Great Britain Under-18 Women ended their World Championship (Division 1B) tournament in Katowice with a 4-2 victory over Kazakhstan Under-18 Women. GB, who beat China U18 Women 2-1 after overtime on Thursday, had a brilliant start and raced into a 3-1 first-period lead. Katie Marsden’s powerplay goal (12:50) was followed by Casey Traill’s third goal…
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Great Britain Under-18 Women had a good day’s preparation ahead of their final game in the 2017 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship (Division 1B) in Katowice. GB play Kazakhstan Under-18 Women (12noon UK time) tomorrow (Saturday) as they look to build on Thursday’s 2-1 overtime victory over China U18 Women. Ice Hockey UK general secretary,…
Douglas scores dramatic overtime winner for GB Shannon Douglas scored an overtime winner as Great Britain Under-18 Women beat China U18 Women 2-1 in the IIHF World Championship (Division 1B) in Katowice. Netminder Maisie Gilbert turned away 15 of the 16 shots she faced, while Katie Marsden was named as GB’s player of the game….
Panthers bid for European glory Nottingham Panthers are in Italy this weekend representing the UK in the Super Finals of the Continental Cup. Panthers take on Odense (Friday), Beibarys Atyrau (Saturday) and hosts Ritten (Sunday) in the four-team tournament. No UK team has ever won the Continental Cup before. Click here to view the tournament website. For…
Late powerplay goal gives Poland victory Great Britain Under-18 Women suffered late heartbreak as a goal 93 seconds from time gave Poland U18 Women a 2-1 victory in Katowice. GB outshot the host nation 22-19 in their third game at this season’s World Championship (Division 1B) and were left to rue missed chances. Casey Traill’s…
Highlights to be shown from four-team international tournament in Dumfries Highlights from the Under-16 international tournament in Dumfries last month will be shown on Premier Sports this week. GB U16s took on Belgium, Netherlands and Spain at Dumfries Ice Bowl from 27th to 29th December 2016. Britain won the four-team tournament with victories over Belgium (13-2),…
GB student athletes head to the 2017 Winter Universiade A British university delegation, made up of 65 student athletes and 31 support staff, head to the 28th Winter Universiade, hosted in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The biennial international event, which was last hosted in Granada in 2015, will welcome approximately 2,500 student athletes from 58 countries. The 2017 Winter…
Great Britain Under-18 Women were beaten 5-1 by Denmark U18 Women in their second game at the World Championship (Division 1B) in Katowice. Aimee Headland went close in the opening stages for GB but they fell behind short-handed. Maria Peters broke away and saw her shot well saved by Courtney Newitt, but the Danish forward put home…
GB U18 Women come up short against Italy U18 Women Great Britain U18 Women began the World Championship (Division 1B) in Katowice with a 3-0 defeat by Italy Women. Italian netminder Eugenia Pompanin secured a 14-shot shutout, while GB goalie Maisie Gilbert (Telford) turned away 20 shots of the 23 she faced and Jessica Sprules (Swindon) was named as…
Belfast’s Friendship Four ice hockey teams announced for 2017 and 2018 The Odyssey Trust, owners of the Stena Line Belfast Giants and The SSE Arena, are delighted to announce the NCAA Division One ice-hockey teams who will travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Northern Irish Connections Friendship Four tournaments on the American Thanksgiving Weekends…
Great Britain have won the inaugural IHUK U16 International tournament after an 11-1 success over Spain on Friday morning. Rob Wilkinson’s side completed a clean sweep of victories against Belgium, Netherlands and Spain to claim the trophy at Dumfries Ice Bowl. Coming into the final game both sides had won two from two, with Spain…
The Dumfries Daily on IHUK Radio in association with McDonald’s is now online with Episode 2 which looks at the first day of games at the U16 international tournament. We hear from the GB U16 captaincy trio Reece Cochrane, Mason Biddulph and Cade Neilson as well as post-game reaction from head coach Rob Wilkinson. Click…