Great Britain men's national ice hockey team
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Nickname(s) | Team GB |
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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 | Colin Sheilds (42) |
Most points | Tony Hand (108) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | GBR |
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Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 17 ![]() |
Highest IIHF | 16 (2021) |
Lowest IIHF | 31 (2006) |
First international | |
Great Britain ![]() ![]() (Chamonix, France; 23 January 1909) | |
Biggest win | |
Great Britain ![]() ![]() (Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 16 March 1989) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Yugoslavia ![]() ![]() (Barcelona, Spain; 25 March 1979) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 56 (first in 1930) |
Best result | ![]() |
European Championships | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1910) |
Best result | ![]() |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1924) |
Medals | ![]() ![]() |
International record (W–L–T) | |
227–245–38 |
Medal record | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
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1936 Germany | Team |
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1924 France | Team |
World Championship | ||
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1936 Germany | Team |
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1937 Great Britain | |
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1938 Czechoslovakia | |
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1924 France | Team |
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1935 Switzerland | |
European Championships | ||
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1910 Switzerland |
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 | |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 38 | George Elliot Clarkson | ? | Final Round | ![]() | |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 27 | ? | ? | First round | 4th place | |
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7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | Percy Nicklin | Carl Erhardt | Final Round | ![]() | |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 47 | Carl Erhardt | ? | Round-robin | 5th place |
Year | Result | |||
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1924 | ![]() | |||
1928 | 4th place | |||
1936 | ![]() | |||
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 |
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1920 | did not participate | |||
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George Elliot Clarkson | ? | Top Division | ![]() |
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? | ? | Top Division | 4th place |
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? | William Home | Top Division | tied 10th place |
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Clarence Wedgewood | John Magwood | Top Division | 8th place |
1932 | did not participate | |||
1933 | did not participate | |||
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John Magwood | Carl Erhardt | Top Division | 8th place |
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Bunny Ahearne | Carl Erhardt | Top Division | ![]() |
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Percy Nicklin | Carl Erhardt | Top Division | ![]() |
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Percy Nicklin | Gordon Dailley | Top Division | ![]() |
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Percy Nicklin | Gordon Dailley | Top Division | ![]() |
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Percy Nicklin | Gordon Dailley | Top Division | 8th place |
1940–1946 | Competitions not held because of World War II | |||
1947 | did not participate | |||
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Carl Erhardt | ? | Top Division | 5th place |
1949 | did not participate | |||
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Lou Bates | Ken Nicholson | Top Division | 4th place |
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James Mowat | Ken Nicholson | Top Division | 5th place |
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Johnny Murray | Johnny Murray | Pool B | 10th place (1st in the "B" pool) |
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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 | |||
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Johnny Carlyle | Johnny Murray | Pool B | 10th place (2nd in the "B" pool, promoted) |
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Johnny Murray | Billy Brennan | Top Division | 8th place, relegated |
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Malcolm Beaton | Bert Smith | Pool B | 15th place (7th in the "B" pool) |
1964 | did not participate | |||
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Billy Brennan | Marshall Key | Pool B | 14th place (6th in the "B" pool) |
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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 | |||
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Johnny Carlyle | Robert Stevenson | Pool C | 18th place (4th in the "C" pool) |
1972 | did not participate | |||
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Ellis Firestone | Terry Matthews | Pool C | 22nd place (8th in the "C" pool) |
1974 | did not participate | |||
1975 | did not participate | |||
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George Beach | ? | Pool C | 21st place (5th in the "C" pool) |
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Terry Matthews | ? | Pool C | 24th place (7th in the "C" pool) |
1978 | did not participate | |||
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Joe McIntosh | Alastair Brennan | Pool C | 23rd place (5th in the "C" pool) |
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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 | |||
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Terry Matthews | Stephen Cooper | Pool D | 27th place (3rd in the "D" pool) |
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Alex Dampier | Chris Kelland | Pool D | 26th place (1st in the "D" pool, promoted) |
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Alex Dampier | Chris Kelland | Pool C | 21st place (5th in the "C" pool) |
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Alex Dampier | Chris Kelland | Pool C | 21st place (1st in the "C" pool, promoted) |
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Alex Dampier | Chris Kelland | Pool B | 13th place (1st in the "B" pool, promoted) |
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Alex Dampier | Chris Kelland | Top Division | 12th place, relegated |
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Jiří Petrnoušek | Shannon Hope | Pool B | 19th place (7th in the "B" pool) |
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Peter Woods | Shannon Hope | Pool B | 16th place (4th in the "B" pool) |
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Peter Woods | Shannon Hope | Pool B | 18th place (6th in the "B" pool) |
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Peter Woods | Shannon Hope | Pool B | 22nd place (6th in the "B" pool) |
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Peter Woods | Steve Moria | Pool B | 18th place (2nd in the "B" pool) |
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Peter Woods | Steve Moria | Pool B | 19th place (3rd in the "B" pool) |
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Chris McSorley | David Longstaff | Division I | 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group B) |
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Chris McSorley | David Longstaff | Division I | 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B) |
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Chris McSorley | David Longstaff | Division I | 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B) |
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Chris McSorley | Steve Thornton | Division I | 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A) |
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Rick Strachan | Ashley Tait | Division I | 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A) |
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Rick Strachan | Jonathan Weaver | Division I | 26th place (5th in Division I, Group A) |
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Paul Thompson | Jonathan Weaver | Division I | 24th place (4th in Division I, Group B) |
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Paul Thompson | Jonathan Weaver | Division I | 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A) |
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Paul Thompson | Jonathan Weaver | Division I | 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B) |
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Paul Thompson | Jonathan Weaver | Division I | 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group B) |
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Paul Thompson | Jonathan Weaver | Division I | 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group B) |
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Tony Hand | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A) |
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Tony Hand | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A, relegated) |
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Doug Christiansen | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B) |
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Peter Russell | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B) |
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Peter Russell | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B) |
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Peter Russell | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B, promoted) |
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Peter Russell | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted) |
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Peter Russell | Jonathan Phillips | Top Division | 13th place |
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Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10] | |||
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Corey Neilson | Jonathan Phillips | Top Division | 14th place |
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Peter Russell | Jonathan Phillips | Top Division | 16th place, relegated |
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Peter Russell | Jonathan Phillips | Division I | 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A, promoted) |
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Top Division |
European Championships
Standalone tournaments
Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ? | ? | Round-robin | ![]() |
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1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | |||||||||
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7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 19 | ? | ? | Third round | 4th place |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | ? | ? | Consolation round | 7th place |
European Championship results from combined events
Year | Coach | Captain | Rank |
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1928 | ? | ? | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
1936 | Percy Nicklin | Carl Erhardt | ![]() |
1937 | Percy Nicklin | Gordon Dailley | ![]() |
1938 | Percy Nicklin | Gordon Dailley | ![]() |
1939 | Percy Nicklin | Gordon Dailley | 6th place |
1948 | Carl Erhardt | ? | 4th place |
1950 | Lou Bates | Ken Nicholson | ![]() |
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 |
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1 | G | Jackson Whistle | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 9 June 1995 | ![]() |
2 | D | Dallas Ehrhardt | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 31 July 1992 | ![]() |
5 | F | Ben Davies | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 18 January 1991 | ![]() |
7 | F | Robert Lachowicz | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 8 February 1990 | ![]() |
8 | F | Matthew Myers | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 6 November 1984 | ![]() |
9 | F | Brett Perlini | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 14 June 1990 | ![]() |
10 | F | Scott Conway | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 9 April 1995 | ![]() |
13 | D | David Phillips | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 14 August 1987 | ![]() |
16 | F | Sam Duggan | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 13 July 1998 | ![]() |
17 | D | Mark Richardson – A | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 3 October 1986 | ![]() |
18 | F | Lewis Hook | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 18 August 1996 | ![]() |
19 | F | Luke Ferrara | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 7 June 1993 | ![]() |
20 | F | Jonathan Phillips – C | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 14 July 1982 | ![]() |
24 | D | Josh Tetlow | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | 12 January 1998 | ![]() |
26 | F | Evan Mosey | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 17 March 1989 | ![]() |
28 | D | Ben O'Connor | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 21 December 1988 | ![]() |
33 | G | Ben Bowns | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 21 January 1991 | ![]() |
34 | G | Jordan Hedley | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 7 August 1996 | ![]() |
41 | D | Josh Batch | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 15 January 1991 | ![]() |
44 | D | Sam Jones | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 11 November 1997 | ![]() |
58 | D | David Clements | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 20 September 1994 | ![]() |
62 | F | Joshua Waller | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 2 June 1999 | ![]() |
75 | F | Robert Dowd – A | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 26 May 1988 | ![]() |
91 | F | Ben Lake | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 31 May 1990 | ![]() |
94 | F | Cade Neilson | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 15 May 2001 | ![]() |
Uniform evolution
- National team jerseys
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2019–2021
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2022–
All-time record
- As of 5 May 2023.[13]
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 | +34 |
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20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 57 | 101 | -44 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 32 | -15 |
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23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 188 | 54 | +134 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 47 | -11 |
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19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 157 | -134 |
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 29 | +23 |
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9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 13 | +29 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 |
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11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 31 | −4 |
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28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 89 | 132 | -43 |
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10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 25 | +24 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | −6 |
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33 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 130 | 117 | +13 |
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15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 65 | -39 |
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34 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 96 | 113 | -17 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
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19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 61 | 93 | -32 |
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14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 39 | -3 |
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 30 | -9 |
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11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 44 | -5 |
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10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 25 | +10 |
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30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 155 | 99 | +56 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 |
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21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 55 | 113 | -58 |
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36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 128 | 111 | +17 |
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25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 131 | 59 | +72 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | −15 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 29 | -22 |
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13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 40 | -6 |
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9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 23 | +23 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 17 | +29 |
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15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 65 | −38 |
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21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 100 | -46 |
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 33 | -18 |
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13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 54 | −17 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 33 | -22 |
Total | 510 | 227 | 38 | 245 | 1 899 | 1 991 | -92 |
See also
- England men's national ice hockey team
- Great Britain men's national junior ice hockey team
- Great Britain men's national under-18 ice hockey team
- Great Britain women's national ice hockey team
- Scotland national ice hockey team
References
- ^ "Jonathan Phillips Set to Become Most-Capped Player in Gb History – Ihuk".
- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ 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".
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Two changes to GB squad for world in Finland". icehockeyuk.co.uk. 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Team Roster Great Britain" (PDF). iihf.com. 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Great Britain - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.