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Ice Hockey UK

Ice hockey governing body

Summary

Ice hockey governing body

FieldValue
IIHFnationGreat Britain
bg_colorblue
text_colorRed
logo_imageIce Hockey UK fair use logo.jpg
Badge_size250px
organizationIce Hockey UK
codeGBR
joined19 November 1908
headClifton Wrottesley
mens_ranking
womens_ranking
websitehttp://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk

Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) is the national governing body of ice hockey in the United Kingdom. Affiliated to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), IHUK is the internationally recognised umbrella body in the United Kingdom. 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. 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. Ice Hockey UK runs the men's (Great Britain men's national ice hockey team) and women's senior, and Under 20 and Under 18, national teams. Ice Hockey UK founded a youth development league in 2014, with the aim to grow future national team players.

History

The BIHA was founded in 1913 and operated during the 1913–14 season and between 1923 and 1999. 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. 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. In 2018, Ice Hockey UK began running the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

National teams

  • Great Britain men's national ice hockey team
  • Great Britain men's national U20 ice hockey team
  • Great Britain men's national U18 ice hockey team
  • Great Britain women's national ice hockey team
  • Great Britain women's national U18 ice hockey team

Notable people

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

Presidents

  • Peter Patton (1913–1934)
  • Philip Vassar Hunter (1934–1958)
  • Victor Hubert Tait (1958–1971)
  • Bunny Ahearne (1971–1982)
  • Frederick Meredith (1982–1998)
  • John Fisher (1998–1999)
  • Bob Wilkinson (1999–2017)
  • Richard Grieveson (2017-2021)
  • Clifton Wrottesley (2021-

Secretaries

  • Bunny Ahearne (1934–1972)
  • Ernie Leacock (assistant secretary c. 1950s)
  • Pat Marsh (1972–1987)
  • Andy French (2009-)

References

References

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  5. jonathancowley27. (2016-02-21). "Rene Fasel: 'Politics' holding Great Britain back". Ice Nation UK.
  6. (3 June 2013). "Ice hockey UK chairman tells Mick Holland: All is not gloom and doom".
  7. (2016-09-09). "One governing body for UK ice hockey is Richard Grieveson's sole objective". [[Yorkshire Post]].
  8. (2014-06-12). "Ice Hockey UK board planning to form an Under-20 League". [[Coventry Telegraph]].
  9. Mackay, Duncan. (2016-07-02). "Ice Hockey UK launch under-12 and under-14 development squads as part of new ambitions".
  10. (2012). "Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice". Bloomsbury Academic.
  11. (February 20, 1939). "Amateur Draft Fee Proposed". Winnipeg Tribune.
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