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Welcome to the Great Britain Ice Hockey Supporters Club
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Written by Ian Offers
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Friday, 18 May 2012 11:24 |
 The IIHF announced the locations for the 2013 World Championships and Olympic Qualification tournaments during the Annual Conference. There are 42 tournaments in total next season.
The GB Men will be travelling to Budapest for the Div 1A World Championships in April 2013. They will face Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Japan and Korea, with the top two teams being promoted to Pool A. Hungary were the only country who applied to host Div 1A. The event will be hosted in the Laszlo Papp Sportarena where Hungarian fans are expected to create an exciting atmosphere at the venue with a capacity of 9,000 seats.
The GB Under 20's will face Kazakhstan, Italy, Poland, Croatia and Ukraine in December 2012 in Donetsk in Ukraine.
The GB U18's will travel to Estonia in April 2013 to face Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, Croatia and Estonia in Tallinn.
The GB Women return to France in April whem either Rouen or Strasbourg will host Kazakhstan, China, France, Great Britain, Netherlands and DPR Korea GB U18 Women will take part in the Division 1 Qualification tournament in October 2012, and this will be held at the Hull Arena, which hosted the Womens World Championships this season. The U18 Women will face Slovakia, China, Italy, France, Kazakhstan. If successful they will then travel to Romanshorn in Switzerland in January 2013. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:20 |
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Italy and Kazakhstan Join GB in Div 1A |
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Written by Ian Offers
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Monday, 14 May 2012 22:26 |
 Following todays games in the IIHF World Championships, Pool A, in Helsinki and Stockholm, it has been confirmed that both Italy and Kazakhstan have been relegated from Pool A and will face Great Britain in next years Div 1A Championships. Kazakhstan's only point of the tournament came in an overtime defeat by Canada, whilst Italy recorded two points with an overtime win over Denmark in their seven tournament games. Kazakhstan and Italy will now join Hungary, Japan, Korea and Great Britain in Division 1A in April 2013. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 22:46 |
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Written by Ian Offers
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Saturday, 21 April 2012 17:57 |
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 In a tense game on Saturday afternoon, Great Britain retained their Division 1A status with a 5-4 victory against Hungary, at the IIHF Mens Senior World Championships in Slovenia.
Following the early game, where Ukraine defeated Japan on penalties, Hungary knew they had secured the Bronze medal, whilst Great Britain knew they just needed a point to avoid relegation. The game started with GB camped in their defensive zone as Hungary came out the stronger of th etwo teams, however it was Great Britain who were to score the first goal of the game. A breakout saw Robert Lachowicz's pass defelected into the top corner of the Hungarian goal by, GB Captain, Jonathon Phillips with just 1.53 on the clock. |
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Pool A - Legal Free Web Streams |
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Written by Ian Offers
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Thursday, 03 May 2012 23:01 |
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Infront Sports & Media, exclusive media and marketing partner to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has realised an official dedicated YouTube channel that will feature all 64 games of the upcoming 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship running from 4 to 20 May in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.
The dedicated channel at www.youtube.com/icehockey presented by main sponsor Škoda will provide fans throughout the world with high-quality video stream both 30 minute delayed and on demand of each game as well as daily highlights, such as best action, goals and saves. The service is free of charge.
Infront handles all forms of electronic media rights for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship including TV and digital media on a worldwide basis. The collaboration with YouTube guarantees full tournament coverage to ice hockey fans far and wide — no matter where they are in the world on any platform and anytime. Access is only geo-blocked in a few countries where exclusive media license agreements are in place*. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 22:44 |
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Last Day of Div 1 Championships |
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Written by Ian Offers
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Saturday, 21 April 2012 11:15 |
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Saturday see's the IIHF World Championships Division 1A and 1B come to a close, with still everything to play for. In Poland, where Division 1B is taking place, the only givens are that Australia are relegated and Netherlands have won the Bronze medal. The Gold medal, and promotion up to Division 1A, will be fought out between Poland and Korea in the last game on Saturday night. Poland are currently top of the table, leading the Koreans by a single solitary point. Poland will need a win in regulation or Overtime to secure the Gold medal. A loss ot an Overtime loss will hand the gold, and promotion to Korea. |
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