It will be Decision Day tomorrow (Friday) when the hosts for the 2017 World Championship tournaments will be revealed at the IIHF Congress in Moscow. Ice Hockey UK chairman Richard Grieveson, general secretary Andy French and events manager Geoff Hemmerman are in Russia as part of the bid process. Members of the new IIHF Council are…
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Ice Hockey UK officials have headed to the IIHF annual Congress today in Russia, ahead of the announcement of where the 2017 World Championship tournaments will be held. Congress is being held during the top-level World Championship in Moscow. IHUK, along with Belfast Giants and The SSE Arena, are bidding to host the Men’s World…
Ice Hockey UK, in conjunction with The SSE Arena, Belfast and the Belfast Giants, have submitted a bid to host the 2017 World Championship (Division 1B). The six-team group will consist of Team Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Croatia, Estonia and Lithuania, as well as Japan who were relegated from Division 1A and Netherlands who…
Following Japan’s relegation from Division 1A of the World Championship, Great Britain now know the five teams they will face at next year’s Division 1B tournament. As well as facing Japan, GB will once again come up against Lithuania, Croatia and Estonia – and are joined by Netherlands who were promoted from Division 2A at…
Great Britain’s Ben O’Connor has been named as the Defenceman of the Tournament at the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. O’Connor, who had the most points for a d-man in the six-team group, finished with eight points (1+7) in five matches and was GB’s leading points-scorer. He was the tournament’s second-highest points-scorer behind Robert…
Great Britain will return home with a silver medal from the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. GB’s chance of gold and promotion to Division 1A was ended when they were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine, who are promoted at the first time of asking. Croatia’s penalty-shot win over Lithuania meant GB finish second in the six-team…
General manager Andy Buxton has hailed the “fantastic backing” of the Great Britain supporters at this year’s World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. GB were backed by nearly 300 fans in the Dom Sportova Arena, with many travelling over as part of the GB Supporters Club (GBSC). Pete Russell’s side just missed out on the…
https://soundcloud.com/user-881009593/steve-lee-on-ukraine Defenceman Steve Lee says Great Britain are improving year on year as they just missed out on promotion to Division 1A of the World Championship for the second year in succession. GB needed a point in today’s final game against Ukraine to win the gold medal at the Division 1B tournament in Zagreb, but…
https://soundcloud.com/user-881009593/gb-captain-jonathan-phillips Captain Jonathan Phillips says he is“too stunned for words” to sum up the feeling as Great Britain missed out on the gold medal and promotion to Division 1A of the World Championship. GB needed a point to secure their place in the world ice hockey’s second tier, but were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine with…
Assistant coach Tommy Watkins says defeat by Ukraine in their final game at the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb is “too painful for words” as Great Britain just missed out on a gold medal for a second successive year. After four successive wins in the tournament, GB were left with the same scenario as…
Great Britain suffered late heartbreak for the second year in a row as they were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine in their final game at the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. GB needed a point for the gold medal and to secure promotion to Division 1A, but Olexander Pobyedonostsev’s goal with four minutes remaining saw…