The GB University Women’s team would like to announce the forthcoming trial dates and times to all female ice hockey players who would be interested in representing their country. The GBW Uni. team has competed previously at the FISU World University Games (or Winter Universiade) and have ran alongside the GB Men’s University team. The…
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Host Croatia will be joined by Ukraine, Great Britain, Lithuania, Estonia and Romania in the six-team round-robin tournament in which the winner will be promoted to next year’s Division I Group A. All 15 games will take place at Dom Sportova, which is also the home arena of Medvescak Zagreb. The Croatian club that plays…
The GB Women coaching staff look back on their first year in charge of the programme. Cheryl Smith and Michelle Smith took over ahead of the 2015 World Championship in Dumfries and led the squad to a silver medal. James Ashton has recently been added to the coaching staff and the trio took GB U18…
Great Britain head coach Pete Russell has named a 37-man long-list squad for April’s World Championship in Zagreb. The squad will be cut to 28 for the pre-World Championship training camp which will get under way on 6th April 2016 and will include two games against Poland, taking place at the National Ice Centre in…
Scotland have announced their Under-19s squad for the EIHA Conference, which will take place at Ice Sheffield at the end of April. Head coach Steven Lynch has called upon a variety of players from different leagues to take on their English counterparts in the showpiece game. This year’s U19 international is on Friday 29 April…
Great Britain Men will renew their rivalry with Poland in April as the sides will play two international matches ahead of their respective World Championship tournaments. The National Ice Centre in Nottingham will be the venue for the first game on Saturday 9th April 2016 at 7:30pm, with the two sides also going head-to-head at…
Great Britain Women had an ice-off camp this weekend as they continue their preparations for this year’s World Championship in Slovenia. The girls were put through their paces to keep fitness levels up, but there was also some time for a bit of fun. GB will participate in Division 2A in Bled from 2nd to…
Junior ice hockey players are being offered a fantastic discount via their clubs to watch Great Britain’s international challenge games with Poland in April. The two sides meet at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham on Saturday 9th April (7pm) and then again in Coventry’s Skydome the next day, Sunday 10th April (5:15pm). Ice Hockey…
GB U20S BLOG By Gabby McGraw As a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist I often use tape as an adjunct to treatment to facilitate and encourage correct movement patterns with my patients. I joined the Great Britain Ice Hockey Team in early 2015 as physio for the U18s squad having never seen an Ice Hockey game in my life!…
Great Britain ice hockey fans can get a discount with team sponsor BioSteel UK for the rest of February. Biosteel is a high-performance sports supplement used by the world’s greatest athletes. Formulated to improve immune function and aid recovery, BioSteel protein supplements help increase and maintain muscle mass. The BioSteel range delivers high performance and…
A new e-book has been launched today featuring 37 short stories written by ice hockey fans from across the UK The Rink Rush are proud to release ‘Voices In The Crowd’, a new charity e-book. The stories cover the various aspects of what being a fan of ice hockey really means to them including the…
Great Britain Women have named their squad for April’s World Championship tournament in Bled. GB, who have won silver medals in the last two years, will play in the Ledena Dvorana ice rink in the Divison 2A group from 2nd to 8th April 2016. As well as facing hosts Slovenia in the six-team tournament, GB…