Ice Hockey UK explained

Iihfnation:Great Britain
Bg Color:blue
Text Color:Red
Logo Image:Ice Hockey UK fair use logo.jpg
Badge Size:250px
Organization:Ice Hockey UK
Code:GBR
Joined:19 November 1908
Head:Clifton Wrottesley
Mens Ranking:18
Womens Ranking:23
Website:http://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk

Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) is the national governing body of ice hockey in the United Kingdom.[1] [2] [3] [4] Affiliated to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), IHUK is the internationally recognised umbrella body in the United Kingdom.[5] IHUK was created to replace the British Ice Hockey Association (BIHA). The organisation is responsible to the IIHF for the good order of the sport in the UK.[6] The IHUK is charged with ensuring that all overseas players are properly cleared to play and that the rules and by-laws of the IIHF are upheld.[7] Ice Hockey UK runs the national team, Great Britain men's national ice hockey team. Ice Hockey UK founded a youth development league in 2014, with the aim to grow future national team players.[8] [9]

History

The BIHA was founded in 1913 and operated during the 1913 - 14 season and between 1923 and 1999.[10] The founding ice hockey clubs were Cambridge University, Manchester, Oxford Canadians, Princes and Royal Engineers.

In 1939, the BIHA negotiated an agreement with W. G. Hardy of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to regulate the import of players from Canada.[11] In 1940, the BIHA was invited to join the International Ice Hockey Association which was founded during World War II to promote the game of hockey among the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.[12] In 2018, Ice Hockey UK began running the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.[13]

Notable people

In 2021 Clifton Wrottesley was appointed Chair of Ice Hockey UK.[14]

Presidents

Secretaries

References

  1. Web site: Mackay . Duncan . Scotland backs plan for single ice hockey governing body in Britain . Insidethegames.biz . 2016-10-13 . 2016-10-30.
  2. Web site: Mackay . Duncan . Plan to set up single governing body for ice hockey in UK to be investigated further . Insidethegames.biz . 2016-09-25 . 2016-10-30.
  3. Book: A Brief History Of International Ice Hockey . Garry. Glave . 40 . 8 March 2016. ShieldCrest . 9781911090106 . 2016-10-30.
  4. Web site: NEWS: UK ice hockey review findings | Braehead Clan | Official Website . Braehead Clan . 2014-09-15 . 2016-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161031024559/http://www.braeheadclan.com/news/542/news-uk-ice-hockey-review-findings.html#.WBYXrCQrvfY . 31 October 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: jonathancowley27 . Rene Fasel: 'Politics' holding Great Britain back . Ice Nation UK . 2016-02-21 . 2016-10-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917140114/https://icenationuk.com/2016/02/21/rene-fasel-politics-holding-great-britain-back/ . 17 September 2016 . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Ice hockey UK chairman tells Mick Holland: All is not gloom and doom. 3 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905204829/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Ice-hockey-UK-chairman-tells-Mick-Holland-gloom/story-19170144-detail/story.html. 5 September 2015. dmy-all.
  7. News: Matthew. Beedle . One governing body for UK ice hockey is Richard Grieveson's sole objective . . 2016-09-09 . 2016-10-30.
  8. News: Ice Hockey UK board planning to form an Under-20 League . . 2014-06-12 . 2016-10-30.
  9. Web site: Mackay . Duncan . Ice Hockey UK launch under-12 and under-14 development squads as part of new ambitions . Insidethegames.biz . 2016-07-02 . 2016-10-30.
  10. Book: Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice . 123 . 9781598843002 . 2016-10-28. Nauright . John . Parrish . Charles . 2012 . Bloomsbury Academic .
  11. News: Amateur Draft Fee Proposed. February 20, 1939. Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 12.
  12. News: New Controlling Body Formed At C.A.H.A. Meet. Clarke. Robert. April 16, 1940. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 15 .
  13. Web site: Hall of Fame . Ice Hockey UK . 22 August 2020.
  14. News: https://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/2021/03/01/wrottesley-appointed-as-new-chair-of-ihuk/.

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