Great Britain men's national ice hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Team GB |
|---|---|
| Association | Ice Hockey UK |
| General manager | Andy Buxton |
| Head coach | Peter Russell |
| Assistants | Tommy Watkins |
| Captain | Jonathan Phillips |
| Most games | David Longstaff (100) |
| Most points | Tony Hand (100) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | GBR |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 24  |
| Highest IIHF | 21 (first in 2011) |
| Lowest IIHF | 31 (2006) |
| First international | |
 Great Britain 3–0 Switzerland  (Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909) | |
| Biggest win | |
Great Britain 26–0 New Zealand  (Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 16 March 1989) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Yugoslavia 21–1 Great Britain (Barcelona, Spain; 25 March 1979) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 43 (first in 1930) |
| Best result |  Silver (1937, 1938) |
| European Championships | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1910) |
| Best result |  Gold (1910) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1924) |
| Medals |  Gold (1936) Bronze (1924) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 178–202–36 | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | ||
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1936 Germany | Team |
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1924 France | Team |
| World Championship | ||
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1937 Great Britain | |
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1938 Czechoslovakia | |
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1935 Switzerland | |
The British men's national ice hockey team (also known as Team GB) is the name of the national ice hockey Team for the United Kingdom. A founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1908, the team is controlled by Ice Hockey UK.[1]
The team was a force on the international scene in the early 20th century, winning the first ever IIHF European Championship in 1910, finishing as bronze medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, and becoming Olympic champions in 1936 in Germany.[2] The gold-medal winning Olympic team was composed primarily of dual-national British-Canadians, many of whom having learned and played the game in Canada.[3][4]
However, since then the national team has made little impact on the sport. Their last appearance in the top-level World Championship came in 1994. Great Britain last qualified for the Olympics in 1948.
The current head coach of the team is Peter Russell, who is also the head coach for the Milton Keynes Lightning of the EPIHL.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
| Year | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  Bronze
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| 1928 | 4th place | |||
| 1936 |  Gold
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| 1948 | 5th place | |||
| Totals | ||||
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
World Championships
- 1930 – Tied in 10th place
- 1931 – Finished in 8th place
- 1934 – Finished in 8th place
- 1935 – Won bronze medal
- 1937 – Won silver medal
- 1938 – Won silver medal
- 1939 – Finished in 8th place
- 1950 – Finished in 4th place
- 1951 – Finished in 5th place
- 1952 – Finished in 10th place (1st in the "B" pool)
- 1953 – Finished in 5th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
- 1961 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
- 1962 – Finished in 8th place
- 1963 – Finished in 15th place (7th in the "B" pool)
- 1965 – Finished in 14th place (6th in the "B" pool)
- 1966 – Finished in 16th place (8th in the "B" pool)
- 1971 – Finished in 18th place (4th in the "C" pool)
- 1973 – Finished in 22nd place (8th in the "C" pool)
- 1976 – Finished in 21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
- 1977 – Finished in 24th place (7th in the "C" pool)
- 1979 – Finished in 23rd place (5th in the "C" pool)
- 1981 – Finished in 24th place (8th in the "C" pool)
- 1989 – Finished in 27th place (3rd in the "D" pool)
- 1990 – Finished in 26th place (1st in the "D" pool)
- 1991 – Finished in 21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
- 1992 – Finished in 21st place (1st in the "C" pool)
- 1993 – Finished in 13th place (1st in the "B" pool)
- 1994 – Finished in 12th place
- 1995 – Finished in 19th place (7th in the "B" pool)
- 1996 – Finished in 16th place (4th in the "B" pool)
- 1997 – Finished in 18th place (6th in the "B" pool)
- 1998 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in the "B" pool)
- 1999 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
- 2000 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in the "B" pool)
- 2001 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
- 2002 – Finished in 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
- 2003 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
- 2004 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
- 2005 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
- 2006 – Finished in 26th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
- 2007 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
- 2008 – Finished in 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)
- 2009 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
- 2010 – Finished in 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
- 2011 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
- 2012 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
- 2013 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A)
- 2014 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
- 2015 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
- 2016 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
European Championships
| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
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| 1910 Les Avants
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ? | ? | Round-robin |
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 1911 Berlin
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Did not participate | |||||||||
 1912 Prague*
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Did not participate | |||||||||
| 1913 Munich
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Did not participate | |||||||||
| 1914 Berlin
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Did not participate | |||||||||
| 1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | |||||||||
 1921 Stockholm
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Did not participate | |||||||||
| 1922 St. Moritz
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Did not participate | |||||||||
 1923 Antwerp
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Did not participate | |||||||||
 1924 Milan
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Did not participate | |||||||||
 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokvovec
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Did not participate | |||||||||
| 1926 Davos
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7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 19 | ? | ? | Third round | 4th |
 1927 Wien
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Did not participate | |||||||||
 1929 Budapest
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Did not participate | |||||||||
 1932 Berlin
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | ? | ? | Consolation round | 7th |
Roster
Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[5]
| Goaltenders | ||||||
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| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 1 | Ben Bowns | L | 183 cm | 81 kg | 21 January 1991 | Cardiff Devils
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| 30 | Stevie Lyle | L | 178 cm | 79 kg | 4 December 1979 | Swindon Wildcats
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| Defencemen | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 22 | Josh Batch | L | 193 cm | 100 kg | 15 January 1991 | Cardiff Devils
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| 11 | Mark Garside | L | 175 cm | 84 kg | 21 February 1989 | Belfast Giants
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| 4 | Stephen Lee | R | 183 cm | 90 kg | 1 October 1990 | Nottingham Panthers
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| 28 | Ben O'Connor | R | 185 cm | 85 kg | 21 December 1988 | Sheffield Steelers
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| 13 | Dave Phillips | R | 179 cm | 89 kg | 14 August 1987 | Manchester Storm
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| 17 | Mark Richardson | R | 183 cm | 88 kg | 3 October 1986 | Cardiff Devils
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| 14 | Jonathan Weaver | L | 190 cm | 83 kg | 20 January 1977 | Telford Tigers
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| Forwards | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 18 | Jonathan Boxill | R | 175 cm | 82 kg | 25 April 1989 | Belfast Giants
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| 5 | David Clarke | L | 185 cm | 86 kg | 5 August 1981 | Nottingham Panthers
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| 27 | Russell Cowley | L | 180 cm | 78 kg | 12 August 1983 | Coventry Blaze
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| 12 | Robert Dowd | R | 178 cm | 80 kg | 26 May 1988 | Sheffield Steelers
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| 10 | Robert Farmer | L | 190 cm | 94 kg | 21 March 1991 | Nottingham Panthers
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| 7 | Robert Lachowicz | L | 178 cm | 76 kg | 8 February 1990 | Nottingham Panthers
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| 26 | Evan Mosey | R | 180 cm | 84 kg | 17 March 1989 |  Rockford Ice Hogs
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| 8 | Matthew Myers | R | 189 cm | 93 kg | 6 November 1984 | Nottingham Panthers
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| 9 | Craig Peacock | L | 182 cm | 85 kg | 8 August 1988 | Belfast Giants
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| 20 | Johnathan Phillips | R | 175 cm | 81 kg | 14 July 1982 | Sheffield Steelers
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| 20 | Colin Shields | R | 180 cm | 82 kg | 20 January 1980 | Belfast Giants
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| 21 | Ashley Tait | R | 185 cm | 77 kg | 9 August 1975 | Coventry Blaze
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| 15 | Ross Venus | L | 183 cm | 75 kg | 28 April 1994 | Coventry Blaze
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References
- ^ Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. p. 123. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Jeux Olympiques de Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 - Hockey sur glace". Hockeyarchives.info. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Steve Pinder. "Ice Hockey: Britain complete 58-year circle: Today the British ice hockey team face Russia in their first appearance in a world championship since the 1936 Olympics. Steve Pinder reports". The Independent. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Team Great Britain made up of traitorous Canadians stole 1936 Olympic gold in ho". Calgarysun.com. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "2016 World Championships Division 1B Team GB Roster. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2016.