The biggest festival of junior ice hockey in the UK starts tonight in Sheffield as the 22nd EIHA Junior Inter Conference Tournament begins with the now traditional England-Scotland U19 international. Ice Sheffield is hosting 45 games across the weekend with almost 450 players plus hundreds more officials and supporters travelling from all corners of the…
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Following Japan’s relegation from Division 1A of the World Championship, Great Britain now know the five teams they will face at next year’s Division 1B tournament. As well as facing Japan, GB will once again come up against Lithuania, Croatia and Estonia – and are joined by Netherlands who were promoted from Division 2A at…
The schedule has been confirmed for the inaugural Ice Hockey UK Under-20 National Finals, which takes place at Dumfries Ice Bowl on the weekend of 7th and 8th May. The top two teams from Scotland and England will do battle in the semi-finals on Saturday 7th May, with the Grand Final the following day. An…
Great Britain’s Ben O’Connor has been named as the Defenceman of the Tournament at the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. O’Connor, who had the most points for a d-man in the six-team group, finished with eight points (1+7) in five matches and was GB’s leading points-scorer. He was the tournament’s second-highest points-scorer behind Robert…
Great Britain will return home with a silver medal from the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. GB’s chance of gold and promotion to Division 1A was ended when they were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine, who are promoted at the first time of asking. Croatia’s penalty-shot win over Lithuania meant GB finish second in the six-team…
General manager Andy Buxton has hailed the “fantastic backing” of the Great Britain supporters at this year’s World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. GB were backed by nearly 300 fans in the Dom Sportova Arena, with many travelling over as part of the GB Supporters Club (GBSC). Pete Russell’s side just missed out on the…
https://soundcloud.com/user-881009593/steve-lee-on-ukraine Defenceman Steve Lee says Great Britain are improving year on year as they just missed out on promotion to Division 1A of the World Championship for the second year in succession. GB needed a point in today’s final game against Ukraine to win the gold medal at the Division 1B tournament in Zagreb, but…
https://soundcloud.com/user-881009593/gb-captain-jonathan-phillips Captain Jonathan Phillips says he is“too stunned for words” to sum up the feeling as Great Britain missed out on the gold medal and promotion to Division 1A of the World Championship. GB needed a point to secure their place in the world ice hockey’s second tier, but were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine with…
Assistant coach Tommy Watkins says defeat by Ukraine in their final game at the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb is “too painful for words” as Great Britain just missed out on a gold medal for a second successive year. After four successive wins in the tournament, GB were left with the same scenario as…
Great Britain suffered late heartbreak for the second year in a row as they were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine in their final game at the World Championship (Division 1B) in Zagreb. GB needed a point for the gold medal and to secure promotion to Division 1A, but Olexander Pobyedonostsev’s goal with four minutes remaining saw…
Great Britain head coach Pete Russell says his side are so focused on winning gold and promotion to Division 1A of the World Championship. Four successive wins this week in Zagreb means GB need only a point against Ukraine in Division 1B this afternoon to win their first gold medal for 23 years. “Every single…