Two top Swedish officials will be involved in this weekend’s fixtures as part of the Elite League’s referee and linesman development programme. Jim Bergqvist and David Herrwaldsson will be officiating in Manchester on Saturday and Coventry on Sunday. Ice Hockey UK referee in chief Simon Kirkham explained why the pair have come to the UK….
SWEDISH OFFICIALS IN EIHL THIS WEEKEND
Full details and timings have been confirmed for the first Ice Hockey UK Under-20s National Finals weekend. The event, which is being held at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Scotland, will take place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2016. The two top teams from the EIHA Under-20 leagues and the top two teams from…
Host Croatia will be joined by Ukraine, Great Britain, Lithuania, Estonia and Romania in the six-team round-robin tournament in which the winner will be promoted to next year’s Division I Group A. All 15 games will take place at Dom Sportova, which is also the home arena of Medvescak Zagreb. The Croatian club that plays…
The GB University Women’s team would like to announce the forthcoming trial dates and times to all female ice hockey players who would be interested in representing their country. The GBW Uni. team has competed previously at the FISU World University Games (or Winter Universiade) and have ran alongside the GB Men’s University team. The…
Bob Wilkinson has become the first person to appointed as an honorary board member of Ice Hockey UK. He has been involved in ice hockey in the UK for more than 35 years and has served in numerous high-profile roles within the sport, including chairman of IHUK. His love of ice hockey began in Durham…
The GB Women coaching staff look back on their first year in charge of the programme. Cheryl Smith and Michelle Smith took over ahead of the 2015 World Championship in Dumfries and led the squad to a silver medal. James Ashton has recently been added to the coaching staff and the trio took GB U18…
Great Britain head coach Pete Russell has named a 37-man long-list squad for April’s World Championship in Zagreb. The squad will be cut to 28 for the pre-World Championship training camp which will get under way on 6th April 2016 and will include two games against Poland, taking place at the National Ice Centre in…
Great Britain Men will renew their rivalry with Poland in April as the sides will play two international matches ahead of their respective World Championship tournaments. The National Ice Centre in Nottingham will be the venue for the first game on Saturday 9th April 2016 at 7:30pm, with the two sides also going head-to-head at…
Scotland have announced their Under-19s squad for the EIHA Conference, which will take place at Ice Sheffield at the end of April. Head coach Steven Lynch has called upon a variety of players from different leagues to take on their English counterparts in the showpiece game. This year’s U19 international is on Friday 29 April…
Great Britain Women had an ice-off camp this weekend as they continue their preparations for this year’s World Championship in Slovenia. The girls were put through their paces to keep fitness levels up, but there was also some time for a bit of fun. GB will participate in Division 2A in Bled from 2nd to…
Junior ice hockey players are being offered a fantastic discount via their clubs to watch Great Britain’s international challenge games with Poland in April. The two sides meet at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham on Saturday 9th April (7pm) and then again in Coventry’s Skydome the next day, Sunday 10th April (5:15pm). Ice Hockey…
GB U20S BLOG By Gabby McGraw As a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist I often use tape as an adjunct to treatment to facilitate and encourage correct movement patterns with my patients. I joined the Great Britain Ice Hockey Team in early 2015 as physio for the U18s squad having never seen an Ice Hockey game in my life!…