Cade Neilson and Josh Waller will make their Great Britain debuts this afternoon as they face Czechia in their opening game at the IIHF World Championship in Tampere, Finland.
It’s the country’s longest unbroken spell at this level since before World War II and, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the Brits have done it on merit. In 2019, they beat France in a relegation decider in Kosice to finish seventh in their group then, in 2021, victory over Belarus in Riga brought another seventh place.
Great Britain begin their World Championship campaign in Tampere this afternoon against the Czech Republic, who are ranked seventh in the world (16:20 TAMPERE / 14:20 UK time face-off).
Great Britain were beaten 3-0 by Italy at the Skydome in their final game ahead of the World Championship which gets under way in Finland this weekend.
Great Britain were beaten 8-0 by the world’s 10th seed Denmark in an international game at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham.
Both sides iced 23-man rosters again with Jordan Hedley, Ben O’Connor, Scott Conway and Ben Davies sitting out for GB.
Great Britain were beaten 2-0 by Denmark in their international match at the Skydome in Coventry.
Both sides iced 23-man rosters with Jordan Hedley, Ben O’Connor, Scott Conway and Sam Duggan sitting out for GB, while Ben Bowns got the start between the pipes.
Great Britain were beaten 3-1 by Italy in Milton Keynes in the first of four international games in the UK ahead of the IIHF World Championship in Finland.
Great Britain have made two changes to their roster for next month’s World Championship in Finland because of injury.
Defenceman Dallas Ehrhardt and forward Luke Ferrara have both been called into the squad.