Great Britain Under-18s were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Poland U18s in Tallinn in a warm-up game for the World Championship which gets under way this weekend. The Division II Group A tournament begins on Sunday and GB have a second warm-up again this evening when they go head-to-head with Estonia. GB, Poland and Estonia are…
GB U18S NARROWLY BEATEN BY POLAND IN WARM-UP GAME
Great Britain Women have confirmed their captaincy team for the IIHF World Championship which gets under way in Maribor tomorrow. Leanne Ganney will once again captain the side with Saffron Allen and Lauren Summers appointed as alternate captains. GB begin the Division II Group A tournament tomorrow against Australia, before facing North Korea, Mexico, Slovenia…
Great Britain Women have undergone their first training session in Maribor, Slovenia ahead of the World Championship Division II Group A getting under way on Saturday. Ice Hockey UK TV, in association with McDonald’s, speaks with assistant coach James Ashton, defenceman Beth Hill and netminder Samantha Bolwell. Photo credit: Karl Denham.
Great Britain Under-18s have named their captaincy team for the World Championship Division II Group A which gets under way in Tallinn this weekend. The six-team tournament runs from 1st to 7th April and GB will face hosts Estonia, along with Australia, Korea, Lithuania and Poland. Sheffield Steelers forward Liam Kirk will captain the team,…
Great Britain Women have arrived in Slovenia ahead of the World Championship Division II Group A which gets under way on Saturday. GB gathered this morning at Stansted Airport for their flight to Ljubljana, followed by a two-hour coach ride to Maribor. Britain will have their first skate in Slovenian with a training session this…
Ice Hockey UK’s Under-20s National Final will be held as part of the EIHA’s National Finals weekend. It is the first time that showpiece U20s final will be part of National Finals weekend and the final will be between Coventry Blaze and Fife Falcons on Saturday 5th May. Ice Sheffield will host the three-day event…
Great Britain Women underwent their final preparations this weekend ahead of leaving for Maribor on Thursday for the World Championship Division II Group A tournament. GB had a day in Sheffield on Saturday with off-ice training, team building at a go-kart venue and a match in the afternoon against Whitley Bay Under-20s. Britain face hosts…
Great Britain Under-18s have made a change to their roster for the upcoming World Championship Division II Group A in Tallinn. Lewis English, who plays for Swedish side Nynasham, replaces Lewis Houston who has had to pull out because of injury. The six-team tournament runs from 1st to 7th April and GB will face hosts…
Great Britain Under-16s will take part in the Spring Classic in Swindon at the end of April. The EIHA-run seven-team tournament will also feature the U17 sides from all four Conferences, plus Okangan UK and Okanagan Europe – and will run from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th April at the Better Link Centre, Swindon. Great Britain…
Ice Hockey UK is proud to announce that it is now the official custodian of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hall’s selection committee has been reformed and its members have received official approval. The five-man panel comprises Andy French, general secretary of Ice Hockey UK; David Gordon, a sports historian and writer…
Ice Hockey UK official Faye Andrews officiated at the IIHF Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia in Malaysia last week. Two separate events ran between 6th and 11th March, with both the top division and Division I taking place in Kuala Lumpur. The tournament is for national teams in Asia who are yet to enter the…
Great Britain have named a 28-man squad for their pre-World Championship training camp and two international matches against Lithuania next month. GB host Lithuania in Milton Keynes on Saturday 14th April (7pm) and the following day, Sunday 15th April, in Coventry’s Skydome Arena (5:15pm). After the games against Lithuania, the squad will be reduced to…