Great Britain Women have named their preliminary long-list squad ahead of April’s World Championship in Jaca. The roster will be cut to a final team of 22 before GB leave for the Division II Group A tournament, which is scheduled to take place from 2nd to 8th April. Following the withdrawal of DPR Korea, GB…
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Junior players from the Great Britain Women’s programme will once again take part in the IIHF’s Global Girls’ Game this year. The Global Girls’ Game is a worldwide ice hockey event where women’s games take place across the world on one weekend. It’s being held this year on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th March and…
Great Britain Women continued their preparations for this year’s World Championship in Spain with a camp in Nottingham yesterday. The team had two on-ice sessions at the National Ice Centre with the Division II Group A competition in Jaca less than two months away now. The IIHF announced last week that the tournament would consist…
Great Britain Women will now play in a five-team IIHF World Championship in Spain after DPR Korea withdrew from this season’s international tournaments. The Division II Group A tournament – set to be held in Jaca from 2nd to 8th April – will now consist of GB, Latvia, Mexico, Chinese Taipei and hosts Spain. The…
Great Britain will face Denmark twice in May as part of their preparations for the World Championship in Finland. After going head-to-head at the Skydome in Coventry on Saturday 7th May (7pm), the two sides will do battle at Nottingham’s National Ice Centre the following day, Sunday 8th May (4pm). For the first time since…
Forward Ben Davies has been reflecting on his overtime goal and Great Britain’s stunning comeback against France to ensure their survival at the 2019 World Championship in Slovakia. In a feature interview with BBC Wales, the Cardiff Devils forward looks back at his career including that famous night in Kosice. GB were trailing 3-0 against…
A limited number of day tickets for the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Finland will be released for sale this week. The 16-team tournament runs from 13th to 29th May, with GB facing Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and the USA in the group stages. GB are in Group B –…
The schedule has been confirmed for April’s IIHF Under-18 World Championship in Tallinn. The Division II Group A tournament will take place at the Tondiraba Ice Hall, with Great Britain Under-18s facing Korea, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia and hosts Estonia. The six-team group will run from Sunday 3rd to Saturday 9th April at the 7,700-seater venue,…
Ice Hockey UK General Secretary Andy French and Chairman Clifton Wrottesley have been appointed to roles with the IIHF. Wrottesley will serve on the Finance Committee for a period of five years until 2026. “It’s a great privilege for us personally to be considered for the roles and to be entrusted with representing our fellow…
The IIHF Council have met this week to discuss recent developments including tournament cancellations because of covid-19, as well as the preparation for the upcoming 2022 Olympic Winter Games. The IIHF Council was also informed about current team withdrawals and the situation concerning event cancellations in January. The rapidly-spreading omicron variant saw all IIHF tournaments…
Great Britain Under-18s Head Coach Sean Easton has named his team for this year’s IIHF U18 World Championship Division II Group A in Tallinn. GB will face hosts Estonia, as well as Korea, Lithuania, Romania and Serbia, from 3rd to 9th April at the Tondiraba Ice Hall. It’s set to be the first international action…