A number of camps have been confirmed for Great Britain’s junior teams in June and July. Ice Sheffield will be the venue for a three-day camp in June, with the under-18 and under-16 women taking to the ice on 17th June. The under-20, under-18 and under-16 men’s squads will then undergo camps on 18th and…
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The UK icepad Ice Sheffield is the main venue for a new series that launches on Netflix next month. Zero Chill is a British-Canadian teen sports drama that follows the fortunes of a young girl called Kayla. Filming took place in March 2020, just before the UK went into lockdown. Other venues across Sheffield were…
Former Great Britain netminder Glynne Thomas has passed away at the age of 85 Thomas was one of the country’s finest netminders in the 1960s and 1970s and played for Great Britain in two World Championship tournaments, Pool B in 1961 and Pool C in 1976. He was inducted into the UK ice hockey Hall…
The EIHA and NIHL have announced that a number of clubs from the South Division 1 will take part in a return to play competition, starting the first weekend in March. MK Thunder, Slough Jets, Solent Devils and a fourth club to be confirmed will play a round -robin series, with games behind closed doors….
Ice Hockey UK and the GB Programme Board are thrilled to announce a new three-year deal with Bauer Hockey. It means Bauer will continue to supply Great Britain’s national teams – men and women at all levels – with off-ice clothing and equipment. Great Britain Programme Board chairman, David Hand, said: “We have a long-standing…
Euan King as been confirmed as Great Britain’s goaltending coach. The 31-year-old, who works with NIHL side Peterborough Phantoms, represented GB as a junior. He spent much of his domestic playing career with his home-town club Peterborough, but also iced for Basingstoke, Romford, Chelmsford, London and Streatham. King linked up with the national team last…
The EIHA has confirmed that the NIHL North will return to play later this month, with four teams taking part in a series of games over February and March. The participating clubs – Blackburn Hawks, Nottingham Lions, Sheffield Scimitars and Widnes Wild – are a mix of NIHL1 and former NIHL2 clubs, so the tournament…
Beth Scoon and Angela Taylor are to take part in a Scottish ice hockey online webinar on Wednesday of this week. Scoon is a current GB Women’s international, while Taylor retired from international duty in 2018 after a fantastic career. Both are extremely experienced and talented players and will be one of the highlights of…
Applications are now being accepted for the new position of General Manager to oversee the Great Britain managers within the junior and women’s programme. The successful candidate would oversee the team managers in the GB men’s junior programme (U20s, U18s and U16s), as well as the managers of GB Women, GB U18 Women and GB…
The EIHA and NIHL National Division clubs have announced the fixtures for the forthcoming Spring Cup, the first phase of the Return To Play for senior hockey in the EIHA structure. Seven weeks of National Division action begin this Saturday, running through until the end of March with five teams playing a total of 12…
The Great Britain Programme Board are advertising for the two vacant positions in the GB Under-18 Women’s programme. Applications are now being accepted for the vacant two roles of GB U18 Women assistant coach to work under head coach James Ashton. Chairman of the GB Programme Board, David Hand, said: “We appointed Essi Aittasalo back…
Ice Hockey UK’s National Development Head Coach Tony Hand MBE is to host a Scottish Ice Hockey webinar next week. All registered IHUK coaches are being invited to take part in the online event on Wednesday 10th February (7:30pm). Click here to find out full information on the SIH website. Photo credit: Derek Black.