Great Britain: U20 WJC (D1B) 2015 Megeve, France

[Siamese Dream]

Nearly that time of the year again, the final roster has been announced.

Netminders
Ben Churchfield (Portland Jr Pirates)
Jordan Hedley (Swindon Wildcats)

Defencemen
Callum Buglass (Swindon Wildcats)
Josh Grieveson (Middlesex Black Bears)
Jay King (Edinburgh Capitals)
Edward Knaggs (Milton Keynes)
Cameron McGiffin (Peterborough Phantoms)
Harvey Stead (Swindon Wildcats)
Oliver Stone (Okanagan)

Forwards
Ivan Antonov (Bracknell Bees)
Ollie Betteridge (Nottingham Panthers)
Glenn Billing (Milton Keynes)
Lee Bonner (Hull Pirates)
Sam Duggan (Örebro)
Alex Forbes (Ogden Mustangs)
Connor Glossop (Nottingham Lions)
Macaulay Heywood (Telford Tigers)
Lewis Hook (Milton Keynes)
Luc Johnson (Milton Keynes)
Toms Rutkis (Swindon Wildcats)
Duncan Speirs (Solway Sharks)
Michael Stratford (Swindon Wildcats)

GB will play hosts France, Japan, Poland, Ukraine, and Slovenia from 13-19 Decemeber

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[Danmark]

Which players playing abroad is missing?

Samuel Duggan of course.

But other than him?
Marc LaFrance?
Cameron Pound?
Josh Grieveson?
Alex Forbes?

 

[Siamese Dream]

Which players playing abroad is missing?

Samuel Duggan of course.

But other than him?
Marc LaFrance?
Cameron Pound?
Josh Grieveson?
Alex Forbes?

Jordan Crowe and Simon Hobbis

Lafrance isn't good enough and I don't think they'll take Pound since he's 16 but they could give him the Duggan treatment which was previously unprecedented.

I also think a fair few of the forwards playing this game won't be on the final roster, they're just giving them a look (Glossop immediately stands out to me as someone who shouldn't be there). This isn't a best roster minus the abroad players.

 

[Siamese Dream]

GB won 7-0 against Nottingham Lions

Goal scorers:
Hook x2
McGiffin x2
Bonner
Billing
Glossop

 

[Siamese Dream]

Final roster announced, OP updated

http://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/gb-u20s-name-world-championship-squad-p200237

 

[Danmark]

Final roster announced, OP updated

http://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/gb-u20s-name-world-championship-squad-p200237

Any surprises?

 

[Siamese Dream]

Any surprises?

Can't quite figure out why Oliver Stone has been selected over guys like Relf who plays minutes at a much higher level and other guys playing in North America. Glossop again has never played at a higher level than NIHL 2. Normally to get picked for even the U18s you need to at least be playing regular minutes in NIHL 1.

Heywood is probably a Tom Watkins Telford bias selection, but the last 3 forward places could have gone to anyone really so it's not that shocking to see him there.

Also don't understand why no Denis Bell, and find it comical that Ben Churchfield is on the radar when he plays for what is basically the B team of the team Bradley Stone plays for.

 

[Siamese Dream]

Warmup game against MK Lightning tonight

Here's a nice write-up about the team with an in-depth look at each individual player, for those of you not familiar with any of them

http://482days.com/the-gb20s-team/

 

[Siamese Dream]

GB open the tournament with a 3-2 OT win against Slovenia

Japan also pulled out of the tournament, making relegation impossible

 

[Shrimper]

GB beat France 4-3.