Category: Men Seniors

It’s been a difficult season for British hockey. While the country’s more prominent sports have been able to continue playing behind closed doors thanks to TV and sponsorship deals, the Elite League was unable to start. At lower levels, the enforced closure of indoor arenas for much of the past 12 months halted opportunities for individual on-ice practice. Several players sought opportunities in Europe, others were out of action until Britain’s domestic leagues were able to organise mini-tournaments funded by selling access to broadcast streams. These abbreviated competitions at least gave a chance for most players to get some game time in preparation for the trip to Latvia.

Great Britain will be led by co-coaches Adam Keefe and Corey Neilson at the World Championship in Latvia.
GB head coach Pete Russell will remain in the UK with his family after only returning from Germany a couple of days ago.
Russell led his DEL2 side Freiburg to the semi-final round of the playoffs, before losing in five games to Bietigheim-Bissingen.

Defenceman Mark Richardson has replaced Evan Mosey in the Great Britain squad for the World Championship in Latvia later this month.

Richardson has won 87 caps for his country since making his debut back in 2005, with the 34-year-old scoring six goals and contributing 17 assists for 23 points.

Defenceman Paul Swindlehurst has been named in the Great Britain team for the World Championship next month.
The 27-year-old, who has recovered from injury and played in both of Coventry Blaze’s Elite Series playoff games this week, completes GB’s 28-man roster for the tournament in Riga.

Great Britain Head Coach Peter Russell has named his team for next month’s World Championship in Latvia.

Countries can select a 28-player roster for this year’s tournament and Russell has announced an initial 27, with one player to be added in the coming days.

The schedule for this year’s World Championship in Latvia has been confirmed and Great Britain will start the tournament with a match against second seeds Russia

Following the IIHF decision to withdraw hosting from the Belarus group, the 2021 World Championships is undergoing a rapid reorganisation with Riga, Latvia, now hosting the entire event.
Following on from the IHUK Media Article in October), we have revisited the latest updates on the GB players movements for the 2020-21 season.

The IIHF Council has voted to confirm Riga, Latvia, as the sole host for the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, following the decision to withdraw the tournament from Minsk, Belarus.