British Para Ice Hockey are looking for girls/women+ with disabilities affecting their lower body to be part of the new GB Women’s Para Ice Hockey programme. The data collected will be for the use of coaches to determine interest and eligibility – and will be used to initiate contact with athletes, or parents for an…
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The green light has been given for the return of adult ice hockey in Scotland following the easing of covid restrictions by the Scottish government. Adult contact sport will be allowed indoors from Monday 19th July as Scotland begins Lockdown Level 0 from Monday. The capacity allowed on the ice will be raised to 50,…
Netminder Stephen Murphy has announced his retirement, bringing to an end a remarkable 24-year playing career. The 39-year-old is Great Britain’s second-most capped netminder behind Stevie Lyle and played 68 times for his country after making his debut as a 19-year-old in Slovenia in 2001. He won two silver medals as a GB player and…
Great Britain Head Coach Pete Russell has been appointed to a lead role in the English Ice Hockey Association’s (EIHA) Coach and Education Programme. It’s a new role that is intended to help shift the EIHA towards an athlete-centred development programme by creating a best-in-class education and coaching system to support improvements at all levels…
Great Britain Women stepped up their preparations for October’s Olympic Qualifiers in Korea with a training camp in Nottingham yesterday. An intense 90-minute on-ice training session in the morning was followed by off-ice sessions, including strength and conditioning. The girls returned to the ice for a two-hour practice in the afternoon to complete the day….
Great Britain Women’s Casey Traill has created history by becoming the first UK player to be drafted to the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL). The NWHL is one of the two top women’s professional league in North America – the equivalent to the NHL – and Traill was drafted in the fifth round – 25th…
Sheffield Steelers will travel to Denmark as the UK representative in this season’s IIHF Continental Cup. The Steelers will be joined by hosts Aalborg, as well HK Gomel from Belarus and a qualifier from the previous round for the four-team Group F from 19th to 21st November 2021. Sheffield last played in the tournament in…
Great Britain junior forward Alex Graham has been selected by OHL side Niagara IceDogs – 105th overall – in the 2021 CHL Import Draft. The 18-year-old Sheffield-born forward made five appearances for GB U18s, scoring two goals and contributing five assists for seven points. The pandemic meant he has been unable to make any more…
Ice Hockey UK are looking to appoint a team doctor to support the GB Women’s team at their upcoming Olympic Qualification tournament in South Korea in October. You would need to be available to travel with the team from 2nd to 11th October 2021. Please contact the IHUK Chief Medical Officer Dr Matt Robbins for…
Great Britain Under-18 Women are set to take part in the Four Nations Cup in Iceland later this year as part of their 2022 World Championship preparations. GB will come up against hosts Iceland, along with Poland and Spain between 11th and 13th November 2021. It will be the sixth time that the tournament has…
Great Britain forward Liam Kirk is the talk of the ice hockey world once again as his NHL entry-level contract with Arizona Coyotes hit the headlines around the globe. The 21-year-old spoke with Sky Sports reporter Matt Ford and the story also featured on the BBC Sport website. Experienced ice hockey journalist Bob Westerdale covered the…
A successful Great Britain junior camp came to a conclusion yesterday in Sheffield with over 200 youngsters – male and female – attending over the three days. The camp began on Thursday with two on-ice practices each for GB U18s Women and GB U16s Women at Ice Sheffield, as well as off-ice activities including strength…