Ice Hockey UK, along with Dumfries and Galloway Council, have officially launched the IIHF Under-20 Men’s World Championship Division II Group A. The six-team tournament – taking place at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Scotland – will run from 11th to 17th December 2023. GB will be joined by Lithuania, Netherlands and Spain, along with…
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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….
Great Britain Under-20s completed a two-day camp at Ice Sheffield this week. It’s the start of the selection process for the Men’s U20 World Championship, which takes place in Dumfries later this year. GB will be joined by Lithuania, Netherlands and Spain, along with promoted China and relegated Korea for the six-team tournament from 11th…
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…
Ice Hockey UK (IHUK), the national governing body for the sport in the United Kingdom, have announced that Henry Staelens will become their Chief Executive Officer. He’ll take up office in mid-April. Staelens’ most recent role was as Chief Executive of Forest Green Rovers, renowned as the “world’s greenest football club” according to FIFA and…
Euan King has been appointed as the new Head of the Great Britain Goaltending Development Programme. King, who is also Goaltending Coach for Great Britain Men and Elite League side Cardiff Devils, takes over from the departing Gary Brine. Ice Hockey UK Chair, Clifton Wrottesley, said: “I’d like to thank Gary for his work with…
Great Britain will return to the UK with the silver medal from the U20 World Championship Division II Group A in Kaunas. GB and Croatia finished on 12 points in the group but Croatia win gold and promotion to Division I on the head-to-head record after beating GB 7-4 earlier in the tournament. That was…