REPORT FROM IIHF.COM Division I: Great Britain vs. Brazil 4-2 (1-0, 1-1, 1-1, 1-0) South America qualifier Brazil gave Great Britain Inline a tough match, but the British secured their first win at the World Championship Division 1 after an improved play in the second half of the game. Ashley Jackson and Ben Lowe gave…
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Click here to get registered. Regional head coaches across the UK are being invited to the ‘Just Hockey’ Coaching Symposium. This free course will take place on Sunday 16th July from 10am to 5pm at the AJKM Hockey Barn, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4RB. Organiser, Corey Neilson, said: “Firstly, I would like to thank the team…
REPORT FROM IIHF.COM Division I: Great Britain vs. Latvia 4-7 (0-0, 1-3, 1-1, 2-3) Great Britain lost their opening game at the World Championship Division 1 in Slovakia. Last year, Latvia were relegated to the qualification tournament and this year the Latvians had a strong start against one of the favourites in Division 1. Great…
CLICK HERE FOR THE TOURNAMENT WEBSITE Great Britain Inline get their World Championship Division 1 tournament under way this weekend in Slovakia. GB, who are ranked 11th in the world, are in Group D with Australia (10), Latvia (14) and Brazil (15). The preliminary round will be played in four groups (A to D) with four…
Ice Hockey UK have confirmed Graeme Houston as the new team manager of Great Britain Under-16s. Houston has played an important role in Scottish junior ice hockey and has been junior chairman for the SIHA for the past three years. He has also held the roles of chairman, vice-chairman and manager of Solway Sharks. “To…
Ian Turner has been appointed as the new team manager of Great Britain Under-20s. He will undertake his new role in conjunction with his current position of team manager of Great Britain Under-18s. Turner is no stranger to the GB programme having managed GB at all levels, including women and men. “Being asked by IHUK…
The line-ups for Saturday’s fundraising game at Silver Blades Altrincham to raise money for victims of the Manchester Arena terrorist attack has been revealed. Former GB player and coach Tony Hand – who is currently IHUK’s National Development Head Coach – and current Manchester Storm coach Ryan Finnerty will lead the two teams in a…
Ice Hockey UK has reviewed and relaunched its Great Britain programme board. The objective of the programme board is to develop and implement a successful performance strategy for the Great Britain Men U20s, U18s and U16s, as well as GB Women U18 and U16. The GB programme board will be made up of mixture of…
CLICK HERE TO BID ON TONY HAND’S JERSEY The signed official game jerseys from six legends – including Great Britain’s Tony Hand – who were inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame this month have been put to auction. You can now enter your bid for Hand’s GB jersey, Finnish jerseys of legends Saku Koivu…
Great Britain’s gold medal-winning captain Jonathan Phillips performed the ceremonial puck drop as England Under-19s beat Scotland Under-19s 3-2 to win the Frank Dempster Memorial Trophy in Ice Sheffield. The junior international, held as a curtain-raiser to the Conference Weekend, is one of British ice hockey’s longest-running fixtures. England took the lead after only 63…
Last week in Cologne, Tony Hand MBE received the Bibi Torriani Award from IIHF and was inducted into the International Hall of Fame. As part of the ceremony, Hand received a special edition GB jersey – complete with ‘Hand’ and 9 on the back, with a special IIHF Hall of Fame patch on the front…
Tony Hand M.B.E., the Manchester Storm and Silver Blades Ice Rinks would like to announce they are holding a one-off All Star game on the 10th June 2017 with all proceeds going to the fund set up for families of the victims of the Manchester Arena bomb attack. The games will be between a Manchester…