The dates have been officially unveiled for next season’s IIHF World Championship tournaments at all levels and age groups. The announcement comes on the back of the IIHF confirming last week that the World Championship – which GB Men will take part in for a second successive season – will run from 21st May to…
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The IIHF have announced the proposed new dates for next year’s World Championship have been officially confirmed at the annual Congress this afternoon. The tournament – being held in Latvia and Belarus – will be staged between 21st May and 6th June 2021. Great Britain are in Group A in Minsk alongside hosts Belarus, as…
Get ready to re-live all the drama from last year’s World Championship in Slovakia as Great Britain played in the top flight for the first time since 1994. FreeSports are showing all seven games this week as GB stunned the hockey world with some fantastic performances during a memorable couple of weeks in Kosice. Aaron…
Great Britain forward Ben Davies makes an appearance on the independent Hockey from Across the Pond podcast. Davies, who scored the overtime game-winning goal in last year’s dramatic 4-3 victory over France to secure GB’s top-flight World Championship status, chats hockey with presenters Mark Rackham and Caitlin Berry. FreeSports presenter Aaron Murphy is also a…
On IHUK TV, in association with SMP Europe, we hear from Great Britain goalie coach Euan King and former GB forward David Clarke, who are combining to help the players of the future. Both already run successful hockey schools but are now working together to help hockey players “take control of their development” and they’re…
Great Britain and Ice Hockey UK have been supporting UKAD’s Clean Sport Week. GB stars Ben O’Connor, Katie Marsden, Ben Bowns and Shannon Douglas produced their own videos, which you can see below. Lockdown doesn’t mean anti-doping stops – in fact it means quite the opposite. Now is the perfect time for athletes and coaches…
ONE INCREDIBLE NIGHT: GB v FRANCE – FREESPORTS TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) 8PM ‘One Incredible Night – Great Britain v France’ takes a fascinating look back through the eyes of those who were there on the famous night in Slovakia. Great Britain secured their top-flight World Championship status with a stunning come-from-behind 4-3 overtime victory against France…
Great Britain will be in a group with hosts Belarus, as well as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland at next year’s IIHF World Championship. GB will be in Group A in Minsk and matches will take place at the 15,086-seater Minsk Arena, which will also host two quarter-final games, both semi-finals…
When players take to the ice in the elite pool at the IIHF World Championship, not many of them have a day job away from the rink. But, for Great Britain defenceman Dallas Ehrhardt, the past two years have brought a combination of patrolling the blueline with Manchester Storm of the Elite League and working…
‘One Incredible Night – Great Britain v France’ takes a insightful look back to the famous night in Slovakia as Great Britain secured their top-flight World Championship status with a stunning come-from-behind 4-3 overtime victory against France in their final game of the tournament. This special programme airs on FreeSports a year to the day…