, ON - Mavericks)
• Goalie: Julian Karharmanliev (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, QC - DDO)

WOMEN

Top Scorer:

• Maddie Watson (London, ON - South Central Stingrays)

All-Star Team Members:

• Lujayn Abdelfattah (Ottawa, ON - Capital Wave)
• Jaya Basu (Montréal, QC - CAMO)
• Evie Carr (Hamilton, ON - South Central Stingrays)
• Auden Djolesi (Toronto, ON - Shadow)
• Sonia Paun (Kirkland, QC - CAMO)
• Maddie Watson (London, ON - South Central Stingrays)
• Goalie: Yasmine Sowka (Greely, ON - Capital Wave)

The All-Star Teams members were selected following a vote by the team coaches present at the 2025 NCL 18U Eastern Conference Finals.

The NCL 18U Eastern Conference regular season events started in December, with a total of 14 teams participating.

The NCL 18U Eastern Conference Finals are part of Water Polo Canada National Championship League (NCL), which was created in 2014 to bring the domestic club age group programs under a country wide umbrella that promotes the development of the sport. The NCL offers three categories of play: Senior, 18U, and 16U.

More details are available on Water Polo Canada website at www.waterpolo.ca.