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 |
Richard Hartmann Tommy Watkins |
| Captain | Jonathan Phillips |
| Most games | David Longstaff (100) |
| Most points | Tony Hand (100) |
| IIHF code | GBR |
| IIHF ranking |
22  2 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 20 (2014) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 31 (2006) |
| Team colors | |
| 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) | |
| 174–201–36 | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1936 Germany | Team |
| Bronze | 1924 France | Team |
| World Championship | ||
| Silver | 1937 Great Britain | Team |
| Silver | 1938 Czechoslovakia | Team |
| Bronze | 1935 Switzerland | Team |
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.
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.[1] 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.
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 Doug Christiansen, who was head coach for the Sheffield Steelers of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
The 1936 Winter Olympics gold medalists
| Year | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  Bronze | |||
| 1928 | 4th place | |||
| 1936 |  Gold | |||
| 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)
European Championships
- 1910 – Won gold medal
- 1926 – Finished in 4th place
- 1932 – Finished in 7th place
Roster
| Goaltenders | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 1 | Ben Bowns | L | 183 cm | 81 kg | 21 January 1991 | Cardiff Devils |
| 30 | Stevie Lyle | L | 178 cm | 79 kg | 4 December 1979 | Basingstoke Bison |
| Defencemen | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 22 | Josh Batch | L | 193 cm | 100 kg | 15 January 1991 | Cardiff Devils |
| 26 | Russell Cowley | L | 180 cm | 78 kg | 12 August 1983 | Coventry Blaze |
| 28 | Ben O'Connor | R | 185 cm | 85 kg | 21 December 1988 | Sheffield Steelers |
| 13 | Dave Phillips | R | 179 cm | 89 kg | 14 August 1987 | Belfast Giants |
| 17 | Mark Richardson | R | 183 cm | 88 kg | 3 October 1986 | Cardiff Devils |
| 23 | Paul Swindlehurst | L | 193 cm | 90 kg | 25 May 1993 | Dundee Stars |
| 4 | Mark Thomas | R | 188 cm | 86 kg | 23 July 1983 | Sheffield Steelers |
| 14 | Jonathan Weaver | L | 190 cm | 83 kg | 20 January 1977 | Telford Tigers |
| Forwards | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 16 | Chris Blight | R | 183 cm | 86 kg | 14 October 1982 | Dundee Stars |
| 18 | Jonathan Boxill | R | 175 cm | 82 kg | 25 April 1989 | Nottingham Panthers |
| 12 | Robert Dowd | R | 178 cm | 82 kg | 26 May 1988 | Sheffield Steelers |
| 10 | Robert Farmer | L | 191 cm | 94 kg | 21 May 1991 | Nottingham Panthers |
| 11 | Mark Garside | L | 175 cm | 84 kg | 21 March 1989 | Belfast Giants |
| 2 | Matt Haywood | L | 178 cm | 75 kg | 27 December 1990 | Braehead Clan |
| 7 | Robert Lachowicz | L | 178 cm | 76 kg | 8 February 1990 | Nottingham Panthers |
| 8 | Matthew Myers | R | 189 cm | 93 kg | 6 November 1984 | Cardiff Devils |
| 9 | Craig Peacock | L | 180 cm | 80 kg | 8 August 1988 | Belfast Giants |
| 20 | Jonathan Phillips | R | 175 cm | 82 kg | 14 July 1982 | Sheffield Steelers |
| 27 | Jack Prince | L | 191 cm | 93 kg | 14 February 1991 |  Alabama–Huntsville Chargers |
| 19 | Colin Shields | R | 181 cm | 82 kg | 27 January 1980 | Belfast Giants |
| Source: [2] | ||||||
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