It’s not just the Great Britain team representing the nation at the World Championship in Finland, UK official Danny Beresford is officiating at the top level for the first time in his career. He joins Andy Dalton (2019), Matthew Folka (2004) and Moray Hanson (2004) with the distinction of UK officials working in the top…
It’s not just the Great Britain team in Jaca, Spain, this week at the Women’s World Championship Division 2A tournament. Referee Hollie Neenan is part of the officiating crew, marking a first international assignment since the Youth Olympics in January 2020. Hollie spoke with IHUKtv in association with SMP Europe on Wednesday, before she donned…
Ice Hockey UK Referee Section – who provide officials to the Elite League, English Ice Hockey Association and Scottish Ice Hockey – are pleased to announce their next Level 1 Referee Course will take place on Saturday March 19 at the Galleon Centre in Kilmarnock. If you want to join the best team on the…
Ice Hockey UK Referee Section – who provide officials to the Elite League, English Ice Hockey Association and Scottish Ice Hockey – are pleased to announce their next Level 1 Referee Course will take place on Saturday January 22 in Nottingham. If you want to join the best team on the ice, #TeamStripes, and be…
Not only did Great Britain do the country proud at last week’s Women’s Olympic Qualifiers at the National Ice Centre, there was another team on the ice flying the flag for the UK. Lorna Beresford and Faye Andrews (pictured above) were part of the eight-strong IIHF officiating team from across Europe and were on the…
Ice Hockey UK Referees Section are pleased to announce their first Level 1 courses for the new season will take place at the end of this month. The courses will be at Ice Sheffield on Sunday October 24 and at Ozone in Bracknell on Sunday October 31. IHUK Referee Section coaching programme manager Michael Evans…
As players and supporters for all teams are preparing for the competitive action to fully resume this autumn following the COVID pause, there is another group also excited to get back to the ice – our on-ice officials. The Ice Hockey UK Referee Section held their annual conference in Nottingham in mid August with almost…
Ice Hockey UK would like to send our best wishes to official Lee Young, who suffered an injury in last night’s Elite Series match between Coventry Blaze and Manchester Storm at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham. Young was taken to hospital in Nottingham and it was revealed he had suffered ankle and leg fractures….
Joy Johnston has stood down from her role as Referee-in-Chief of Ice Hockey UK. Johnston was appointed to the role in 2017 with the creation of the new Ice Hockey UK Referee Section. Under her guidance, a leadership team was created and the new management structure saw managers appointed to oversee the various officiating levels…
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Ice Hockey UK – and everyone connected with UK ice hockey – would like to send their thoughts and best wishes to the family of Haris Hussain who passed away this weekend. The UK linesman and Elite League prospect had been in hospital, battling hard against lymphomas caused from complications from his bone marrow transplant…
UK ice hockey linesman and Elite League prospect Haris Hussain is currently in hospital, battling hard against lymphomas caused from complications from his Bone Marrow transplant last July. He also has a very rare platelet disorder that makes it all the more challenging for him right now. Haris played ice hockey to Under 18 level and…
