Category: Match Reports

Liam Kirk scored twice to become the 2021 World Championship’s stand-alone leading goalscorer, as Great Britain were beaten 6-3 by Switzerland in their final game in Group A in Latvia.

Kirk scored his sixth and seventh goals of the group stage to go one ahead of Gregory Hofmann who was on target for the Swiss.

The Czech Republic recorded its third straight victory with a 6-1 victory over Great Britain in Saturday’s opening Group A game in Riga.
For GB, playing its sixth game in nine days, this felt like a challenge too far. Despite another brave goaltending performance, this time from understudy Jackson Whistle, the Czechs dominated much of the play and finished with 46 shots on goal against 19 from the Brits.

Great Britain were beaten 4-1 by Sweden in Group A of the World Championship in Latvia this afternoon.
Liam Kirk scored his fifth goal of the World Championship to go one clear at the top of the goalscoring charts – and Matthew Myers was named captain for the game on the special occasion of his 100th GB cap.

Great Britain produced another stunning performance as they beat Belarus 4-3 in the Group A of the World Championship in Latvia.
Liam Kirk scored twice to take his tally to the tournament to four, while Ben Davies and Mike Hammond were also on target on another famous night for British ice hockey.

Great Britain took a point against Denmark with another superb performance, but they were narrowly beaten 3-2 in overtime in Group A of the World Championship in Latvia.

Ben O’Connor scored his 18th international goal and Mike Hammond was also on target, scoring late to take the game to the extra period

Great Britain ran the number nine seed in the world close but were beaten 2-1 by Slovakia in their second game in Group A of the World Championship at the Olympic Sports Centre in Riga.

Liam Kirk scored his first goal for his country but Great Britain were beaten 7-1 by Russia in their opening game at the World Championship in Latvia.

Here we go, it’s the final game of the GBSC Virtual World Championships and it’s GB facing France. Winner stays up in the top tier, loser goes down to Div 1A.
The presentation see’s Chris Ellis joined by the coaches and players to talk through the game and discuss what was going through their headsas they came from 3-0 down draw level at 3-3 and force overtime.

The penultimate day of the GBSC Virtual World Championships and tonight we have the IHUKTV Film “Dare To Dream”.
The film see’s the players and staff discuss the 2018 IIHF World Championships Div 1A and that amazing final game where GB came from 2-0 down to equalise and secure a place in the top tier with 15.8 seconds of the final period remaining.

As we build up to the final game of the GBSC Virtual World Championships this Wednesday, we start the week where our journey began.
2017, and with GB hosting for the first time in 24 year, the final game of the tournament saw GB face Japan with the winners claiming Gold and promotion to Div 1A, whilst the losers claimed Silver and stayed in Div 1B.