Tickets are selling fast for Great Britain’s back-to-back games with Poland in Nottingham and Coventry this weekend. Demand has been so high at the National Ice Centre that extra tickets were released for sale yesterday. GB play Poland at 7:30pm on Saturday at the NIC and then again at the Skydome on Sunday at 5:15pm….
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Great Britain Women host Slovenia Women in their third game at the World Championship (Division 2A) in Bled this evening (7pm UK time). GB began the six-team tournament with victory over Croatia, followed by a defeat at the hands of Korea. Coach, Cheryl Smith, said: “We want to put Sunday’s defeat behind us and look forward to the…
Click below to hear Sam Duggan in conversation with IHUK Radio after Great Britain’s 7-1 win over Croatia. Duggan said: “It’s a big win for the boys and was just what we needed after the first game. “Yesterday we didn’t take our chances and bounces maybe didn’t go our way. Today we clicked a bit…
Milton Keynes Lightning forwards Lewis Hook and Jordan Cownie are relishing the prospect of being part of Great Britain Men’s training camp this week. GB begin their week-long camp in Coventry today (Wednesday) as part of their preparations for the World Championship (Divison 1B) in Zagreb. Pete Russell’s side will play two games against Poland…
Great Britain’s Under 18s rebounded from Monday’s defeat to Lithuania with a resounding 7-1 win against Croatia today. Jordan Lawday got the start in net and the coaching staff rearranged the lines to spread the scoring threat and try to capitalise on the chances created. GB couldn’t convert on an early powerplay before Richard Krogh…
Great Britain U18 assistant coach Simon Leach says the team are disappointed after losing their opening game but have the character to bounce back for the rest of the week. “It’s always tough when you lose the first game of a tournament. We knew going in how important this game was and wanting to get…
More tickets have been released for sale for Great Britain’s international match with Poland on Saturday at the National Ice Centre, which faces-off at 7:30pm. The game is the first of two in successive days between the two sides, with Sunday’s match taking place at the Skydome in Coventry at 5:15pm. Demand is very high…
Nottingham Panthers defenceman Steve Lee says he cannot wait to get going for Great Britain after he ended the domestic season on a high with playoff success. The Panthers beat Coventry in Sunday’s Elite League playoff final at the National Ice Centre. Great Britain begin their training camp at the Skydome on Wednesday in preparation…
Swindon Wildcats netminder Stevie Lyle has been called up to the Great Britain squad for two matches against Poland this weekend. Lyle, who was part of the GB squad for the Olympic Pre-Qualifiers in Italy in February and won his 75th cap, replaces the injured Stephen Murphy. GB begin their training camp in Coventry on…
Great Britain U18s opened their IIHF Division 2A tournament with a 5-2 defeat by top seeds Lithuania today. GB got off to the worst possible start as they went behind after just 16 seconds – Lithuania won the opening faceoff and got the puck deep into the British zone. A pass out in front found…
Great Britain Women suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat at the hands of Korea Women in their second game at the World Championship (Division 2A) in Slovenia. Korea netminder Shin So Jung secured at 21-shot shutout, while GB netminder Nicole Jackson turned away 33 of the 34 shots she faced. The first period was scoreless with…
Great Britain’s U18 side begin their World Championship on Monday afternoon with a match against top seeds Lithuania (3pm UK time). The Lithuanians were relegated from Division 1B last year, 12 months after winning promotion against Grubb’s u18s in Dumfries. Now they and GB meet on the first day in the tournament’s second match. The…