Cardiff Devils will face Swedish side Färjestad in the Champions Hockey League round of 32 after the draw was made on Wednesday. Färjestad play in the Swedish top division, the SHL, and have previously entered the CHL four times, getting knocked out in the group stage once, reaching the round of 32 twice and the…
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Ice Hockey UK, Scottish Ice Hockey and the English Ice Hockey Association have been working with partners from across the sport to provide guidance on how we may return to play following the easing of restrictions by the UK and devolved governments. A full return to rinks plan is being developed in partnership with the…
Great Britain’s competitors are out of the 2020 IIHF Esports Fan Championship in the knockout stages, as they were beaten by Finland in the last 16. Finland got out to a comfortable lead as Joel ‘rottadee’ Myllymäki secured a 5-1 win on the PlayStation against Connor ‘MartindalexC’ Martindale. Erik ‘Tilantekija’ Tammenpää beat Sean ‘Sean’ McIntosh…
From the EsportsIIHF website With two champions emerging out of the Great Britain national qualifiers on Wednesday, the Brits are ready to roll into the playoff round of the 2020 IIHF Esports Fan Championship. Connor ‘MartindalexC’ Martindale and Sean ‘Sean’ McIntosh earned the right to rep the Union Jack on the virtual ice. ‘MartindalexC’ took…
Statement from Planet Ice – Re-opening update Please note that this statement only refers to Planet Ice rinks. Planet Ice looks forward to welcoming all of our customers back as soon as it is safe to do so and we would like to share our plans for reopening the rinks once current restrictions allow. Currently…
Get ready to re-live all the drama from last year’s World Championship in Slovakia as Great Britain played in the top flight for the first time since 1994. FreeSports are showing all seven games this week as GB stunned the hockey world with some fantastic performances during a memorable couple of weeks in Kosice. Aaron…
Great Britain forward Ben Davies makes an appearance on the independent Hockey from Across the Pond podcast. Davies, who scored the overtime game-winning goal in last year’s dramatic 4-3 victory over France to secure GB’s top-flight World Championship status, chats hockey with presenters Mark Rackham and Caitlin Berry. FreeSports presenter Aaron Murphy is also a…
The qualification tournaments have all been completed, and the 2020 IIHF Esports Fan Championship is about to enter the knockout phase starting with the round of 16. Each of the 16 nations qualified for the World Championship will be represented by one Xbox and one PS4 national champion. The first four games in the global…
On IHUK TV, in association with SMP Europe, we hear from Great Britain goalie coach Euan King and former GB forward David Clarke, who are combining to help the players of the future. Both already run successful hockey schools but are now working together to help hockey players “take control of their development” and they’re…