Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kanada ta cancanci zuwa gasar Olympics ta farko a 1976
a matsayin masu karɓar baƙi. Sun ƙare a ƙarshen rukunin su a matakin rukuni, sun yi rashin nasara a kowane wasa, kuma sun ƙare a matsayi na 9. A shekara mai zuwa, Kanada ta nada Ken Maeda a matsayin babban koci, kuma a gasar farko ta tawagar a karkashinsa, sun lashe tagulla a Gasar NORCECA ta 1977. A shekara ta 1978, Kanada ta gama 20 daga cikin kungiyoyi 24 a gasar zakarun duniya. A wasannin Pan American na 1979, Kanada ta lashe tagulla, ta lashe wasanni biyar yayin da ta yi rashin nasara biyu a gasar.