Great Britain are excited to announce a restructure of their netminder programme with six new appointments. The restructure has been led by GB’s Head of Goaltending Development Programme, Euan King King, who is also GB Men’s Goaltending Coach, said: “These appointments will make our goaltending programme stronger and put us in great shape for the…
Great Britain Under-18 Men will play France twice next month in Sheffield as part of their preparations for next year’s World Championship in Poland. GB and France will go head-to-head at iceSheffield on Thursday 14th December (3pm face-off) and Friday 15th December (2pm). Entrance will be free. U18 Team Manager, Russell Huxted, said: “This is…
Ice Hockey UK statement: Player Health, Safety and Wellbeing Review, and Action Plan In response to the tragic passing of Nottingham Panthers player #47 Adam Johnson after an on-ice incident, IHUK as an organisation and we all individually, send our sincerest and heartfelt condolences to Adam Johnson’s family, friends and team-mates. We also have deep…
Ice Hockey UK are currently developing a six-year strategy to cover the period 2024 to 2030 where unity plays a major part in our aspirations. Accordingly, as part of the planning process, we will be consulting GB fans as we shape plans for the future. It’s crucial that supporters have a platform to feedback and…
Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) are pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Partridge as the Head of Performance for the Great Britain national teams. Partridge, having previously held performance roles at Archery GB and Boccia England, will oversee the talent identification and engagement process for the men’s and women’s teams. He will also work closely…
Ice Hockey UK CEO Henry Staelens has been in his new job just over four months, so we sat down with him to find out how everything is going and hear some of IHUK’s plans for the future. How have your first few months been as Chief Executive Officer at Ice Hockey UK? It’s been…
The funding for Ice Hockey UK and Great Britain ice hockey has been officially confirmed by UK Sport. IHUK will receive £900,000 of funding as part of UK Sport’s major investment being spread across Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports for the Milan-Cortina cycle ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. It’s the biggest-ever investment…
A combined men’s under-16s, under-18s and under-20s camp took place in Sheffield last week. Over 130 players, coaches and support staff attended the two-day camp at Ice Sheffield. It was an excellent opportunity to get the three junior teams together to work on their plans for the 2023-24 international season. GB Men’s Head Coach Pete…
Great Britain would like to confirm the additions of four members to the off-ice staff. Sam Kelvey has been appointed GB Programme Head of Specialist Sports Science & Medicine, as well as being Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach with GB Women. Pamela Ibarra has taken up the role of Lead Nutritionist with GB Women and…
Great Britain and Ice Hockey UK’s main team sponsor SMP Europe has announced it has raised an outstanding £28,000 for charity following a superb partnership between the two organisations. As principal sponsor of Ice Hockey UK and the GB teams, SMP Europe have changed their corporate colours on all GB-related clothing and merchandise to pink,…
Great Britain and Ice Hockey UK would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of Alex Graham who passed away at the weekend. Alex played for both Great Britain Under-18s and Under-20s and the news has come as a huge shock to everyone in UK ice hockey, including all of his team-mates….
The IIHF have confirmed the venues for next year’s World Championship tournaments. The schedule for 2024 was rubber-stamped at the annual Congress, taking place this year in Finland. Great Britain Women will travel to Riga for the World Championship Division I Group B from 31st March to 6th April 2024. They’ll face Italy, Poland and…