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 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.
Great Britain have won gold and promotion to Division 1B following a 4-0 victory over Latvia to secure a 100 per cent-winning record in the IIHF Women’s World Championship Division II Group A in Jaca.
Great Britain won their third game in succession at the IIHF Under-18 World Championship Division II Group A, beating Serbia 8-0 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn.