Great Britain men's national ice hockey team

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]

Great Britain
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Team GB
AssociationIce Hockey UK
General managerAndy Buxton
Head coachPeter Russell
AssistantsCorey Neilson
CaptainJonathan Phillips
Most gamesJonathan Phillips (118)[1]
Top scorerCollin Sheilds (42)
Most pointsTony Hand (108)
Team colors     
IIHF codeGBR
Ranking
Current IIHF20 Decrease 2 (28 May 2023)[2]
Highest IIHF16 (2021)
Lowest IIHF31 (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
Appearances56 (first in 1930)
Best resultGold Gold: (1936)
European Championships
Appearances3 (first in 1910)
Best resultGold Gold: (1910)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1924)
MedalsGold Gold: (1936)
Bronze Bronze: (1924)
International record (W–L–T)
227–245–38
Great Britain men's national ice hockey team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1936 GermanyTeam
Bronze medal – third place1924 FranceTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1936 GermanyTeam
Silver medal – second place1937 Great Britain
Silver medal – second place1938 Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal – third place1924 FranceTeam
Bronze medal – third place1935 Switzerland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1910 Switzerland

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
France 1924 Chamonix 5 3 0 0 0 2 40 38 George Elliot Clarkson  ? Final Round  Bronze
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz 6 2 0 0 0 4 11 27  ?  ? First round 4th place
United States 1932 Lake Placid did not participate
Nazi Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 7 5 0 2 0 0 17 3 Percy Nicklin Carl Erhardt Final Round  Gold
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz 8 3 0 0 0 5 39 47 Carl Erhardt  ? Round-robin 5th place
YearResult
1924 Bronze
19284th place
1936 Gold
19485th place
Totals
GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
41012

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
France 1924 Chamonix George Elliot Clarkson  ? Top Division  Bronze
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz  ?  ? Top Division 4th place
France/Germany/Austria 1930 Chamonix, Berlin, Vienna  ? William Home Top Division tied 10th place
Poland 1931 Krynica-Zdrój Clarence Wedgewood John Magwood Top Division 8th place
1932 did not participate
1933 did not participate
Italy 1934 Milan John Magwood Carl Erhardt Top Division 8th place
Switzerland 1935 Davos Bunny Ahearne Carl Erhardt Top Division  Bronze
Nazi Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Percy Nicklin Carl Erhardt Top Division  Gold
United Kingdom 1937 London Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley Top Division  Silver
Czechoslovakia 1938 Prague Percy Nicklin Gordon Dailley Top Division  Silver
Switzerland 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
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz Carl Erhardt  ? Top Division 5th place
1949 did not participate
United Kingdom 1950 London Lou Bates Ken Nicholson Top Division 4th place
France 1951 Paris James Mowat Ken Nicholson Top Division 5th place
Belgium 1952 Liège Johnny Murray Johnny Murray Pool B 10th place (1st in the "B" pool)
Switzerland 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
Switzerland 1961 Geneva, Lausanne Johnny Carlyle Johnny Murray Pool B 10th place (2nd in the "B" pool, promoted)
United States 1962 Colorado Springs, Denver Johnny Murray Billy Brennan Top Division 8th place, relegated
Sweden 1963 Stockholm Malcolm Beaton Bert Smith Pool B 15th place (7th in the "B" pool)
1964 did not participate
Finland 1965 Turku, Rauma, Pori Billy Brennan Marshall Key Pool B 14th place (6th in the "B" pool)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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
Netherlands 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
Netherlands 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
Poland 1976 Gdańsk George Beach  ? Pool C 21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
Denmark 1977 Copenhagen, Hørsholm Terry Matthews  ? Pool C 24th place (7th in the "C" pool)
1978 did not participate
Spain 1979 Barcelona Joe McIntosh Alastair Brennan Pool C 23rd place (5th in the "C" pool)
China 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
Belgium 1989 Geel, Heist-op-den-Berg Terry Matthews Stephen Cooper Pool D 27th place (3rd in the "D" pool)
United Kingdom 1990 Cardiff Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool D 26th place (1st in the "D" pool, promoted)
Denmark 1991 Brøndby Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool C 21st place (5th in the "C" pool)
United Kingdom 1992 Kingston upon Hull Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool C 21st place (1st in the "C" pool, promoted)
Netherlands 1993 Eindhoven Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Pool B 13th place (1st in the "B" pool, promoted)
Italy 1994 Bolzano, Canazei, Milan Alex Dampier Chris Kelland Top Division 12th place, relegated
Slovakia 1995 Bratislava Jiří Petrnoušek Shannon Hope Pool B 19th place (7th in the "B" pool)
Netherlands 1996 Eindhoven Peter Woods Shannon Hope Pool B 16th place (4th in the "B" pool)
Poland 1997 Katowice, Sosnowiec Peter Woods Shannon Hope Pool B 18th place (6th in the "B" pool)
Slovenia 1998 Ljubljana, Jesenice Peter Woods Shannon Hope Pool B 22nd place (6th in the "B" pool)
Denmark 1999 Odense, Rødovre Peter Woods Steve Moria Pool B 18th place (2nd in the "B" pool)
Poland 2000 Katowice, Kraków Peter Woods Steve Moria Pool B 19th place (3rd in the "B" pool)
Slovenia 2001 Ljubljana Chris McSorley David Longstaff Division I 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
Hungary 2002 Székesfehérvár, Dunaújváros Chris McSorley David Longstaff Division I 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
Croatia 2003 Zagreb Chris McSorley David Longstaff Division I 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
Norway 2004 Oslo Chris McSorley Steve Thornton Division I 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
Hungary 2005 Debrecen Rick Strachan Ashley Tait Division I 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
France 2006 Amiens Rick Strachan Jonathan Weaver Division I 26th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
Slovenia 2007 Ljubljana Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 24th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
Austria 2008 Innsbruck Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)
Poland 2009 Toruń Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
Slovenia 2010 Ljubljana Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B)
Ukraine 2011 Kyiv Paul Thompson Jonathan Weaver Division I 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
Slovenia 2012 Ljubljana Tony Hand Jonathan Phillips Division I 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
Hungary 2013 Budapest Tony Hand Jonathan Phillips Division I 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A, relegated)
Lithuania 2014 Vilnius Doug Christiansen Jonathan Phillips Division I 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
Netherlands 2015 Eindhoven Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
Croatia 2016 Zagreb Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
United Kingdom 2017 Belfast Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B, promoted)
Hungary 2018 Budapest Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted)
Slovakia 2019 Bratislava, Košice Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Top Division 13th place
Switzerland 2020 Zürich, Lausanne Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10]
Latvia 2021 Riga Corey Neilson Jonathan Phillips Top Division 14th place
Finland 2022 Tampere, Helsinki Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Top Division 16th place, relegated
United Kingdom 2023 Nottingham Peter Russell Jonathan Phillips Division I 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted)
Czech Republic 2024 Prague, Ostrava Top Division

Standalone tournaments

Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
Switzerland 1910 Les Avants 3 2 1 0 7 2  ?  ? Round-robin  Gold
German Empire 1911 Berlin did not participate
Austria-Hungary 1912 Prague* did not participate
German Empire 1913 Munich did not participate
German Empire 1914 Berlin did not participate
1915–1920No Championships (World War I).
Sweden 1921 Stockholm did not participate
Switzerland 1922 St. Moritz did not participate
Belgium 1923 Antwerp did not participate
Italy 1924 Milan did not participate
Czechoslovakia 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec did not participate
Switzerland 1926 Davos 7 3 0 4 26 19  ?  ? Third round 4th place
Austria 1927 Wien did not participate
Hungary 1929 Budapest did not participate
Germany 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
1GJackson Whistle1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1995-06-09) 9 June 1995United Kingdom Belfast Giants
2DDallas Ehrhardt1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)102 kg (225 lb) (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992United Kingdom Manchester Storm
5FBen Davies1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1991-01-18) 18 January 1991United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
7FRobert Lachowicz1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990United Kingdom Guildford Flames
8FMatthew Myers1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1984-11-06) 6 November 1984United Kingdom Nottingham Panthers
9FBrett Perlini1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)91 kg (201 lb) (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990Norway Ringerike Panthers
10FScott Conway1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1995-04-09) 9 April 1995United Kingdom Belfast Giants
13DDavid Phillips1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
16FSam Duggan1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
17DMark RichardsonA1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1986-10-03) 3 October 1986United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
18FLewis Hook1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1996-08-18) 18 August 1996United Kingdom Belfast Giants
19FLuke Ferrara1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)89 kg (196 lb) (1993-06-07) 7 June 1993United Kingdom Coventry Blaze
20FJonathan PhillipsC1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1982-07-14) 14 July 1982United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
24DJosh Tetlow1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)103 kg (227 lb) (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998United Kingdom Nottingham Panthers
26FEvan Mosey1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
28DBen O'Connor1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1988-12-21) 21 December 1988Romania HSC Csíkszereda
33GBen Bowns1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991Slovakia HK Dukla Trenčín
34GJordan Hedley1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)88 kg (194 lb) (1996-08-07) 7 August 1996United Kingdom Coventry Blaze
41DJosh Batch1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)100 kg (220 lb) (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
44DSam Jones1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1997-11-11) 11 November 1997United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
58DDavid Clements1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994United Kingdom Coventry Blaze
62FJoshua Waller1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)73 kg (161 lb) (1999-06-02) 2 June 1999United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
75FRobert DowdA1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
91FBen Lake1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)77 kg (170 lb) (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990United Kingdom Belfast Giants
94FCade Neilson1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)88 kg (194 lb) (2001-05-15) 15 May 2001United States Aberdeen Wings

Uniform evolution

All-time record

As of 5 May 2023.[13]
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia4400428+34
 Austria20521357101-44
 Belarus62041732-15
 Belarus23191318854+134
 Bulgaria81163647-11
 Canada19301623157-134
 China74035229+23
 Croatia98014213+29
 Czech Republic2002211−9
 Czechoslovakia115062731−4
 Denmark28941589132-43
 Estonia107034925+24
 Finland42021319−6
 France3315315130117+13
 Germany1531112665-39
 Hungary341511896113-17
 Israel1100120+12
 Italy1962116193-32
 Japan146173639-3
 Kazakhstan103162130-9
 Latvia114163944-5
 Lithuania105053525+10
 Netherlands30221715599+56
 New Zealand1100260+26
 North Korea3201249+15
 Norway21411655113-58
 Poland3624210128111+17
 Romania25201413159+72
 Russia2002419−15
 Serbia110062+4
 Slovakia5005729-22
 Slovenia134363440-6
 South Korea96034623+23
 Spain54014617+29
 Sweden154292765−38
  Switzerland21341454100-46
 Ukraine82151533-18
 United States133373754−17
 Yugoslavia40221133-22
Total510227382451 8991 991-92

See also

References

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