Great Britain and Belfast Giants forward Colin Shields has announced his retirement from the end of the season. Shields currently has 89 GB caps and is fifth on the all-time list behind Ashley Tait (110), David Longstaff (101), Jonathan Weaver (97) and David Clarke (92). His goals tally of 42 is a GB record while…
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CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS There is only a week to go until the Women’s World Championship Division II Group A in Dumfries. Great Britain Women will play host to Australia, DPR Korea, Mexico, Slovenia and Spain from 2nd to 8th April 2019 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl. This is the second time in five…
David Clarke and Hep Tindale have been inducted into the UK Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Each year, the Hall of Fame selection committee recognises individuals – usually players but also coaches, match officials and administrators – who have rendered outstanding service to British ice hockey. Clarke began his career with his home-town club Peterborough…
Great Britain Women’s assistant coach James Ashton says this afternoon’s match with Billingham in the Under-20s Cup was so important ahead of the World Championship Division II Group A, which begins in Dumfries in just over a week. Kim Lane scored for GB at Ice Sheffield in a hard-fought 3-1 defeat against a Billingham side…
Tickets for three of Great Britain’s World Championship warm-up games went on sale earlier this month and the response has been excellent. Supporters are able to purchase tickets for GB’s matches with Italy on Friday 19th April at the Skydome in Coventry (7:30pm) and against Hungary at Planet Ice Milton Keynes on Sunday 21st Hungary…
Head coach Pete Russell has named a 28-man squad for Great Britain’s training camp next month and matches against Italy and Hungary. The roster will then be cut to 25 for back-to-back games against KHL side Torpedo and this squad will go on to represent GB at the World Championship in Slovakia in May. Robert…
Great Britain Under-18s head coach Martin Grubb has had to make a change to his squad ahead of next month’s World Championship. Forward Alex Graham has replaced Cade Neilson on the roster. Sheffield-born Graham, 16, has represented his hometown club at junior level and has also scored 13 points in 12 games for NIHL side…
Great Britain Universities Men stunned Sweden with a 5-4 victory in their final game at the World University Games in Krasnoyarsk. Matt Bradbury’s side were 4-2 up at the end of the first period thanks to goals from Joshua Cook, Scott Henderson, Liam Charnock and Andreas Siagris. There were no goals in the second period…
Great Britain Universities Men’s fourth game at the World University Games in Krasnoyarsk ended in defeat. GB were beaten 11-0 by the highly-rated Latvia youngsters, with period scores of 0-2, 0-4 and 0-5. Britain play their final group game tomorrow when they face Sweden. Click here for more information about the Games.
Last week, UK official Andy Dalton was given the honour of being named as an on-ice official for the World Championship in Slovakia in May. Dalton will be a linesman for the tournament and part of a 32-strong officiating team, with officials from 14 different countries. Elite League official Dalton worked at the Olympic Final…
Great Britain have taken delivery of two new Blademaster Glove Dryers. These will now be used by the GB programme going forward and, of course, at the World Championship in Slovakia in May – the first time Britain have been in the top flight of world ice hockey since 1994. Thank you to McDonald’s franchisee…