Trials for this season’s Great Britain Under-18s Women’s roster will take place at the end of this month. The one-day open trial will be held at the Bauer Arena at Ice Sheffield on Friday 31st August. Players must be at least 14 years of age to attend the trial. For further details please register via…
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Great Britain Supporters’ Club (GBSC) have reported “unprecedented interest” in the national side following GB Men’s promotion to the top flight of the World Championship. GB won promotion to Division I Group A with a gold medal in Belfast in 2017 and head coach Pete Russell secured a promotion double as GB upset the odds…
Martin Grubb has been appointed as the head coach of Great Britain Under-18s. The 42-year-old moves from his current GB role as assistant coach for the under-20s where he won a bronze medal in Division II Group A in Budapest last year. This will be Grubb’s second stint with GB U18s after previously being assistant…
Head coach Pete Russell says a “fantastic opportunity” awaits Great Britain at next year’s World Championship in Slovakia. GB will make their first return to world ice hockey’s top flight since 1994 next May following their dramatic promotion in April in Budapest. The schedule for the 2019 World Championship was announced yesterday and GB start…
The schedule for the 2019 World Championship in Slovakia has been announced with Great Britain starting their first campaign in the top flight for 25 years against Germany. GB are in Group A which is based in Kosice and games are taking place at the Steel Arena. Britain and Germany go head to head on…
Ice Hockey UK chairman Rich Grieveson has given his support to the joint-project to create a new unified UK organisation for ice hockey. Yesterday, IHUK and the EIHA issued a statement confirming the plans and the timeline moving forward. Grieveson said: “I want to go on record to commend the work of Jonathan Hall and…
Both the EIHA and IHUK – including Scottish ice hockey – are pleased to confirm that they have agreed to move forward with a joint-project to create a new unified UK organisation for ice hockey. This follows agreement by EIHA members to the recommendations in a governance report presented to them at an EGM on…
Great Britain Under-16s Women will link up with England National Team Programme (ENTP) to form a UK Women’s development programme for players born in 2003 to 2009. There is currently the GB U16 programme leading into the U18 and women’s team and alongside that the England programme had U14 and U17 girls programmes. Moving forward,…
Great Britain netminder Ben Bowns will link-up with the England National Team Programme (ENTP) camp in Cardiff next week to lend his experience and speak with the camp’s goalies. Ice Hockey’s National Talent Identification Officer Mark Beggs will also be part of the camp. Bowns helped GB to back-to-back World Championship gold medals, which means the…
The EIHA board and JLMC are pleased to announce that the organisation and administration of the under-20 league will move under the remit of the Junior Leagues Management Committee (JLMC) from this coming season (2018-19). The EIHA U20 league was established in 2015 and completed its third season in April this year. Sheffield Scimitars and…
The Ice Hockey UK Referee Section is advertising for the role of National Tournament Manager. Michael Evans, Ice Hockey UK Referee Section Deputy Referee Chief, said: “This is a new role in the management team structure and is a fantastic opportunity for someone with officiating experience who is very organised and understands the logistics of club tournaments…