Great Britain women's national under-18 ice hockey team explained

Great Britain
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Association:Ice Hockey UK
General Manager: Claire Rowbotham
Coach: Angela Taylor
Asst Coach: Jenny Hehir
Nic Lazarczuk
Captain:Amy Trueman
Most Games:Shannon Douglas (19)
Reagan Downing (19)
Casey Traill (19)
Top Scorer:Saffron Allen (11)
Most Points:Saffron Allen (22)
Iihf Code:GBR
First Game: 3 – 1
(Asiago, Italy; 29 November 2011)
Largest Win: 9 – 0
(Heerenveen, Netherlands; 21 January 2024)
Largest Loss: 10 – 0
(Füssen, Germany; 29 March 2014)
World Champ2 Name:IIHF World Women's U18 Championships - Division IA
World Champ2 Apps:2
World Champ2 First:2012
World Champ2 Best:5th (2012)
Record:23–36–0

The Great Britain women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the women's national under-18 ice hockey team of the United Kingdom. The team is controlled by Ice Hockey UK, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and currently play in Division I of the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.

History

The Great Britain women's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 2011 against France during the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I Qualification being held in Asiago, Italy.[1] Great Britain won the game 3–1 and finished second in the tournament earning one of the two qualification spots in the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I tournament along with Hungary who finished first in the qualification tournament.[1] During the qualification tournament Great Britain recorded their largest ever victory in international participation when they defeated Kazakhstan 8–0.[1] They also recorded their largest loss when they were defeated by Hungary 1–8. During December 2011 to January 2012 Great Britain competed in the 2012 Division I tournament being held in Tromsø, Norway.[2] They lost four of their five games during the tournament winning only against Slovakia 4–1.[2]

World Women's U18 Championship record

YearGPWLGFGAPtsRank
2012 10 4^ 6* 29 30 12 13th place (Relegated to Division I - Qualification)
2013 5 3 2 21 9 9 15th place (Promoted to Division I)
2014 5 0 5 4 31 0 14th place (Relegated to Division I - Qualification)
2015 5 0 5 3 18 0 20th place
2016 4 2 2 7 8 6 18th place
2017 5 2^ 3 8 13 5 18th place
2018 5 1 4 7 15 3 19th place
2019 5 3^ 2* 7 7 9 17th place
2020 5 1 4* 5 18 4 20th place (Relegated to Division IIA)
2022 5 3^ 2 15 8 8 20th place
2023 5 3 2* 11 8 10 23rd place
2024 5 4 1 22 7 12 22nd place

^Includes one win in extra time (in the round robin)

Team roster

From the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I[3] [4]

Name Pos Date of Birth Club
12 Guildford Lightning
6 (A) Sheffield Shadows
4 Sutton Sting
14 Kingston Diamonds
15 Whitley Bay Squaws
7 Bracknell Ice Bees
3 Billingham Stars
2 Billingham Stars
25 Blackburn Thunder
17 (C) Bracknell Queen Bees
24 Solihull Vixens
19 Bracknell Queen Bees
9 Kingston Diamonds
22 Bracknell Fire Bees
16 Guildford Lightning
10 Bracknell Queen Bees
1 Swindon Topcats
18 Nottingham Vipers
23 (A) Kingston Diamonds
5 North Ayrshire Devils

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qual. . . 2012-01-07 .
  2. Web site: 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I . . 2012-01-07 .
  3. Web site: Team Roster . . 2012-01-07 .
  4. Web site: HUN-GBR Line-ups . . 2012-01-07 .