Great Britain - Challenge x2 and World Championships 2018

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**Taken from Fixtures thread.


GREAT BRITAIN National squad information - 2018 World Division One A (second tier)



World Championships Warm Up Game - Team GB vs Lithuania - Saturday 14th April 2018 at Planet Ice Milton Keynes 2-3 loss

World Championships Warm Up Game - Team GB vs Lithuania - Sunday 15th April 2018 at The Skydome, Coventry 2-7 loss

IIHF World Championships (Division 1A) - 22nd to 28th April 2018 in Budapest, Hungary - 6 teams


Group A , Budapest Hungary. - broadcasted on freesports TV.

Slovenia 15th place in the Elite divison last year and relegated
Italy 16th place in the Elite division last year and relegated
Kazakhstan 3rd in last years 1A pool
Poland 4th place in last years 1A pool
Hungary Host and 5th place in last years 1A pool
Great Britain 1st in third tier Division 1B and promoted

Placing rules will be first the most points from the round robin of games.
then head to head points, head to head goal difference,head to head goals scored, result against closest best ranked team outside tied teams,then same against second best team outside tied teams, .....seeding before tournament. (?)

22nd
Kazakhstan 3 Hungary 0
Italy 3 Poland 1
Great Britain 3 Slovenia 1

23rd
Poland 4 Slovenia 2
Hungary 3 Italy 2

24th
Kazakhstan 6 Great Britain 1

25th
Italy 3 Kazakhstan 0
Great Britain 5  Poland 3
Slovenia 4 Hungary 1

26th
Hungary 3 Poland 2

27th
Slovenia 5 Kazakhstan 3
Great Britain 4 Italy 3

28th
Kazakhstan 6 v Poland 1
Italy 4 Slovenia 3
Great Britain 3 Hungary 2 (after PS)


FINAL table

Place	Nation	Played	WON	OTW(ot/pen)	OTL(ot/pen)	LOSS	G/GA (Diff)	Points
1	GB	5	3	0/1	0	1	16-15 (+1)	11
2	ITA	5	3	0	0	2	15-11 (+4)	9
3	KAZ	5	3	0	0	2	18-10 (+8)	9
4	HUN	5	2	0	0/1	2	9-14 (-5)	7
5	SLO	5	2	0	0	3	15-15 (--)	6
6	POL	5	1	0	0	4	11-19 (-8)	3

Gold medal and promotion to top tier (16 nations) - Great Britain

Silver medal and promotion - Italy

Bronze medal - Kazakhstan

Last and relegation to third tier - Poland

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Just bought my tickets for the Milton Keynes pre WC match Block 5 row L numbers 28/29 anyone else going to this or the Coventry game the next day?


As per PO programme tickets sold via box offices in person at rink or telephone [phone] (MK) or 02476 630693 (Cov) or the iceaccount.co.uk on sites......AWAY block is NINE.

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Well, apart from those damn post in the middle of your sightline I could see the goals. The game was ok. Lithuania in MK were attacking and though it seemed we had the upper hand and at 2-0 up we faltered and a slack period cost us. Had to use a timeout and that didn't do much as we gave up a goal and went down in this match.
Only a challenge game of course and the players for Gb being adjudged for the 23 man quad to go to Hungary.
Loads of Lithuanians there speaking good English so i assume living in these parts. Didn't know there world position (that we beat them 5-2 last year and got promoted from the 3rd tier leaving them behind)...so I guess it's just like us in Australia, Poms at a cricket match.Next stop Coventry tonight before a flight abroad.

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Just a mention that the programme looked good.Little in stats that could have been added.But updated a lot of new about all the GB teams feom men to woman and U20/18/16.Photograthers piece etc

Note to advertisers re FREEsports on TV showing the games. WE are playing Slovenia NOT Slovakia on the 22nd April.

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Appearances to date.
Still playing in squad


Ashley Tait 110
David Longstaff 101
Jonathan Weaver 96
David Clarke 92
Colin Shields 84
Jonathan Phillips 82
Matt Myers 82
Ian Cooper 80
Mark Richardson 72
David Phillips 67
Rick Strachan 66
Russell Cowley 66
Tony Hand 64
Stephen Cooper 61
Danny Meyers 59
Kevin Conway 58
Paul Dixon 58
Paul Adey 55
Robert Dowd 53


** Lacho with 44 may hit 50 by end of tournament.


Net minders

Lyle 82
Murphy 66
Bowns 34
Morrison 33
Clark 31

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Special attention to GOALS section
Shields is not (as yet) all-time goalscorer as officials claim.Colin is two adrift of Gerry Davey who played far less games though numbers in a squad were shorter.THIS shows the all-time period NOT the modern era only.

(games played - Goals scored)
present players

Gerry Davey 45 43
Colin Shields 84 41
Tony Hand 64 40
Kevin Conway 58 33
David Longstaff 101 32
Ian Cooper 80 30
David Clarke 92 29
Paul Adey 55 28
Ashley Tait 110 25
Scott Neil 37 23

Note...If Shields gets one more 'point' in these games he'll equal David Longstaff's 2nd placed all-time record. Tony  'assist king' Hand remains on top with 122.

Matt Myers 8,18 and 48 Pims behind 3rd (Cooper.I),2nd (Hurley)and 1st ( Tait) placed Penalty takers for GB all-time.

[Yotes]

So 3-2 defeat yesterday? What are we doing today?

[iginla]

Apr 15, 2018 18:44:43 GMT Yotes said:

So 3-2 defeat yesterday? What are we doing today?

They’re doing crap....GB got hammered 2-7. 🙄

[Yotes]

Doesn't bode too well for the WCs.

[Yotes]

Squad reduced to 23 (Panthers.co.uk):

Netminders
Ben Bowns – Cardiff Devils
Jackson Whistle – Belfast Giants
Thomas Murdy – Cardiff Devils (reserve)

Defence
Dallas Ehrhardt – Manchester Storm
Steve Lee – Nottingham Panthers
Ben O’Connor – Sheffield Steelers
David Phillips – Sheffield Steelers
Mark Richardson – Cardiff Devils
Zach Sullivan – Braehead Clan
Paul Swindlehurst – Manchester Storm

Forwards
Ollie Betteridge – Nottingham Panthers
Brendan Brooks – Braehead Clan
Ben Davies – Guildford Flames
Robert Dowd – Sheffield Steelers
Robert Farmer – Nottingham Panthers
Luke Ferrara – Coventry Blaze
Mike Hammond – Manchester Storm
Liam Kirk – Sheffield Steelers
Robert Lachowicz – Nottingham Panthers
Matthew Myers – Cardiff Devils
Jonathan Phillips – Sheffield Steelers
Brett Perlini – Nottingham Panthers
Colin Shields – Belfast Giants


Mosey misses through injury.

[Yotes]

Sounds like Mosey broke something
www.panthers.co.uk/home/panthers-send-best-wishes-to-mosey

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Apr 15, 2018 19:23:07 GMT iginla said:

Apr 15, 2018 18:44:43 GMT Yotes said:

So 3-2 defeat yesterday? What are we doing today?

They’re doing crap....GB got hammered 2-7. 🙄

Glad I made the MK date of the two. We seem to need to up our game for the WC1A group as these guys will be on par/better than Lithuania. Hope all goes well as we need to stay in this group.

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Apr 16, 2018 11:44:49 GMT Yotes said:

Sounds like Mosey broke something
www.panthers.co.uk/home/panthers-send-best-wishes-to-mosey

I need to get refered to this doctors waiting list for attention myself.Op on Thursday no less.

[Shaggy]

Apr 16, 2018 10:34:39 GMT Yotes said:

Doesn't bode too well for the WCs.

I was at the game in Coventry... if you take it at face value, yes it looks bad. But the roster for the 2nd game was far weaker than the final line-up... missing Bowns, Dowd, Shields, O'Connor, Richardson, J Philips, Brooks and Kirk. Giving some of the newer players a chance. Plus Mosey got injured, and both Whistle & Murdy were off their feed... we've seen them both do better (they were also partly let down by the D).

It's going to be a tough group... we're looking decent going forward, I'm just a bit concerned defensively. Bowns is going to need to be on top form.

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IIHF World Championships
Division 1A
Budapest, Hungary
Official Website


Fixtures
Sun 22/4: Great Britain 3-1 Slovenia (O'Connor, Dowd, Perlini; Gregorc)
Sun 22/4: Hungary 0-3 Kazakhstan (Orekhov, Rymarev (2))
Sun 22/4: Poland 1-3 Italy (Zapala; Scandella, Helfer, Deluca)

Mon 23/4: Slovenia 2-4 Poland (Drozg, Urbas; Kapica, Neupauer, Kolusz, Chmielewski)
Mon 23/4: Italy 2-3 Hungary (Traversa, Larkin; Sarauer, Vas, Sebok)

Tue 24/4: Kazakhstan 6-1 Great Britain (Grents, Sagadeyev, Starchenko (2), Mikhailis, Asetov; Ferrara)

Wed 25/4: Italy 3-0 Kazakhstan (Hochkofler, Kostner, McMonagle)
Wed 25/4: Great Britain 5-3 Poland (Perlini, Shields, Brooks, O'Connor, Phillips; Dronia, Kapica, Zapala)
Wed 25/4: Slovenia 4-1 Hungary (Magovac, Urbas, Golicic, Kovacevic; Ticar)

Thu 26/4: Poland 2-3 Hungary (Komorski, Chmielewski; Sebok, Benk, Hari)

Fri 27/4: Kazakhstan 3-5 Slovenia (Petukhov, Grents, Asetov; Verlic, Urbas, Verlic, Kovacevic, Verlic)
Fri 27/4: Italy 3-4 Great Britain (Lambacher, Larkin, Scandella; Perlini, Dowd, O'Connor, Perlini)

Sat 28/4: Kazakhstan 6-1 Poland (Starchenko, Akolzin, Starchenko, Starchenko, Kuchin, Starchenko; Zapala)
Sat 28/4: Slovenia 3-4 Italy (Podlipnik, Ticar, Kovacevic; Gander, Sullivan, Trivellato, Kostner)
Sat 28/4: Hungary 2-3** Great Britain (Bodo, Erdely; Dowd, Farmer) [Shootout: Bodo; Farmer, O'Connor]


Table

#	Team	P	W	OTW	OTL	L	GD	PTS
1	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	+1	11
2	Italy	5	3	0	0	2	+4	9
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	+8	9
4	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	-5	7
5	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	0	6
6	Poland	5	1	0	0	4	-8	3

Great Britain gold medal and promotion to World Group. Italy promoted, Poland relegated.

[Shaggy]

First game of the tournament is GB vs Slovenia... face-off is 11:30am UK time.

Unfortunately with LA Kings being swept from the NHL Play-Offs, it's highly likely that Anze Kopitar will be icing for Slovenia - making an already tough job even tougher. We shall see...

[DonClaneone]

Looking forward to seeing what we can do, if we can avoid relegation back to 1B then that'll do me.

I mean let's face it, Italy & Slovenia will be too strong but you can never say never, our best chance would be to get 3 wins. Hungary, Kazakhstan & Poland. If we get off to a good start today then my opinion might change.

[pantherlee]

Are Italy that strong? I don’t know much about Euro hockey but most of the Italian team is made of players from the AlpsHL which I didn’t think was that high a level whereas Kazakhstan have several KHL players

[Bagheera]

Apr 22, 2018 8:30:07 GMT pantherlee said:

Are Italy that strong? I don’t know much about Euro hockey but most of the Italian team is made of players from the AlpsHL which I didn’t think was that high a level whereas Kazakhstan have several KHL players

Kazakhstan are ranked a few places above Italy by the IIHF. My personal thoughts would be that Slovenia and Khazakhstan would be the toughest opponents.

Ultimatly we are bottom seeds and it would be a great achievement just to stay in the group. 3 wins is asking too much i'd have thought. Think we will need one of the other teams to struggle, perhaps Poland. We will need to beat them and pick up a few more points here and there.

I think it will take a Panthers CHL type effort to not get relegated.

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Remembering the past when we were doing well with this type of opposition (though we had bulked up with 'duals',it seems more obvious that we are back in the second tier striving to make a point to stay there.

[ted logan]

Seriously impressed so far!

GB lead 2-1 after 2 periods - O’Connor (pp) and Dowd. Whole team playing well, Bowns solid!

Big final period coming up.

[ted logan]

3-1 Perlini pp goal

[ted logan]

GB win 3-1 immense effort!

[DonClaneone]

GB WIN!

What a great effort from the lads.

[Pies]

Thy was an impressive team performance. They may only play together once a year but you can see the chemistry developing year in, year out