Great Britain men's national ice hockey team

Great Britain men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championships

Great Britain
Nickname(s)	Team GB
Association	Ice Hockey UK
General manager	Andy Buxton
Head coach	Peter Russell
Assistants	Corey Neilson
Captain	Jonathan Phillips
Most games	Jonathan Phillips (118)[1]
Top scorer	Collin Sheilds (42)
Most points	Tony Hand (108)
Team colors
IIHF code	GBR
Ranking
Current IIHF	20 2 (28 May 2023)[2]
Highest IIHF	16 (2021)
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	56 (first in 1930)
Best result	Gold: (1936)
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)
	227–245–38

The Great Britain men's national ice hockey team (also known as Team GB) is the national ice hockey team that represents the United Kingdom. A founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1908, the team is controlled by Ice Hockey UK.[3] Great Britain is currently ranked 18th in the world by the IIHF as of March 2022 according to the IIHF World Ranking.[4]

History

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, France, and becoming Olympic champions in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.[5] 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.[6][7] However, since then the national team has made little impact on the sport. Until they surprisingly qualified for the 2019 installment of the tournament, their last appearance in the top-level World Championship came in 1994. Great Britain last qualified for the Olympics in 1948.[8] The current head coach of the team is Peter Russell, who is also the head coach for the Cardiff Devils.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games	GP	W	OW	T	OL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1924 Chamonix	5	3	0	0	0	2	40	38	George Elliot Clarkson	?	Final Round	Bronze
1928 St. Moritz	6	2	0	0	0	4	11	27	?	?	First round	4th place
1932 Lake Placid	did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	7	5	0	2	0	0	17	3	Percy Nicklin	Carl Erhardt	Final Round	Gold
1948 St. Moritz	8	3	0	0	0	5	39	47	Carl Erhardt	?	Round-robin	5th place

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

Note: Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year.

Note: World War II forced cancellation of all tournaments from 1940 to 1946.

Note: In 1972, a separate tournament was held both for the World Championships and the Winter Olympics for the first time.

Note: No World Championships were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988.

Note: the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Championship	Coach	Captain	Division	Rank
1920	did not participate
1924 Chamonix	George Elliot Clarkson	?	Top Division	Bronze
1928 St. Moritz	?	?	Top Division	4th place
// 1930 Chamonix, Berlin, Vienna	?	William Home	Top Division	tied 10th place
1931 Krynica-Zdrój	Clarence Wedgewood	John Magwood	Top Division	8th place
1932	did not participate
1933	did not participate
1934 Milan	John Magwood	Carl Erhardt	Top Division	8th place
1935 Davos	Bunny Ahearne	Carl Erhardt	Top Division	Bronze
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Percy Nicklin	Carl Erhardt	Top Division	Gold
1937 London	Percy Nicklin	Gordon Dailley	Top Division	Silver
1938 Prague	Percy Nicklin	Gordon Dailley	Top Division	Silver
1939 Zürich, Basel	Percy Nicklin	Gordon Dailley	Top Division	8th place
1940–1946	Competitions not held because of World War II
1947	did not participate
1948 St. Moritz	Carl Erhardt	?	Top Division	5th place
1949	did not participate
1950 London	Lou Bates	Ken Nicholson	Top Division	4th place
1951 Paris	James Mowat	Ken Nicholson	Top Division	5th place
1952 Liège	Johnny Murray	Johnny Murray	Pool B	10th place (1st in the "B" pool)
1953 Zürich, Basel	Johnny Murray	Laurie Spence	Pool B	5th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
1954	did not participate
1955	did not participate
1956	did not participate
1957	did not participate
1958	did not participate
1959	did not participate
1960	did not participate
1961 Geneva, Lausanne	Johnny Carlyle	Johnny Murray	Pool B	10th place (2nd in the "B" pool, promoted)
1962 Colorado Springs, Denver	Johnny Murray	Billy Brennan	Top Division	8th place, relegated
1963 Stockholm	Malcolm Beaton	Bert Smith	Pool B	15th place (7th in the "B" pool)
1964	did not participate
1965 Turku, Rauma, Pori	Billy Brennan	Marshall Key	Pool B	14th place (6th in the "B" pool)
1966 Zagreb	Billy Brennan	Billy Brennan	Pool B	16th place (8th in the "B" pool, relegated)
1967	did not participate
1968	did not participate
1969	did not participate
1970	did not participate
1971 Nijmegen, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Tilburg, Rotterdam, Geleen, Den Bosch, Groningen, Heerenveen	Johnny Carlyle	Robert Stevenson	Pool C	18th place (4th in the "C" pool)
1972	did not participate
1973 Geleen, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Tilburg, The Hague	Ellis Firestone	Terry Matthews	Pool C	22nd place (8th in the "C" pool)
1974	did not participate
1975	did not participate
1976 Gdańsk	George Beach	?	Pool C	21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
1977 Copenhagen, Hørsholm	Terry Matthews	?	Pool C	24th place (7th in the "C" pool)
1978	did not participate
1979 Barcelona	Joe McIntosh	Alastair Brennan	Pool C	23rd place (5th in the "C" pool)
1981 Beijing	Alex Dampier	?	Pool C	24th place (8th in the "C" pool, relegated)
1982	did not participate
1983	did not participate
1985	did not participate
1986	did not participate
1987	did not participate
1989 Geel, Heist-op-den-Berg	Terry Matthews	Stephen Cooper	Pool D	27th place (3rd in the "D" pool)
1990 Cardiff	Alex Dampier	Chris Kelland	Pool D	26th place (1st in the "D" pool, promoted)
1991 Brøndby	Alex Dampier	Chris Kelland	Pool C	21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
1992 Kingston upon Hull	Alex Dampier	Chris Kelland	Pool C	21st place (1st in the "C" pool, promoted)
1993 Eindhoven	Alex Dampier	Chris Kelland	Pool B	13th place (1st in the "B" pool, promoted)
1994 Bolzano, Canazei, Milan	Alex Dampier	Chris Kelland	Top Division	12th place, relegated
1995 Bratislava	Jiří Petrnoušek	Shannon Hope	Pool B	19th place (7th in the "B" pool)
1996 Eindhoven	Peter Woods	Shannon Hope	Pool B	16th place (4th in the "B" pool)
1997 Katowice, Sosnowiec	Peter Woods	Shannon Hope	Pool B	18th place (6th in the "B" pool)
1998 Ljubljana, Jesenice	Peter Woods	Shannon Hope	Pool B	22nd place (6th in the "B" pool)
1999 Odense, Rødovre	Peter Woods	Steve Moria	Pool B	18th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
2000 Katowice, Kraków	Peter Woods	Steve Moria	Pool B	19th place (3rd in the "B" pool)
2001 Ljubljana	Chris McSorley	David Longstaff	Division I	19th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
2002 Székesfehérvár, Dunaújváros	Chris McSorley	David Longstaff	Division I	23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
2003 Zagreb	Chris McSorley	David Longstaff	Division I	25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
2004 Oslo	Chris McSorley	Steve Thornton	Division I	25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2005 Debrecen	Rick Strachan	Ashley Tait	Division I	24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
2006 Amiens	Rick Strachan	Jonathan Weaver	Division I	26th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2007 Ljubljana	Paul Thompson	Jonathan Weaver	Division I	24th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
2008 Innsbruck	Paul Thompson	Jonathan Weaver	Division I	23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)
2009 Toruń	Paul Thompson	Jonathan Weaver	Division I	22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
2010 Ljubljana	Paul Thompson	Jonathan Weaver	Division I	23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
2011 Kyiv	Paul Thompson	Jonathan Weaver	Division I	20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
2012 Ljubljana	Tony Hand	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2013 Budapest	Tony Hand	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A, relegated)
2014 Vilnius	Doug Christiansen	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
2015 Eindhoven	Peter Russell	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
2016 Zagreb	Peter Russell	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
2017 Belfast	Peter Russell	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B, promoted)
2018 Budapest	Peter Russell	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted)
2019 Bratislava, Košice	Peter Russell	Jonathan Phillips	Top Division	13th place
2020 Zürich, Lausanne	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10]
2021 Riga	Corey Neilson	Jonathan Phillips	Top Division	14th place
2022 Tampere, Helsinki	Peter Russell	Jonathan Phillips	Top Division	16th place, relegated
2023 Nottingham	Peter Russell	Jonathan Phillips	Division I	17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted)
2024 Prague, Ostrava			Top Division

Standalone tournaments

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	3	2	1	0	7	2	?	?	Round-robin	Gold
1911 Berlin	did not participate
1912 Prague*	did not participate
1913 Munich	did not participate
1914 Berlin	did not participate
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	did not participate
1922 St. Moritz	did not participate
1923 Antwerp	did not participate
1924 Milan	did not participate
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	did not participate
1926 Davos	7	3	0	4	26	19	?	?	Third round	4th place
1927 Wien	did not participate
1929 Budapest	did not participate
1932 Berlin	4	2	1	1	10	9	?	?	Consolation round	7th place

European Championship results from combined events

Year	Coach	Captain	Rank
1928	?	?	Bronze
1930	?	William Home	tied 8th place
1931	Clarence Wedgewood	John Magwood	7th place
1934	John Magwood	Carl Erhardt	6th place
1935	Bunny Ahearne	Carl Erhardt	Silver
1936	Percy Nicklin	Carl Erhardt	Gold
1937	Percy Nicklin	Gordon Dailley	Gold
1938	Percy Nicklin	Gordon Dailley	Gold
1939	Percy Nicklin	Gordon Dailley	6th place
1948	Carl Erhardt	?	4th place
1950	Lou Bates	Ken Nicholson	Silver
1951	James Mowat	Ken Nicholson	4th place
1962	Johnny Murray	Billy Brennan	6th place

Current roster

Roster for the 2022 IIHF World Championship.[11]

Head coach: Peter Russell[12]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Jackson Whistle	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1995-06-09) 9 June 1995	Belfast Giants
2	D	Dallas Ehrhardt	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	(1992-07-31) 31 July 1992	Manchester Storm
5	F	Ben Davies	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991	Cardiff Devils
7	F	Robert Lachowicz	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1990-02-08) 8 February 1990	Guildford Flames
8	F	Matthew Myers	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1984-11-06) 6 November 1984	Nottingham Panthers
9	F	Brett Perlini	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1990-06-14) 14 June 1990	Ringerike Panthers
10	F	Scott Conway	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1995-04-09) 9 April 1995	Belfast Giants
13	D	David Phillips	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1987-08-14) 14 August 1987	Sheffield Steelers
16	F	Sam Duggan	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998	Cardiff Devils
17	D	Mark Richardson – A	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1986-10-03) 3 October 1986	Cardiff Devils
18	F	Lewis Hook	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1996-08-18) 18 August 1996	Belfast Giants
19	F	Luke Ferrara	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1993-06-07) 7 June 1993	Coventry Blaze
20	F	Jonathan Phillips – C	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1982-07-14) 14 July 1982	Sheffield Steelers
24	D	Josh Tetlow	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	(1998-01-12) 12 January 1998	Nottingham Panthers
26	F	Evan Mosey	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989	Cardiff Devils
28	D	Ben O'Connor	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1988-12-21) 21 December 1988	HSC Csíkszereda
33	G	Ben Bowns	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991	HK Dukla Trenčín
34	G	Jordan Hedley	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1996-08-07) 7 August 1996	Coventry Blaze
41	D	Josh Batch	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991	Cardiff Devils
44	D	Sam Jones	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1997-11-11) 11 November 1997	Sheffield Steelers
58	D	David Clements	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994	Coventry Blaze
62	F	Joshua Waller	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1999-06-02) 2 June 1999	Cardiff Devils
75	F	Robert Dowd – A	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988	Sheffield Steelers
91	F	Ben Lake	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990	Belfast Giants
94	F	Cade Neilson	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(2001-05-15) 15 May 2001	Aberdeen Wings

Uniform evolution

National team jerseys
2019–2021
2022–

All-time record

As of 5 May 2023.[13]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	4	4	0	0	42	8	+34
Austria	20	5	2	13	57	101	-44
Belarus	6	2	0	4	17	32	-15
Belarus	23	19	1	3	188	54	+134
Bulgaria	8	1	1	6	36	47	-11
Canada	19	3	0	16	23	157	-134
China	7	4	0	3	52	29	+23
Croatia	9	8	0	1	42	13	+29
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9
Czechoslovakia	11	5	0	6	27	31	−4
Denmark	28	9	4	15	89	132	-43
Estonia	10	7	0	3	49	25	+24
Finland	4	2	0	2	13	19	−6
France	33	15	3	15	130	117	+13
Germany	15	3	1	11	26	65	-39
Hungary	34	15	1	18	96	113	-17
Israel	1	1	0	0	12	0	+12
Italy	19	6	2	11	61	93	-32
Japan	14	6	1	7	36	39	-3
Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	21	30	-9
Latvia	11	4	1	6	39	44	-5
Lithuania	10	5	0	5	35	25	+10
Netherlands	30	22	1	7	155	99	+56
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	26	0	+26
North Korea	3	2	0	1	24	9	+15
Norway	21	4	1	16	55	113	-58
Poland	36	24	2	10	128	111	+17
Romania	25	20	1	4	131	59	+72
Russia	2	0	0	2	4	19	−15
Serbia	1	1	0	0	6	2	+4
Slovakia	5	0	0	5	7	29	-22
Slovenia	13	4	3	6	34	40	-6
South Korea	9	6	0	3	46	23	+23
Spain	5	4	0	1	46	17	+29
Sweden	15	4	2	9	27	65	−38
Switzerland	21	3	4	14	54	100	-46
Ukraine	8	2	1	5	15	33	-18
United States	13	3	3	7	37	54	−17
Yugoslavia	4	0	2	2	11	33	-22
Total	510	227	38	245	1 899	1 991	-92

References

"Jonathan Phillips Set to Become Most-Capped Player in Gb History – Ihuk".
"IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. p. 123. ISBN 9781598843002. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
"2021 Men's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
"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.
"Winter Olympics 2020: Great Britain miss out on ice hockey qualification".
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External links

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[1] "Jonathan Phillips Set to Become Most-Capped Player in Gb History – Ihuk".

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-2] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[3] Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. p. 123. ISBN 9781598843002. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

[2020_Ranking-4] "2021 Men's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[Passionhockey-5] "Jeux Olympiques de Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 – Hockey sur glace". Hockeyarchives.info. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

[6] 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.

[7] "Team Great Britain made up of traitorous Canadians stole 1936 Olympic gold in ho". Calgarysun.com. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

[8] "Winter Olympics 2020: Great Britain miss out on ice hockey qualification".

[9] Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[10] "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.

[11] "Two changes to GB squad for world in Finland". icehockeyuk.co.uk. 22 April 2022.

[12] "Team Roster Great Britain" (PDF). iihf.com. 15 May 2021.

[13] "Great Britain - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

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