Great Britain Women recently held two camps at Ice Sheffield with the under-18s and under-16s taking to the ice on successive evenings. GB Under-18 Women will travel to Katowice in Poland in January 2018 for their World Championship Division 1 Group B tournament and the coaching staff are close to naming a roster of…
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Great Britain will take on Lithuania next year as part of their preparations for the World Championship Division 1 Group A in Budapest. GB and Lithuania will meet in the MK Arena in Milton Keynes on Saturday 14th April 2018 (7pm) and the following day on Sunday 15th April (5:15pm) in Coventry’s Skydome Arena. The…
Volunteers needed at the Under-20 World Championship in Dumfries The local organising committee of the IIHF World Championship event being held at Dumfries Ice Bowl in December is on the lookout for volunteers to fill essential roles during the championships. The event takes place from 10th to 16th December 2017 as Great Britain come up…
There has been a change of date and venue for Great Britain Women’s World Championship Division 2 Group A in Slovenia. The six-team IIHF tournament will now take place in Maribor and run from 31st March to 6th April 2018. Matches will take place at the Ledna Dvorana ice rink. The original location…
‘Soul on Ice, Past, Present and Future’, the award-winning black hockey history documentary, is heading to London in October as part of the United Kingdom’s Black History Month celebration. Canadian filmmaker Damon Kwame Mason’s hockey labor of love is scheduled to be screened at London’s Picturehouse Central on Saturday 21st October at 10:30am and Sunday 22nd October…
IHUK’s Under-20s National Finals weekend is being replayed on Premier Sports this week. There has been a slight change to the timing of the programme and it will now be shown at 3pm tomorrow (Thursday). The 2017 final was won by Fife Falcons who beat Coventry Blaze 2-0 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl. Premier Sports will also…
Great Britain Under-20s held their latest camp in Sheffield as preparations continue for the World Championship in December. The camp, led by head coach Slava Koulikov, took place at Ice Sheffield yesterday. The GB youngsters had a couple of two-hour ice sessions as the squad were put through their paces with the World Championship only…
The IHUK National Finals weekend, held in Dumfries back in May, will be replayed on Premier Sports next week. The 2017 final was won by Fife Falcons who beat Coventry Blaze 2-0 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl. Premier Sports will also be showcasing some of this year’s other junior events, including the EIHA’s Conference Weekend….
Ice Hockey UK referee-in-chief Joy Johnston says it was a “privilege” to be part of the first ice hockey tournament in the Southeast Asian Games. The games are a multi-sport event involving participants from the 11 countries of Southeast Asia and are held every two years. This year was the first time winter sports had…
The Great Britain Under-16 Women’s trials take place this year on Friday 22nd September in Sheffield. The one-day trial takes place at Ice Sheffield. GB Women’s head coach, Cheryl Smith, said: “We recently had the under-18s trials and were very excited by the talent on the ice. “The coaches are very much looking forward to…
Cardiff Devils secured their first victory in the Champions Hockey League as they beat Swiss side HC Davos 4-3 after overtime on a famous night in Ice Arena Wales. Drew Paris scored the overtime winner on the powerplay 23 seconds into the extra period. Read more here. Photo credit: Richard Murray.
Nottingham Panthers, the 32nd seed and lowest-ranked team in the Champions Hockey League, went top of Group F with a 4-2 victory over Swiss side SC Bern, the tournament’s fourth seed. Panthers trailed 2-0 after the first period at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, but two goals from Alex Mokshantsev, a game-winner from Jeff Brown and an…