Great Britain stayed in the hunt for a medal the men’s Under-18 World Championship Division II Group A with a convincing 9-2 victory over Romania. Brynley Capps did well to set-up Jack Clarke for GB’s opening goal (10:19), but Romania hit back 21 seconds later as Botond Suveg netted at the backdoor following a turnover (10:40). Strong play from Clarke on the boards created the chance for Capps to score from close-range (14:39) and a great feed from Kyle Carruth set-up Max Maslak for a one-timer from the right-circle (18:21). Carruth and Owen Bruton combined to force a turnover and a two-on-one ..read more

Great Britain have won the bronze medal at the men’s under-16 men’s Riga Hockey Cup in Latvia. After four wins from six matches in the group stages, GB were beaten in this morning’s semi-final but secured third place with an impressive victory over Jelgavas LSS in the bronze-medal game. Semi-final: Great Britain 0-2 Stockholm Golden Wings Great Britain were beaten 2-0 by Stockholm Golden Wings in the semi-finals of the Riga Hockey Cup. After a scoreless first period, Lucas Brauer put Stockholm ahead in the second session (22:28). Brauer scored his second of the game on the powerplay (43:42) to ..read more

Great Britain are through to the semi-finals of the under-16 men’s Riga Hockey Cup after picking-up seven points on day two of the competition to secure second place in the group. It means they will face Stockholm Golden Wings in tomorrow’s semi-final. GB won two, drew one and lost one of their four games today. Great Britain 1-3 Jelgavas LSS Great Britain began day two with a 3-1 defeat by Jelgavas LSS. Ethan Lock gave GB an early lead (2:50) but Jelgavas hit back with three first-period goals. Artis Duklavs (7:30), Arvis Kulbergs (8:32) and Bruno Vimba (14:45) were all on target as GB slippe ..read more

Ben Clarke-Leach secured a nine-shot shutout as Great Britain dominated their 4-0 victory over Serbia at the men’s Under-18 World Championship Division II Group A in Poland. GB went ahead when Max Maslak set-up Brynley Capps who saw his shot saved but Jack Clare buried the rebound (16:41). It was 2-0 just 29 seconds later as Connor Lee fed Noah Kaariainen whose one-time shot from the blueline deflected past Filip Korenic. Rhys Edwards waltzed into the offensive zone and saw his shot saved by Korenic, but Joe Tomalin was on hand to score on the rebound (31:53). Capps wrapped the game up in the ..read more

Great Britain ended day one of the under-16 men’s Riga Hockey Cup with two wins from their opening two matches. It means GB have the maximum six points going into tomorrow’s final day of group matches. NEXT Hockey 2-3 Great BritainGreat Britain started their Riga Hockey Cup campaign with a 3-2 victory over NEXT Hockey. Theo Malone put GB ahead (2:14) before Teodoras Jokubas Udras equalised (13:33). Harry Vant scored the only goal of the second period  (20:31) and Daragh Spawforth made it 3-1 in the third session (35:56). Aleksis Tīrums reduced the arrears for NEXT (37:33), but GB held sol ..read more

Great Britain arrived in Latvia today ahead of this weekend’s Under-16 Men’s Riga Hockey Cup. The prestigious European tournament sees 14 teams split into two groups. Group games take place on Friday and Saturday before placement matches on Sunday. GB’s fixtures are as follows… Friday NEXT Hockey v Great Britain – 11:30 (09:30 UK) Great Britain v Pelicans – 16:30 (14:30 UK) Saturday Great Britain v Jelgavas LSS – 09:15 (07:15 UK) Team EESTI v Great Britain – 11:45 (09:45 UK) Great Britain v Baltu Vilki – 15:30 (13:30 UK) HS Falcons v Great Britain – 19:15 (17:15 UK) Click here for full tournam ..read more

Great Britain came from behind to beat Croatia 4-2 in their second game at the men’s Under-18s World Championship Division II Group A in Sosnowiec, Poland. GB went ahead thanks to strong work from Bailey Yates behind the net who fed Josh Crawley to beat Niksa Slade from close-range (9:19). Croatia equalised just 20 seconds later as Lovro Kurjakovic forced a turnover and scored on a breakaway (9:39), while Patrik Marojevic did the same and broke clear to put his side ahead at the first intermission (17:5o). GB levelled on the powerplay as Yates used his body to stop a puck leaving the zone and ..read more

Great Britain were beaten 6-4 by top seeds Poland in a thrilling opening game at the men’s Under-18s World Championship Division II Group A in Sosnowiec. GB, who were 3-0 down at the end of the first period, tied the game at 3-3 and 4-4 before two late Poland goals, including an empty-netter, secured the hosts the points. Tymoteusz Petrazycki’s close-range finish put the Poland ahead (4:13) before Adam Sawicki fed Olaf Zachariasz to make it 2-0 on the powerplay (7:54). Petrazycki netted from the right-circle (19:57) – also on the man advantage – to leave Poland in total control at the first in ..read more

The captaincy team has been named for Great Britain’s campaign at the men’s Under-18 World Championship Division II Group A in Poland. Archie Salisbury will captain the side with assistants Sebastian Mohr and Owen Bruton appointed as alternate captains. GB get their campaign under way this afternoon against hosts Poland before facing Croatia, Serbia, Romania and the Netherlands in the six-team competition. The winners will be promoted to Division I of the World Championship. U18 Men’s World Championship Division II Group A: Great Britain schedule Wednesday 17th April: Great Britain v Pola ..read more

Sunday will go down in history as the UK held the world’s first professional IIHF three-on-three tournament. The four-team competition, which included professional players, took place at The Ozone in Bracknell in association with Intermotor. The IIHF chose the UK for the event and the three-on-three format is one they hope to take to the Winter Olympics. It’s already been played at the past two Youth Olympics with GB taking part earlier this year in Gangwon, Korea and the IIHF’s long-term plan is to bring three-on-three hockey to the 2030 Winter Olympics in France. IIHF Council Member, Ra ..read more