It was an incredibly busy week in the world of British Ice Hockey, with tonnes of action to discuss across the Elite League, National League, World Junior Championship, and ECHL. Here are all the details you need to know from the last seven days.
Elite League:
The Sheffield Steelers enjoyed a four-point weekend on their travels in Scotland, with wins over the Glasgow Clan and Dundee Stars. The Belfast Giants also recorded a perfect set of results, overcoming the Manchester Storm and Coventry Blaze in back-to-back road games.
Saturday, 17 December 2022
- Manchester Storm 0-3 Belfast Giants
- Cardiff Devils 5-3 Dundee Stars
- Glasgow Clan 3-6 Sheffield Steelers
- Fife Flyers 1-4 Nottingham Panthers
- Challenge Cup: Guildford Flames 5-0 Coventry Blaze
Sunday, 18 December 2022
- Cardiff Devils 5-1 Glasgow Clan
- Dundee Stars 2-5 Sheffield Steelers
- Coventry Blaze 2-4 Belfast Giants
- Guildford Flames 4-3 Manchester Storm (OT)
- Nottingham Panthers 4-0 Fife Flyers
National League:
The Hull Seahawks took down the Bristol Pitbulls and Swindon Wildcats to record a second four-point weekend in a row. The Milton Keynes Lightning also earned the maximum number of points on offer, beating the Wildcats and Bees in the National League.
Seahawks 🦅 7-2 👻 Phantoms
DID SOMEONE SAY BACK TO BACK 4 POINT WEEKEND? 🔥
Say it quietly but the Seahawks are coming 👀 pic.twitter.com/phynLIAkMS
— Hull Seahawks (@hullseahawks) December 18, 2022
Saturday, 17 December 2022
- Basingstoke Bison 1-2 Peterborough Phantoms
- Bristol Pitbulls 2-4 Hull Seahawks
- Leeds Knights 8-6 Bees IHC
- Sheffield Steeldogs 5-2 Telford Tigers
- Swindon Wildcats 2-3 Milton Keynes Lightning
Sunday, 18 December 2022
- Bees IHC 3-6 Milton Keynes Lightning
- Hull Seahawks 7-2 Peterborough Phantoms
- Raiders IHC 6-3 Basingstoke Bison
- Sheffield Steeldogs 5-3 Bristol Pitbulls
- Telford Tigers 2-6 Swindon Wildcats
Great Britain U20s, 2023 World Junior Championship (Division 2A):
Team Great Britain won four times in five fixtures to secure a second-place finish at the 2023 World Junior Championship. They will remain in the same division for next year’s edition of the tournament.
- 11/12/22: Lithuania 3-4 Great Britain
- 13/12/22: Great Britain 4-7 Croatia
- 14/12/22: Great Britain 9-0 Romania
- 16/12/22: Netherlands 0-7 Great Britain
- 17/12/22: Great Britain 3-1 Spain
Liam Kirk and the ECHL’s Atlanta Gladiators:
Team Great Britain forward Liam Kirk added a secondary assist to his tally with the Atlanta Gladiators, improving his record on the season to eight points (three goals, five assists) in 11 appearances.
- 15/12/22: Atlanta Gladiators 3-7 South Carolina Stingrays
- 17/12/22: Atlanta Gladiators 4-5 Greenville Swamp Rabbits (OT)
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