English National Ice Hockey Team

The english national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team of england the club last participated in an international game in 1994 a 6 5 win against scotland.

English national ice hockey team. English ice hockey association english ice hockey. A total of 27 teams played in the league at one time or another. In 2017 the league was disbanded with its teams either joining the top tier elite ice hockey lea. Nihl english ice hockey association english ice.

This is a list of men s national ice hockey teams in the world. It is currently the second tier of british ice hockey below the elite ice hockey league. The english premier ice hockey league was an ice hockey league of 10 teams all of which were based in england. While england still participates in junior hockey tournaments in most iihf tournaments english players are part of the great britain national ice hockey team.

The national ice hockey league is a set of semi professional ice hockey leagues administered by the english ice hockey association. At the games brooks american team upset the heavily favored soviet team in a match that came to be known as the miracle on ice brooks would go on to coach multiple national hockey league nhl teams as well as the french team at the 1998 winter olympics. The british national ice hockey team also known as team gb is the national men s ice hockey team of the united kingdom. Swindon wildcats were the only team to have consistently featured in the epihl from its inaugural season in 1997 98.

Great britain is currently ranked 19th in the world by the iihf as of the 2020 iihf world ranking their highest iihf ranking ever. Headquartered in blackpool the epihl was one of two professional ice hockey leagues in the united kingdom. The english ice hockey association announced a new structure of the men s senior league for the 2019 20 season at a meeting of ni. The team is controlled by the swedish ice hockey association and it is considered a member of the big six the unofficial group of the six strongest men s ice hockey nations along with canada the czech republic finland russia and the united.

Formerly called the english national ice hockey league it was renamed in 2012 to recognise the inclusion of several teams from scotland and wales. A founding member of the international ice hockey federation iihf in 1908 the team is controlled by ice hockey uk.