Great Britain Women’s head coach Cheryl Smith says Sunday’s camp at Ice Sheffield was good preparation as the squad continues to get ready for their opening game in this season’s EIHA U20s Cup. GB, who will meet again next month for a warm-up game, start their cup campaign against Coventry Blaze in December. Former NHL’er…
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Head coach Cheryl Smith says she was impressed by this afternoon’s “very energetic” Great Britain Women’s camp at Ice Sheffield. The team were put through their paces on and off the ice as they begin their preparations for next year’s World Championship in Spain. GB have three more camps ahead of starting their campaign in…
Are you interested in becoming an ice hockey official? IHUK Referee Section are pleased to confirm four level one courses for 2019-20 season. They will be take place at: Saturday 5th October 2019 – Nottingham Sunday 20th October 2019 – Bracknell Sunday 2nd February 2020 – Fife Sunday 23rd February 2020 – Sheffield We are in the process of…
Great Britain Women are holding open trials in the coming weeks. Players must be 15 within this championship year. GB Women are taking part in the EIHA Under-20s Cup this season for a second successive year. They will travel to Spain in March for the 2020 IIHF Women’s World Championship Division II Group A. To…
Jeff Colton has been named as a new assistant coach for Great Britain Women. He joins head coach Cheryl Smith and fellow assistant coach James Ashton in the GB Women’s programme. Colton has been involved in coaching for the past 16 years at all levels from under-8s to the EPL. He has also coached at…
Great Britain Women will take part in the EIHA Under-20s Cup for the second successive year. GB played in the tournament last season to assist their preparations before the World Championship in Dumfries, where they won the silver medal. This season, GB Women will face Coventry Blaze, Kingston, Nottingham, Sheffield Scimitars and Sutton Sting ahead…
Great Britain Women’s player Jodie Bloom has become an official ambassador for McDonald’s in Nottingham. Nottingham franchisee Jerry Nicholls, a long-time sponsor of Great Britain and Ice Hockey UK, has a number of ambassadors from a variety of sports across the city. Jerry will also sponsor Jodie who was alternate captain in GB’s silver medal-winning…
Words by Martin Merk (IIHF website) The ice hockey season in most parts of the world has ended with the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Slovakia and the Stanley Cup win of the St. Louis Blue. But the ending is just the beginning of a new season as players, coaches and staff from around…
Talented young Great Britain Women’s netminder Ella Howard is attending this week’s IIHF Goaltending Development Camp in Slovakia. The camp, which is run by the IIHF, takes place in the town of Hamuliakovo. Sixteen-year-old Howard was part of the bronze medal-winning GB Under-18s squad at this year’s U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group B…
Great Britain’s ice hockey teams now know the venue and dates for next year’s World Championship tournaments. GB Men secured their top-flight status for a second year on Monday with a dramatic 4-3 overtime victory against France. Next year’s World Championship will take place in Switzerland from 8th to 24th May 2020 and the groups…
Head coach Cheryl Smith says Great Britain Women’s games against EIHA Under-20s sides this season have been so crucial to the women’s programme. GB Women played in the EIHA U20s Cup this season and had their final game last night in Ice Sheffield against Sheffield Scimitars. It comes on the back of GB’s silver medal…
Three Great Britain teams are in action on a busy Friday to kickstart a fantastic weekend of ice hockey. Great Britain Under-18s face Austria Under-18s in the Division I Group B of the World Championship in Hungary (11:30am UK time). GB Men face Italy in an international challenge game at the Skydome in Coventry (7:30pm)…