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…
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Beth Scoon and Angela Taylor are to take part in a Scottish ice hockey online webinar on Wednesday of this week. Scoon is a current GB Women’s international, while Taylor retired from international duty in 2018 after a fantastic career. Both are extremely experienced and talented players and will be one of the highlights of…
Applications are now being accepted for the new position of General Manager to oversee the Great Britain managers within the junior and women’s programme. The successful candidate would oversee the team managers in the GB men’s junior programme (U20s, U18s and U16s), as well as the managers of GB Women, GB U18 Women and GB…
The EIHA and NIHL National Division clubs have announced the fixtures for the forthcoming Spring Cup, the first phase of the Return To Play for senior hockey in the EIHA structure. Seven weeks of National Division action begin this Saturday, running through until the end of March with five teams playing a total of 12…
The Great Britain Programme Board are advertising for the two vacant positions in the GB Under-18 Women’s programme. Applications are now being accepted for the vacant two roles of GB U18 Women assistant coach to work under head coach James Ashton. Chairman of the GB Programme Board, David Hand, said: “We appointed Essi Aittasalo back…
Ice Hockey UK’s National Development Head Coach Tony Hand MBE is to host a Scottish Ice Hockey webinar next week. All registered IHUK coaches are being invited to take part in the online event on Wednesday 10th February (7:30pm). Click here to find out full information on the SIH website. Photo credit: Derek Black.
The schedule for this year’s World Championship in Latvia has been confirmed and Great Britain will start the tournament with a match against second seeds Russia. The 16-team tournament – which is split into two groups of eight – is set to run from 21st May to 6th June 2021 in Riga. There will be…
The EIHA and NIHL have announced a phased return to play starting this month with teams in the National Division. Discussions continue with clubs in NIHL 1 North and South around a possible return to play in those divisions and an update will be given in due course. A statement on the EIHA website said:…
The IIHF have announced that Latvia will be the sole host for the 2021 World Championship. The decision was made at a council meeting this afternoon and comes on the back of the IIHF moving the tournament away from Belarus because of safety concerns. The 16-team tournament – which is set to run from 21st…
The UK Elite League have confirmed there will be no 2020-21 season. A statement on the EIHL website said: “Yesterday, we heard the full details of the government’s Winter Survival package for the English Elite League teams. It was to begin season 2020-21 with no fans and government support only in the form of loans….
Following full details this afternoon of the Government Winter Survival package for the English Elite League teams, the clubs have now confirmed that there will be no 2020-21 season as it would not allow the league to operate sustainably moving forwards. The sport owes its gratitude to the EIHL for trying to support our sport…
From iihf.com Regular day tickets for the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland, will go on sale in the autumn of 2021, when the official game schedule will be completed. Organisers say there will be a “wide price range, with several game and seating categories in use.”. Heikki Hietanen, the…