There’s not much hockey going on at the moment so to cheer you up, we thought we’d look back at three of Great Britain’s famous recent comebacks. 2015 World Championship Division I Group B in Eindhoven, Netherlands Pete Russell’s reign as Great Britain coach began in dramatic fashion. GB began the tournament against Croatia and…
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Ice Hockey UK’s National Development Head Coach Tony Hand MBE says establishment of a brand new governing body for the whole of the UK is so important to help move the sport forward. The proposal has the support of the various governing bodies in the UK and now the EIHA members will vote on a…
Great Britain forward Liam Kirk is the focus of a feature on the NHL website about potential NHL prospects. The 20-year-old is currently playing in Sweden’s third professional division for Hanhals IF and has seven points, including three goals and four assists, in seven matches. Kirk has told nhl.com that he’s a better player today…
Information from the EIHA website Representatives of the Ice Rink Managers Association, English Ice Hockey Association and British Ice Skating have met with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to discuss the impact of tier 3 on ice rinks in England. It was confirmed that ice rinks will currently not be able…
Scottish Ice Hockey have announced they plan to run a series of training camps for its junior clubs. The sessions will be run by coaches from the Great Britain programme and will take place in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The camps are designed to ensure that junior players remain engaged with the sport during the…
The IIHF has reviewed a comprehensive report produced by a group of external organisations and experts concerning the status of the 2021 World Championship. The report was produced in response to the ongoing challenging situation within Belarus and Latvia that has affected preparations for the tournament, scheduled to be co-hosted in Minsk and Riga from…
The government have announced a £300m Winter Survival Package for sports impacted by the restrictions on spectators across a range of sports. Ice hockey is pleased to be included in the support announced today with £4m being initially allocated. The full details of the support available will be confirmed after further discussion with DCMS and…
Great Britain Women’s netminder Ella Howard has secured an international scholarship at the University of Calgary. The teenager is the first British goalie to enter university sport and her scholarship will begin in autumn next year. During her time in Canada, Howard will ice for the Calgary Dinos who are led by two-time Olympic gold…
The 2021 World Championship tournaments for Great Britain Women and Great Britain Under-18 Men have been cancelled following recommendations by the IIHF’s Covid-19 Expert Group. It follows the announcement in September of World Championship cancellations for Great Britain Under-20 Men and Great Britain Under-18 Women. GB Women were set to take part in the Division…
Great Britain Women’s Olympic Qualifying campaign will now get under way in October 2021 because of the worldwide impact of the coronavirus pandemic. GB were scheduled to begin their bid to qualify for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2021, but this has now been put back eight months. The tournament is still set…
Scottish Ice Hockey have announced that the 2020-21 Scottish National League season will not be played. A statement on the SIH website said they were “extremely sad” to make the announcement, but the covid-19 pandemic had presented the board with an “unprecedented set of challenges”. SIH chairman, David Hand, said: “We feel that it is…
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) have today launched the Protect Your Sport campaign to encourage more people to come forward and share their concerns about doping in sport. Intelligence reports are crucial for anti-doping investigations, with 35% of bans from sport published in 2019 coming from information shared with UKAD. The campaign has been launched to highlight…