Ice Hockey UK would like to send our thoughts and condolences to the family, friends and team-mates of Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson who passed away last night. The hockey family stands together with his family - and with each other - at this difficult time.
The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to announce that Adam Johnson has tragically passed away following a freak accident at the game in Sheffield last night.
Ice Hockey UK – and everyone connected with UK ice hockey – would like to send their thoughts and best wishes to the family of Haris Hussain who passed away this weekend.
Ice Hockey UK will receive £900,000 of funding as part of UK Sport's £24.2million investment being spread across eight Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports for the Milan-Cortina cycle ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
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Ice Hockey UK have joined with other ice hockey federations from across Europe, sending a letter to the IIHF asking them to place sanctions on the federations of Russia and Belarus, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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UK ice hockey was discussed in the House of Commons as an urgent question was put forward today. The MP for Nottingham South, Lilian Greenwood
@liliangreenwood
, underlined the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on the sport.
Both the EIHA and IHUK - including Scottish ice hockey - are pleased to confirm that they have agreed to move forward with a joint-project to create a new unified UK organisation for ice hockey.
Great Britain and Ice Hockey UK would like to send our condolences to the family, friends and team-mates of Alex Graham who passed away at the weekend.
This is a difficult time for so many people and our thoughts are with everyone affected by this devastating news.
RIP Alex.
🍊🏒 The Steelers are devastated to advise that Alex Graham sadly passed away this weekend.
Everyone at the club is heartbroken by the news and wish to pass on our thoughts and condolences to Alex's family, friends and teammates.
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Ice Hockey UK and the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham are honoured to announce that the venue will host a stage of the qualifiers for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Great Britain will face Canada, USA, Finland, Germany, hosts Slovakia, Denmark and France in Kosice next year in their first return to the top level of the World Championship since 1994.
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Ice Hockey UK, the English Ice Hockey Association, Scottish Ice Hockey and the Elite League stand together and would like to make it clear any abuse of officials, players and staff will not be tolerated.
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Ice Hockey UK referee-in-chief Joy Johnston will have the prestigious honour of being one of the referee supervisors for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Korea.
Ice Hockey UK, the EIHA and FreeSports are pleased to announce that the U20 National Final between Fife and Coventry at Ice Sheffield this Saturday will be broadcast live on FreeSports.
Congratulations to UK official Andy Dalton who will be one of the linesmen (
@AndyDalton25
) at this year’s
@IIHFHockey
World Championship in Slovakia.
Ice Hockey UK and everyone involved in Great Britain ice hockey would like to send our thoughts and condolences to the family and friends of Andre Payette.
Andre is a former GB U20s coach and was a huge character in the game in the UK.
RIP Andre.
🏒 UK official Liam Sewell is one of the referee's for today's bronze-medal game at the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship in Finland. Sewell forms part of the four-man officiating team for the match between USA and Latvia in Tampere.
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Great Britain Under-20s have unveiled their captaincy team for the upcoming World Championship Division II Group A tournament in Tallinn.
Liam Kirk will captain the side while Jordan Kelsall and Chad Smith have been named as the alternate captains.
The government has confirmed this evening that ice hockey in England will receive £2.7 million of government funding in the latest round of the Sport Winter Survival Package.
Congratulations to Great Britain Women's Casey Traill
@CaseyTraill
, who has created history by becoming the first UK player to be drafted to the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).
We are all so proud of you Casey.
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MATCH REPORT...
Robert Farmer scored 15 seconds from time to secure Great Britain the point they needed to win the gold medal and promotion to play in the top level of the World Championship for the first time since 1994.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirms that ice rinks will be able to open from 1st August.
At a Downing Street news conference, he said: "Also from 1st August, we will reopen most remaining leisure settings, namely bowling, skating rinks and casinos..."
Full details to follow.
✅ Ice Hockey UK are proud to announce that the IIHF have chosen the UK to host the first professional three-on-three one-day tournament to test and evaluate the potential of this innovative format for the future.
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Good luck to Great Britain Universities Men who play their first match at the World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia tomorrow as they face Canada.
✅ Ice Hockey UK are pleased to announce the appointment of four new Non-Executive Directors to the board. Welcome to Claire Herbert, David Clarke, Dean Hardman and Faye Andrews.
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Congratulations to Great Britain Universities Men who stunned Sweden with a 5-4 victory in their final game at the World University Games in Krasnoyarsk. A brilliant result for coach
@mjbradders
and his side. More details below.
Congratulations to Great Britain forward Liam Kirk
@kirky_1424
who has signed a three-year
@NHL
entry-level deal with
@ArizonaCoyotes
, as reported by agent Dan Milstein
@HockeyAgent1
this morning.
Everyone is so proud of you Kirky!
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IHUK is delighted to announce that its new Hall of Fame committee has completed the first of its annual deliberations and inducted netminders Charlie Huddlestone and Stevie Lyle, whom it considers to have given ‘outstanding service to British ice hockey’
Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the nation and the whole Commonwealth is united in deep mourning. Today our thoughts, and indeed those of the whole nation, go out to His Majesty the King and to the members of the Royal family.
💙 GB ice hockey and Ice Hockey UK send our thoughts and condolences to the family and friends of our former coach Mike Urquhart who passed away after a short illness. Mike was inducted into the UK Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007.
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✅ Ice Hockey UK is pleased to announce three new appointments to the Board. Todd Kelman will be the representative from the Elite League, Duncan Hough from England Ice Hockey and Jamie Thomson from Scottish Ice Hockey.
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🇬🇧 UK official Amy Lack was part of a 24-strong officiating team at the IIHF 2023 Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship in Brampton, Ontario.
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Ice hockey is pleased to be included in the support announced today with £4m being initially allocated. The full details of the support available will be confirmed after further discussion with DCMS and Sport England.
IHUK have made a submission for funding to the government on behalf of the various governing bodies in UK ice hockey. All partner associations worked together to put forward a proposal to DCMS to help with funding during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ice Hockey UK has been successful in its bids to host the Women's World Championship Division II Group A and the U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group B in the UK next year after successfully winning the votes at the
@IIHFHockey
Congress today
💙 Ice Hockey UK are devastated by the news that Coach Dayle Keen passed away this week. Our thoughts and condolences are with Dayle's family and friends, as well as the staff and team-mates within GB and the Coventry Blaze organisation.
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KHL is saddened by passing of JHL Dynamo St. Petersburg player Timur Fayzutdinov (19 y.o.), after he suffered a head injury during JHL game.
Gagarin Cup Playoffs games on March 17-18 will be held in memory of him and will begin with a moment of silence.
👍 Our fantastic off-ice officials have done a great job this weekend with live scoring, statistics, penalty box, goal judging and announcing. Thank you for your help and support 🇬🇧🏒
MATCH REPORT & REACTION: Great Britain will go for gold and promotion to the top flight of the World Championship tomorrow following a stunning 4-3 victory over the world's 18th seeds Italy in Budapest.
Ice Hockey UK and Dumfries and Galloway Council (
@dgcouncil
) have been successful in their bid to host two IIHF World Championship tournaments next year in the UK at
@dumfriesicebowl
🏆 Hockey fans in Durham are celebrating an unexpected haul of honours, three decades after the town lost its rink. A clutch of trophies won by the Wasps in the late 80s/early 90s have recently been found.
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All the best to UK official Lorna Beresford who is an official this week at the
@IIHFHockey
Women's World Championship Division III in Bulgaria. Sofia is the venue for the six-team group which runs until 10th December.
Great Britain U20s have won the bronze medal at the Under-20s World Championship Division II Group A in Tallinn.
Read all about it and the thoughts of head coach Slava Koulikov.
🏒 IHUK is pleased to announce a Foundation initiative to invite eight coaches from the NCAA and USHL to the UK this year to inform GB Pathway parents and athletes on the academic and athletic opportunities involved in North American college education ➡️
Denmark have arrived in the UK to start their training camp ahead of two matches against GB this weekend. They've brought a squad of 26 including NHL forward Nikolaj Ehlers who scored 55 points in 62 games for Winnipeg Jets this season.
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The schedule for the 2019 World Championship in Slovakia has been announced with Great Britain starting their first campaign in the top flight for 25 years against Germany.
On the eve of 2019, relive a outstanding year for Great Britain ice hockey.
Two
@IIHFHockey
World Championship gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze medal, while teenager Liam Kirk was drafted in the 2018 NHL draft.
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Bill Harris, Simon Kirkham, Danny Meyers and Stephen Murphy who are the 2023 inductees to the UK Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
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BREAKING NEWS...
The schedule for this year's
@IIHFHockey
World Championship in Latvia has been confirmed and Great Britain will start the tournament with a match against second seeds Russia.
MATCH PREVIEW...
Great Britain face Hungary this evening knowing a point will guarantee them the gold medal and promotion to the top elite level of the World Championship.
Ice Hockey UK and Great Britain head of development Tony Hand is requesting expressions of interest from coaches, managers and physios who have aspirations to be involved in the GB programme
GB TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT
Great Britain head coach Pete Russell has named his team for next month's
@IIHFHockey
@IIHFWorlds2021
World Championship in Latvia.
Great Britain Under-18s have named their captaincy team for the World Championship in Tallinn.
Sheffield Steelers forward Liam Kirk will captain the team, with Jordan Buesa (Solway/Braehead) and Ben Solder (OHA, Canada) named as assistants.
Ice Hockey UK would like to send our best wishes to official Lee Young
@LeeYoung779
who suffered an ankle injury in last night's Elite Series match between Coventry and Manchester.
We are all thinking of you. All the best in your recovery and hope to see you back on the ice soon
Ice Hockey UK and Dumfries and Galloway Council are excited to announce that the 2023 Under-18 Women’s World Championship Division II Group A will be held in Dumfries next year.
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Good luck to UK official Faye Andrews who this week is officiating in the
@IIHFHockey
Women's World Championship Division II Group B in Akureyri. Hosts Iceland are joined by Australia, Croatia, New Zealand, Turkey and Ukraine.
Forward Alex Graham is to leave the Great Britain Under-20s squad in Lithuania because of a breach of team discipline. The team are currently in Kaunas preparing for the IIHF U20 World Championship Division II Group A, which gets under way on Sunday.
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It’s not just the GB team representing the nation at the World Championship in Finland, UK official Danny Beresford is officiating at the top level for the first time in his career.
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Photo: Andrea Cardin/HHOF-IIHF Images.
Congratulations to
@BelfastGiants
forward Colin Shields on his testimonial.
@sheds19
is
@TeamGBicehockey
's leading goalscorer and has been a terrific servant to the game in the UK. Hope you had a great night!
Great Britain head coach Pete Russell has named his team for next month's Olympic Qualifiers in Nottingham. The IIHF Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 Group J takes place from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th February 2020 at the Motorpoint Arena.
Great Britain ice hockey and Ice Hockey UK send our condolences to Her Majesty The Queen and The Royal Family following the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Rest in Peace.
It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
Congratulations to the Iceland ice hockey federation, Ice Hockey Iceland, on the successful hosting of the Four Nations in Reykjavik. It was great to be a part of it and we look forward to next year!
Teenager Jayden White has created his own clothing range to to help fund his hockey career.
The 13-year-old, who lives just outside Newcastle, plays for Whitley Bay Warriors Under-15s.