Great Britain Students Ice Hockey

Going to to university or college, playing competitive ice hockey, and wondering if Great Britain Students is for you? 🤔 Expressions of interest are open for both mens and womens teams with a link to the form in our bio🏒🇬🇧

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Current programme players do not have to re-apply.

Great Britain Students, alongside the BUIHA, are excited to announce that the GBS mens ice hockey team have qualified for the FISU Winter Universiade in Changchun, China in January 2027 as part of the BUCS delegation 🇬🇧

Our womens team has unfortunately missed out on qualification, currently provisionally placed on reserve.

🚨More news soon, stay tuned!

🌎 HISTORIC MERGER: UK ICE HOCKEY IS TOGETHER AS ONE

Ice Hockey UK announces the completion of an historic merger that unifies England Ice Hockey, Scottish Ice Hockey and IHUK into a single, governing body for the sport.

ℹ️ More details ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/3zdcbuuc

Introducing your Great Britain Students mens captains🇬🇧
- Emil Oksanen (C)
- Fritz Heinzle (A)
- Jacob Lutwyche (A)

This group will be leading the GBS team in tomorrow’s showcase game against the International All Stars at Ice Sheffield, facing off at 16:55. Congratulations gents, let’s get it 💪🏼

Introducing the Great Britain Students Captains for the International All Stars showcase series 💪🏼🇬🇧

Puck drops at 4:40pm today at Ice Sheffield, there’s still time to get tickets or tune in to the BUIHA Youtube live to support!

2 days to go till the showcase against International All Stars! 🌍🏒

Our womens team are coming together for the last camp of the season before they face the women’s IAS team at Ice Sheffield this Saturday, 4th April at 16:40. Doors open 15:45 so get down to support 💪🏼

🎟️ Tickets from just £2.50, get yours now! (Link in bio)

📣 Announcement 📣
We’re delighted to share the appointment of Michael Szollosy as Head Coach of the Great Britain Students Women’s Team

Michael has been a long-standing member of university ice hockey and GBS, most recently leading the Men’s Team as Head Coach and working with players at Sheffield Bears. His experience and passion for developing the women’s game with Sheffield Shadows brings valuable perspective, energy, and ambition for a future full of potential.

We’re excited to welcome Michael back to GBS as he takes on this new role in the women’s programme🇬🇧

👉 Swipe to see what he and programme director Essi have to say about the announcement!

📣 Announcement 📣
We’re delighted to share the appointment of Lewis Jones as Head Coach of the Great Britain Students Men’s Team.

Lewis is a familiar face to many, having previously supported the men’s team as Assistant Coach and currently serving as an Assistant Coach with the Sheffield Steeldogs. His passion for the game and dedication to supporting players make him a valuable asset to the programme, and we’re excited to welcome him back to GBS in his new role.

👉 Swipe to see what Lewis and Programme Director Essi have to say about the announcement!

GB Students and the BUIHA wish to share that Ryan Rathbone will be departing his post within the programme.

On behalf of the GBS Students staff and players past and present, we wish to take this time to thank Ryan for all of his dedication and contributions over the several years of service both as Programme Lead and Women’s Head Coach.

Ryan led the GB Students delegation to three FISU Winter World University Games in; Almaty Kazakhstan in 2017, Lake Placid USA 2023 and Torino Italy in 2025.

We appreciate the time and efforts Ryan contributed during their tenure and wish them the best in their future endeavours within the sport and the wider hockey community.

As GBS move forward, our focus remains on supporting our team and continuing to deliver the best programme possible developing both a pathway within the sport for development of student athletes as well as delivering a high performance programme.

GB Students will have further staffing announcements later this week.

Happy Friday - It’s officially two weeks till we kick off the international season with our mens and women’s open camps at Ice Sheffield! 🏒

Missed us and still want to join? Fill in the interest form in our bio and our team will be in touch.