Ice Hockey UK and everyone connected with Great Britain ice hockey would like to send our condolences to the family of Jim Gillespie who passed away yesterday. Jim owned Elite League side Belfast Giants for 10 years, during which time the team won two Elite League titles, two playoff trophies, a Knock-Out Cup and a…
Forward Mike Hammond says the potential to play for Great Britain in a World Championship on home ice is a very exciting prospect. The 32-year-old joined Elite League side Nottingham Panthers yesterday for the 2022-23 season. The UK will host the World Championship Division 1 Group A at Nottingham’s National Ice Centre from 29th April…
As part of our commitment to ensuring our athletes can compete in a clean and level competition environment, Ice Hockey UK are pleased to have produced our Clean Sport Education, which has been signed-off by UK Anti-Doping as part of the compliance process. This strategy will guide us in delivering education packages to our elite…
CLICK HERE FOR 2022-23 GB CAMP DATES The camp dates for all Great Britain teams have been confirmed for the 2022-23 season. A two-day camp for GB women’s teams is being held in Nottingham at the end of August, as the seniors, under-18s and under-16s all take to the ice on 28th and 29th August….
Press release from UKAD Ice Hockey player Anthony DeLuca has been banned from all sport for a period of three months following a first Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) for the Presence of a Prohibited Substance in his urine Sample. On 26 September 2021 UKAD collected an In-Competition urine Sample from Mr DeLuca at a game…
Great Britain Under-18 Women’s Head Coach Angela Taylor and Assistant Captain Ellie Wallace were the special guests on the #SheCan Women in Sport Daily Express podcast. The duo were part of the GB team who won silver at the recent Under-18 Women’s World Championship Division II in Istanbul. The pair talked about a whole range…
Ice Hockey UK will receive £900,000 of funding as part of UK Sport’s £24.2million investment being spread across eight Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports for the Milan-Cortina cycle ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. It’s the biggest-ever investment in ice hockey in the UK and will enable funding to be directed to several…
Great Britain Under-18 Women’s Head Coach Angela Taylor is the special guest on an ice hockey podcast this week. Taylor – who is a former GB player – speaks about her hockey career on the Hockey From Across The Pond podcast. She recently led GB to a silver medal at the U18 Women’s World Championship…
Great Britain forward Ellie Patrick was only five years old when, after a figure skating session at Dundonald Ice Bowl, she ran into the Belfast Giants coming in for practice. Inspired by seeing them in action, she asked her parents to introduce her to ice hockey. Now, 11 years later, she’s blazing a trail for…
Great Britain’s junior prospects have just completed a two-day camp at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham. Taking place on Monday and Tuesday, the camp gave the coaching staff of the men’s under-20s, under-18s and under-16s the chance to evaluate the youngsters. All three groups were put through their paces on the ice, but there…
It has been a few years since buses carrying IIHF staff members, coaches, and campers from all corners of the world rolled into the Vierumaki Olympic Sports Institute in Finland, but last Friday saw a welcome return as the 2022 IIHF Women’s High Performance camp got under way. There are five representatives from the UK…
Great Britain Head Coach Angela Taylor says Tuesday’s gold-medal encounter with Spain at the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship Division II in Istanbul was a “spectacular showcase of the women’s game”. GB returned from Turkey with the silver medal after Spain won 3-1 to clinch promotion to Division 1. “It was exciting to see such…
