WC: Team GB 2019 Roster

[Chevx]

I always wish the newbies the best and as I'm sort of an cultural Anglophile (Czech citizen there) and I really LOVE your jerseys, I'm hoping for some surprising moments with that squad.

Can anyone else give me short overview of who to watch, what is the current situation etc.?

 

[Urbanskog]

I suppose it is good to remain optimistic but different bookmakers offer odds which indicate an estimated probability of a German win against Great Britain to be between 92.84% and 95.25%.

 

[unknownbrother]

I suppose it is good to remain optimistic but different bookmakers offer odds which indicate an estimated probability of a German win against Great Britain to be between 92.84% and 95.25%.

I have an accumulator with football and hockey. Have Germany -3.5 so you know. Optimistic to a certain extent. Hopes and dreams live and die with the Denmark and France games.

 

[unknownbrother]

ESPN story on Liam Kirk and Team GB

Liam Kirk is the 19-year-old who could put British hockey on the map

 

[GBHockey]

I always wish the newbies the best and as I'm sort of an cultural Anglophile (Czech citizen there) and I really LOVE your jerseys, I'm hoping for some surprising moments with that squad.

Can anyone else give me short overview of who to watch, what is the current situation etc.?

From a GB fan perspective the ones to watch are:

Ben Bowns - Game stealing ability in the EIHL, superb goaltender.
Ben O'Connor - Flashy offensive defenceman
Brett Perlini - Brother of Blackhawks' Brendan Perlini, good player.
Robert Farmer - Agitator come goal scorer, drives the net well.
Mike Hammond - Skilful player, PPG in the EIHL.
Ben Lake - Skilful player like Hammond, but quicker.
Matthew Myers - Workhorse, never gives up, hard nosed player.
Evan Mosey - Very fast.

I'd say at best these guys are somewhere between ECHL and AHL quality, but closer to ECHL.

Besides O'Connor and Mosey, we do not have a very mobile defence and that will inevitably cost us. We have some decent forwards though who might be worlds apart from the likes of those for the USA and Canada but I won't be massively surprised if we cause the opposition some problems.

We definitely won't be the most skilled team at the worlds but we are a very hard working team and we won't give up.

 

[GBHockey]

If I put a £1 bet on Canada to beat GB in regulation.. I'd get a massive £0.02 in profit.

Putting £1 on there being over 10 goals would get me a £1.60 profit.

Surprisingly though, SkyBet only put GB at 28/1 to beat Canada which is pretty dreadful, I was expecting 1000/1 or more.

 

[SK94]

Dare to dream is really interesting to watch. Unfortunately it is frozen right now.

 

[Urbanskog]

All-time results of Great Britain against the other teams of Group A:

Canada (19 H2H)
16L 0D 3W

Denmark (24 H2H)
11L 4D 9W

Finland (2 H2H)
0L 0D 2W

France (28 H2H)
14L 2D 12W

Germany (14 H2H)
10L 1D 3W

Slovakia (3 H2H)
3L 0D 0W

United States (10 H2H)
5L 3D 2W

 

[slovakiasnextone]

All-time results of Great Britain against the other teams of Group A:

Canada (19 H2H)
16L 0D 3W

Denmark (24 H2H)
11L 4D 9W

Finland (2 H2H)
0L 0D 2W

France (28 H2H)
14L 2D 12W

Germany (14 H2H)
10L 1D 3W

Slovakia (2 H2H)
2L 0D 0W

United States (10 H2H)
5L 3D 2W

Make that 3 losses against Slovakia now after the preparation game last week:

Slovakia - Great Britain 7:1 Sheffield OG qualifications 1993
Slovakia - Great Britain 7:3 IHWC B championship 1995
Slovakia - Great Britain 6:1 exhibition game in Poprad 2019

 

[AB13]

From a GB fan perspective the ones to watch are:

Ben Bowns - Game stealing ability in the EIHL, superb goaltender.
Ben O'Connor - Flashy offensive defenceman
Brett Perlini - Brother of Blackhawks' Brendan Perlini, good player.
Robert Farmer - Agitator come goal scorer, drives the net well.
Mike Hammond - Skilful player, PPG in the EIHL.
Ben Lake - Skilful player like Hammond, but quicker.
Matthew Myers - Workhorse, never gives up, hard nosed player.
Evan Mosey - Very fast.

I'd say at best these guys are somewhere between ECHL and AHL quality, but closer to ECHL.

Besides O'Connor and Mosey, we do not have a very mobile defence and that will inevitably cost us. We have some decent forwards though who might be worlds apart from the likes of those for the USA and Canada but I won't be massively surprised if we cause the opposition some problems.

We definitely won't be the most skilled team at the worlds but we are a very hard working team and we won't give up.

Lets hope you beat Finland

 

[SK94]

Denmark-France game is not looking good for GB.

 

[Nexon]

Denmark-France game is not looking good for GB.

Every game is different, any of those teams can have that day when nothing comes in and GB can score on first 2 shots and then we will see...

 

[SK94]

Every game is different, any of those teams can have that day when nothing comes in and GB can score on first 2 shots and then we will see...

Yeah but it is not likely that Danes would lose both France and GB. I think biggest hope for GB was that head to gead against France decide who stay in top division. You never know of course. Hopefully they can took least point today against Germany.

edit: Danes got one back. I expect they turn it around in last period.

 

[Nexon]

Yeah but it is not likely that Danes would lose both France and GB. I think biggest hope for GB was that head to gead against France decide who stay in top division. You never know of course. Hopefully they can took least point today against Germany.

edit: Danes got one back. I expect they turn it around in last period.

I don’t know why everybody makes France such an underdog every year, they rarely were in danger of relegation. Their depth is much better than a decade ago, if they didn’t miss their elite line they could easily fight for QF against Germany and Slovakia.

 

[SK94]

I don’t know why everybody makes France such an underdog every year, they rarely were in danger of relegation. Their depth is much better than a decade ago, if they didn’t miss their elite line they could easily fight for QF against Germany and Slovakia.

You are right but like you said they missing their best guys this year. They got Texier but otherwise this team really miss guys like Bellemare, Da Costa and Roussel. I dont see how anyone would pick other than France when they think which team GB could beat this year.

 

[SK94]

Good effort today. Whistle will be thrown into wolves tomorrow.

 

[AmericanDream]

team played great, loved their goalie, dude stood tall..hope to see more of Great Britain down the road.

 

[SK94]

Anyone else think it was pretty dick move from Russell that he scrathed Shields today. I think in this case you should show more respect for guy like Shields.

 

[ChaiTiefling]

Anyone else think it was pretty dick move from Russell that he scrathed Shields today. I think in this case you should show more respect for guy like Shields.

Not at all, he looked well off the pace yesterday. It's the World Championships, not the Colin Shields Appreciation Tour.

 

[SK94]

Not at all, he looked well off the pace yesterday. It's the World Championships, not the Colin Shields Appreciation Tour.

Yeah but guy has been there forever and this was probably most special game for every player. It is not like they compete for gold. This is special tournament for those guys. But i also understand your point.

 

[3 Minute Minor]

It's been fairly entertaining to read the dinosaurs on THF criticize Liam Kirk

Sure he needs to add strength, he's 19 years old. But he's basically the only GB forward that can control the puck, protect it to maintain possession, and find teammates when he's under pressure.

 

[Pardus]

Huge congrats!

Amazing job! Just amazing!

 

[FinPanda]

Congrats.

 

[ozo]

Are there any internal reserves how to improve the roster next year?

 

[cg98]

Huge for GB hockey. Congratulations guys.