Ice Hockey UK’s Under-20s National Final will be held as part of the EIHA’s National Finals weekend. It is the first time that showpiece U20s final will be part of National Finals weekend and the final will be between Coventry Blaze and Fife Falcons on Saturday 5th May. Ice Sheffield will host the three-day event…
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Great Britain Women underwent their final preparations this weekend ahead of leaving for Maribor on Thursday for the World Championship Division II Group A tournament. GB had a day in Sheffield on Saturday with off-ice training, team building at a go-kart venue and a match in the afternoon against Whitley Bay Under-20s. Britain face hosts…
Great Britain Under-18s have made a change to their roster for the upcoming World Championship Division II Group A in Tallinn. Lewis English, who plays for Swedish side Nynasham, replaces Lewis Houston who has had to pull out because of injury. The six-team tournament runs from 1st to 7th April and GB will face hosts…
Great Britain Under-16s will take part in the Spring Classic in Swindon at the end of April. The EIHA-run seven-team tournament will also feature the U17 sides from all four Conferences, plus Okangan UK and Okanagan Europe – and will run from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th April at the Better Link Centre, Swindon. Great Britain…
Ice Hockey UK is proud to announce that it is now the official custodian of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hall’s selection committee has been reformed and its members have received official approval. The five-man panel comprises Andy French, general secretary of Ice Hockey UK; David Gordon, a sports historian and writer…
Ice Hockey UK official Faye Andrews officiated at the IIHF Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia in Malaysia last week. Two separate events ran between 6th and 11th March, with both the top division and Division I taking place in Kuala Lumpur. The tournament is for national teams in Asia who are yet to enter the…
Great Britain have named a 28-man squad for their pre-World Championship training camp and two international matches against Lithuania next month. GB host Lithuania in Milton Keynes on Saturday 14th April (7pm) and the following day, Sunday 15th April, in Coventry’s Skydome Arena (5:15pm). After the games against Lithuania, the squad will be reduced to…
Great Britain Under-18s have made a change to their roster for next month’s World Championship in Tallinn. Solway Sharks forward Lewis Houston has replaced Sam Talbot, who has withdrawn because of injury. Britain will face hosts Estonia, along with Australia, Korea, Lithuania and Poland in Division 2 Group A of the World Championshi p structure….
Team Blue 2-2 Team White Great Britain Women’s junior players took part in the Global Girls’ Game on Saturday evening in Sheffield. The IIHF Global Girls’ Game is taking place across the weekend with matches in 39 countries, starting in New Zealand and ending in Canada. The GB Women’s Under-16 squad and some members of…
Great Britain forward David Clarke announced his retirement today and will bring down the curtain on a glittering international and domestic career at the end of the season. Clarke has 92 caps for GB, fourth highest on the list in the modern era. He scored 29 goals (sixth in the modern era), contributed 38 assists…
GB v LITHUANIA IN MILTON KEYNES – BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE GB v LITHUANIA IN COVENTRY – BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE Netminder Ben Bowns believes Lithuania will provide Great Britain with a stern test ahead of next month’s World Championship in Budapest. GB host Lithuania in Milton Keynes on Saturday 14th April (7pm) in an…
Ice Hockey UK referee Stefan Hogarth has become the latest UK official to represent the country at a IIHF World Championship tournament this season. Hogarth spent last week in Sarajevo at the Division III qualification tournament. It was a unique tournament as it featured hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Arab Emirates and two newcomers…