Great Britain have made changes to the manager roles of the women’s teams. Claire Rowbotham steps up from the U18s and has been appointed manager of the senior women, while Sarah Hutchinson takes up the position as manager of GB U18 Women. Ice Hockey UK General Secretary, Andy French, said: “Claire has been outstanding in…
CLICK HERE FOR 2022-23 GB CAMP DATES The camp dates for all Great Britain teams have been confirmed for the 2022-23 season. A two-day camp for GB women’s teams is being held in Nottingham at the end of August, as the seniors, under-18s and under-16s all take to the ice on 28th and 29th August….
Ice Hockey UK will receive £900,000 of funding as part of UK Sport’s £24.2million investment being spread across eight Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports for the Milan-Cortina cycle ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. It’s the biggest-ever investment in ice hockey in the UK and will enable funding to be directed to several…
Great Britain Under-18 Women’s Head Coach Angela Taylor is the special guest on an ice hockey podcast this week. Taylor – who is a former GB player – speaks about her hockey career on the Hockey From Across The Pond podcast. She recently led GB to a silver medal at the U18 Women’s World Championship…
Great Britain forward Ellie Patrick was only five years old when, after a figure skating session at Dundonald Ice Bowl, she ran into the Belfast Giants coming in for practice. Inspired by seeing them in action, she asked her parents to introduce her to ice hockey. Now, 11 years later, she’s blazing a trail for…
It has been a few years since buses carrying IIHF staff members, coaches, and campers from all corners of the world rolled into the Vierumaki Olympic Sports Institute in Finland, but last Friday saw a welcome return as the 2022 IIHF Women’s High Performance camp got under way. There are five representatives from the UK…
Great Britain Head Coach Angela Taylor says Tuesday’s gold-medal encounter with Spain at the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship Division II in Istanbul was a “spectacular showcase of the women’s game”. GB returned from Turkey with the silver medal after Spain won 3-1 to clinch promotion to Division 1. “It was exciting to see such…
Five Great Britain Women’s players and staff will be part of the IIHF High Performance Camp (HPC) in Finland this coming weekend. Claire Rowbotham (Under-18s Team Manager), Josie Lamey (Under-16s Assistant Coach) and players Megan Craig, Abi Minter and Rhiannon Price will attend the camp in Vierumaki. The IIHF run these camps every year with…
IIHF game stats Great Britain have returned with the silver medal from the IIHF World Championship Division II in Turkey. After a memorable run to the gold-medal game in the nine-team tournament in Istanbul, they were beaten 3-1 by Spain who are promoted to Division 1. Spain raced to a three-goal first-period lead and went…
Head Coach Angela Taylor and forward Ellie Wallace speak to Ice Hockey UK TV – in association with SMP Europe – ahead of Great Britain’s gold-medal game with Spain in the Under-18 Women’s World Championship Division II in Istanbul tomorrow evening. GB beat Netherlands 2-1 in overtime yesterday to set-up the winner-takes-all encounter with Spain….
IIHF game stats Great Britain will go for gold and promotion after a 2-1 overtime victory over the Netherlands in the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship Division II in Istanbul. Ellin Rees scored the winner in the extra period after netminder Emma Nichols had saved a Netherlands penalty shot with just over a minute remaining…
IIHF game stats Great Britain were beaten 4-0 by Spain in at the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship Division II in Istanbul. GB now face the Netherlands on Sunday and need a victory to stand a chance of playing for the gold medal and promotion. Spain went ahead at 9:34 as Indira Bosch’s shot from…
