IIHF World Junior Championship U18 D2A

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GB are competing in Division 2A of the IIHF World Junior Championship at U18 level from 3rd-9th April in Tallinn, Estonia.

We will take on:

- Romania
- Serbia
- Estonia
- Lithuania
- South Korea

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The lineup is as follows:

Head Coach:
Sean Easton (Raiders IHC)

Netminders:
Ben Norton (Unknown)
Alex Oldale (Sheffield Steelhawks)

Defencemen:
Kell Beattie (Solway Sharks)
Daniel Bradley (Slough Jets)
Kieran Chung (Connecticut RoughRiders)
Sam Cooper (Raiders IHC)
Archie Hazeldine (Leeds Knights)
Liam Steele (Stanstead College Varsity)
Billy Thorpe (Peterborough Phantoms)
Jacob White-Sey (Slough Jets)

Forwards:
Ben Brown (Dundee Comets)
Harry Corkum (Slough Jets)
Oliver Endicott (Swindon Wildcats)
Cameron Hamill (Belfast Giants SNL)
Carter Hamill (Belfast Giants SNL)
Jack Hopkins (Telford Tigers)
Samuel Lyne (Northwood School)
Austin Osborn (Raiders IHC 2)
Dawson Osborn (Raiders IHC 2)
Cain Russell (Basingstoke Bison)
Josh Shaw (Bristol Pitbulls)
Mackenzie Stewart (Belfast Giants SNL)

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GB U18 beat Finnish II-Divisioona (4th tier) side Grankulla IFK 9-3 in Helsinki today in a warmup fixture.


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The team went down 4-3 to Kiekko-Espoo Blues U18 of the Finnish U18 Mestis in the 2nd and final warmup fixture.

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We opened the worlds in Estonia with a 3-2 defeat to the hosts.

Archie Hazeldine & Sam Cooper the scorers, both D men.

Hazeldine, a product of the Nottingham system, also picked up MOTM.

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We have since secured 2 consecutive 3-2 victories.

An overtime win vs Romania and a regulation victory vs South Korea.

Mackenzie Stuart with both game-winners.

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We handed out an 8-0 drubbing to Serbia and beat Lithuania 4-2 to secure the Bronze medal.

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Also on Friday GB Women's secured promotion in the Women's World Championships with a solid win over Latvia!