Great Britain’s Under 18s rebounded from Monday’s defeat to Lithuania with a resounding 7-1 win against Croatia today. Jordan Lawday got the start in net and the coaching staff rearranged the lines to spread the scoring threat and try to capitalise on the chances created. GB couldn’t convert on an early powerplay before Richard Krogh…
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Great Britain U18 assistant coach Simon Leach says the team are disappointed after losing their opening game but have the character to bounce back for the rest of the week. “It’s always tough when you lose the first game of a tournament. We knew going in how important this game was and wanting to get…
More tickets have been released for sale for Great Britain’s international match with Poland on Saturday at the National Ice Centre, which faces-off at 7:30pm. The game is the first of two in successive days between the two sides, with Sunday’s match taking place at the Skydome in Coventry at 5:15pm. Demand is very high…
Nottingham Panthers defenceman Steve Lee says he cannot wait to get going for Great Britain after he ended the domestic season on a high with playoff success. The Panthers beat Coventry in Sunday’s Elite League playoff final at the National Ice Centre. Great Britain begin their training camp at the Skydome on Wednesday in preparation…
Swindon Wildcats netminder Stevie Lyle has been called up to the Great Britain squad for two matches against Poland this weekend. Lyle, who was part of the GB squad for the Olympic Pre-Qualifiers in Italy in February and won his 75th cap, replaces the injured Stephen Murphy. GB begin their training camp in Coventry on…
Great Britain U18s opened their IIHF Division 2A tournament with a 5-2 defeat by top seeds Lithuania today. GB got off to the worst possible start as they went behind after just 16 seconds – Lithuania won the opening faceoff and got the puck deep into the British zone. A pass out in front found…
Great Britain Women suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat at the hands of Korea Women in their second game at the World Championship (Division 2A) in Slovenia. Korea netminder Shin So Jung secured at 21-shot shutout, while GB netminder Nicole Jackson turned away 33 of the 34 shots she faced. The first period was scoreless with…
Great Britain’s U18 side begin their World Championship on Monday afternoon with a match against top seeds Lithuania (3pm UK time). The Lithuanians were relegated from Division 1B last year, 12 months after winning promotion against Grubb’s u18s in Dumfries. Now they and GB meet on the first day in the tournament’s second match. The…
Great Britain Under-16s were beaten 4-3 by Spain and finished as runners-up in the international tournament in Madrid. GB’s goals were scored by Finlay Ulrick (Sheffield), Gary Simpson (Kirkcaldy) and Kieran Brown (Iowa Wild). Assistant coach, Sean Easton, said: “With the immediate goal of using the tournament to provide the GB16s with a tough schedule,…
GB U16s 3-1 Spain Great Britain Under-16s began their international tournament in Madrid with a 3-1 victory over Spain. It was a solid team performance against a well organised Spanish team. Great Britain got better as the game progressed and finished strong, with very good goaltending from Lewis Davies (Cardiff). Caly Robertson (Kirkcaldy) scored twice…
Great Britain Women began their World Championship (Division 2A) campaign with a 19-1 victory over Croatia in Slovenia. Saffron Allen scored four times while there were hat-tricks for Sophie Herbert and Katie Henry. GB scored seven times in the first period as Herbert (6:03) netted the first goal and Newman was on target 27 seconds…
After a 14-hour travel day Great Britain’s Under 18 squad have arrived at their base in Brasov, Romania. Martin Grubb’s squad left Coventry in the early hours of Saturday morning and flew out of Heathrow Airport later that morning. After landing in Bucharest it was a further two-plus hours by coach to the Transylvanian city…