Author: IHUK Press Release

Ice Hockey UK has been successful in its bid to host the 2023 World Championship Division I Group A at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.

Great Britain and Austria go head-to-head in Tampere this evening with top-level World Championship survival at stake.
GB need a regulation-time victory at the Nokia Arena to ensure safety, while Austria know any other result will mean they will stay up.

Forward Jonathan Phillips is set to become the most-capped player in Great Britain history this evening as GB face Austria in the World Championship in Finland.Phillips will move onto 111 caps – one ahead of Ashley Tait – when the two sides meet the Nokia Arena in Tampere at 20:20 (18:20 UK).

Head Coach Pete Russell says Great Britain have the heart and desire to beat Austria this evening and avoid relegation from the World Championship in Finland.The two sides go head-to-head in the Nokia Arena in Tampere at 20:20 (18:20 UK time) – their first meeting in 10 years.

It may have been a 4-3 defeat by Latvia for Great Britain in the World Championship this afternoon, but there were two very special moments which saw Cade Neilson and Lewis Hook score their first goals for their country.