Great Britain Under-18s have announced their revised roster for the upcoming World Championship in Tallinn. GB are competing in Division 2 Group A and the six-team tournament runs from 1st to 7th April 2018. Britain will face hosts Estonia, along with Australia, Korea, Lithuania and Poland. Injuries in the squad meant GB named an initial…
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Jeff Hutchins has stood down from his position as Great Britain Under-18s head coach because of work commitments. His position will be taken in the interim period by Ice Hockey UK’s national development head coach, Tony Hand. Hand spent two years in charge of Great Britain Men and led them to the final qualifying stages…
Great Britain Under-18s have named their squad for the upcoming World Championship in Tallinn, Estonia. GB are competing in Division 2 Group A and the six-team tournament runs from 1st April to 7th April 2018. Britain will come up against hosts Estonia, along with Australia, Korea, Lithuania and Poland. GB have named an initial 21-man…
The latest Great Britain junior camps took place this week with GB U20s and GB U18s having on and off-ice sessions in Sheffield. Great Britain Under-18s, led by head coach Jeff Hutchins, had a morning gym test on Tuesday followed by two on-ice sessions. Hutchins said: “I think it was a productive camp. We had…
Great Britain Under-18s new head coach Jeff Hutchins says he was impressed by the “compete level” of his squad at their camp in Sheffield today. A three-day GB junior camp is currently being held in Ice Sheffield and today’s U18s on and off-ice sessions followed Wednesday’s camp for the under-20s. Great Britain Under-16s will take…
It’s day two of the Great Britain junior training camp in Sheffield and GB U18s will take to the ice today. The three-day camp began yesterday with GB Under-20s and will finish with GB Under-16s tomorrow. Led by new coach Jeff Hutchins – and assisted by Martin Cingel and Sean Easton – the under-18s will have on…
A three-day Great Britain junior camp gets under way in Sheffield today (Wednesday) as Ice Hockey UK’s new coaches get their first look at potential players for the upcoming season. Great Britain Under-20s have their camp starting this morning in Ice Sheffield, followed by GB U18s on Thursday and GB U16s on Friday. The U20s camp…
Ice Hockey UK’s Great Britain Programme Board have confirmed the first Great Britain training camp of the season, which will take place in Sheffield next week. The three-day camp, which is being held in Ice Sheffield from Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st July, will be a first chance for the GB junior coaches to take…
Easton and Cingel complete GB U18s coaching staff Ice Hockey UK’s Great Britain Programme Board have appointed Martin Cingel and Sean Easton as the assistant coaches of Great Britain Under-18s. Slovakian-born Cingel had a long playing career with Edinburgh Capitals, but also played for Manchester Phoenix, Dundee Stars and Solway Sharks, where he was assistant…
Hutchins takes up Under-18 head coach role Ice Hockey UK’s GB Programme Board have confirmed that Jeff Hutchins is the new head coach of Great Britain Under-18s. The 39-year-old appeared nine times for GB as a player and was part of the squad that won the silver medal in the World Championship Division 1 Group…
The venues have been decided for the 2018 World Championship tournaments at the IIHF’s annual Congress, which this year is being held in Cologne, Germany. After promotion in Belfast this season, Great Britain Men are off to Budapest, Hungary for the World Championship Division 1 Group A tournament from 22nd to 28th April 2018. GB…
Ice Hockey UK, in conjunction with Dumfries and Galloway Council and Dumfries Ice Bowl, have registered bids to host two junior World Championship tournaments in 2018. Proposals have been put forward to the IIHF for Great Britain to host the Under-20 Division 2 Group A and the U18 Division 2 Group A in Dumfries. A…