New Ice Hockey UK Chair Clifton Wrottesley has welcomed the Elite League’s mini-series announcement and says the federation will work with the EIHL to make it – and its continuing partnership – a success. The Elite League confirmed this afternoon that the four-team 2021 Elite Series – involving Coventry Blaze, Manchester Storm, Nottingham Panthers and…
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The Elite League have confirmed a four-team five-week mini-series, which will get under way in April. Coventry Blaze, Manchester Storm, Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers will take part in the 2021 Elite League Series, with all games taking place at Nottingham’s National Ice Centre. GB head coach, Pete Russell, said “It’s superb news that the…
Scottish Ice Hockey have congratulated Clifton Wrottesley on his appointment as the new Chair of Ice Hockey UK. In a statement on the SIH website, they have invited him to speak to their members in the coming weeks. The sport’s governing body, the IIHF, have also covered his appointment. Click here to read the article…
The Elite Ice Hockey League has welcomed the appointment of new Ice Hockey UK Chair Clifton Wrottesley and thanked the outgoing Richard Grieveson. Wrottesley’s appointment was confirmed this morning and he succeeds Grieveson who announced his decision to step down in December last year. EIHL Chairman, Tony Smith, said: “On behalf of the Elite League,…
Clifton Wrottesley has been appointed as a Director and the new Chair of Ice Hockey UK. Following an open advert and competitive interview, Wrottesley will replace Richard Grieveson who announced he was standing down back in December. Wrottesley is a former Olympian, representing Ireland in skeleton at the Winter Olympics. During the 2006 Winter Olympics…
A number of camps have been confirmed for Great Britain’s junior teams in June and July. Ice Sheffield will be the venue for a three-day camp in June, with the under-18 and under-16 women taking to the ice on 17th June. The under-20, under-18 and under-16 men’s squads will then undergo camps on 18th and…
The UK icepad Ice Sheffield is the main venue for a new series that launches on Netflix next month. Zero Chill is a British-Canadian teen sports drama that follows the fortunes of a young girl called Kayla. Filming took place in March 2020, just before the UK went into lockdown. Other venues across Sheffield were…
Former Great Britain netminder Glynne Thomas has passed away at the age of 85 Thomas was one of the country’s finest netminders in the 1960s and 1970s and played for Great Britain in two World Championship tournaments, Pool B in 1961 and Pool C in 1976. He was inducted into the UK ice hockey Hall…
The EIHA and NIHL have announced that a number of clubs from the South Division 1 will take part in a return to play competition, starting the first weekend in March. MK Thunder, Slough Jets, Solent Devils and a fourth club to be confirmed will play a round -robin series, with games behind closed doors….
Ice Hockey UK and the GB Programme Board are thrilled to announce a new three-year deal with Bauer Hockey. It means Bauer will continue to supply Great Britain’s national teams – men and women at all levels – with off-ice clothing and equipment. Great Britain Programme Board chairman, David Hand, said: “We have a long-standing…
Euan King as been confirmed as Great Britain’s goaltending coach. The 31-year-old, who works with NIHL side Peterborough Phantoms, represented GB as a junior. He spent much of his domestic playing career with his home-town club Peterborough, but also iced for Basingstoke, Romford, Chelmsford, London and Streatham. King linked up with the national team last…
The EIHA has confirmed that the NIHL North will return to play later this month, with four teams taking part in a series of games over February and March. The participating clubs – Blackburn Hawks, Nottingham Lions, Sheffield Scimitars and Widnes Wild – are a mix of NIHL1 and former NIHL2 clubs, so the tournament…