After a day to recover from the magnificent game against the USA, GB return to action tonight when they face Finland, in game 5 of the GBSC Virtual World Championships.
Tonight see’s GB step onto the ice against the NHL Superstar laden team of Canada, in game 4 of the GBSC. Team Canada are captained by Patrick Kane who’s NHL Contract is worth more than the combined salaries of all of the GB Team.
Not only do we have the full game, we also have Olga meeting the players and fans, as well as the post-game interview with Patrick Kane being chirped by the GBSC fans !
Our pre-tournament friendly against Canada last week may have been cancelled, along with the IIHF World Championships, but Covid-19 isn’t stopping the Great Britain fans enjoying a virtual tournament.
Whilst the Covid-19 Pandemic meant this years IIHF World Championships in Switzerland were cancelled, the GBSC Team are still going ahead with our trip, although from the comfort of our own homes.
Whilst the main GBSC Virtual World Championships doesn’t start until tomorrow, today we enjoyed a bonus game.
Here’s the Hungary v Great Britain game from April 2018. Here’s a chance to watch again how we made it to Pool-A and became the first team to achieve back to back Gold Medals to go from Div 1B to Div 1A to Pool A.
Whilst the COVID-19 Pandemic may have stopped us all travelling to Lausanne for the 2020 IIHF World Championships, it hasn’t stopped GBSC.
For the next 10 days we will be hosting our own Virtual World Championships featuring all of the things you would expect on a GBSC Trip – Hockey, Crazy Golf, Quizzes and a Theme Day.
Tony Hand’s role within the Great Britain programme is being expanded to work with GB Women.
The National Development Head Coach – who currently oversees the men’s under-20s, under-18s and under-16s – will work with the coaches and players across the women’s set-up.
Great Britain’s games against Canada and Kazakhstan have been cancelled because of the worldwide situation with the coronavirus.
GB were set to face Kazakhstan in Milton Keynes on Sunday 3rd May, followed by the sold-out match with Canada at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on Tuesday 5th May.
The IIHF Concil have today confirmed that the 2020 World Championships, which were due to be held in Switzerland in May, have been cancelled due to the Corona Virus Pandemic.