7 Giants in the British Hockey team

Players | Tuesday 23 March 2010 by

The British Hockey team coached by Paul Thompson will head to the Division One World Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia next month with seven Giants players in the squad. The tournament takes place between 17 and 23 April and Britain will be in a group with Croatia, Korea, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. The tournament will be preceded by two warm-up games against the Netherlands on 10th and 11th April in Nottingham and Sheffield respectively.

The following are the Giants players who have made the cut: Stephen Murphy, Nathan Craze, Shane Johnson, Kevin Phillips, Graeme Walton, Craig Peacock and Colin Shields.

It’s a strong squad overall and one that must feel somewhat confident about picking up some wins and who knows, maybe even promotion.

Squad in full

Goalies: Nathan Craze (Belfast Giants) Jody Lehman (AaB Aalborg, Denmark) Stevie Lyle (Cardiff Devils) Stephen Murphy (Belfast Giants).

Defencemen: Kyle Horne (Edinburgh Capitals) Shane Johnson (Belfast Giants) Steve Lee (Nottingham Panthers) Danny Meyers (Nottingham Panthers) Ben O’Connor (Edinburgh Capitals) David Phillips (Rockford Ice Hogs, USA) Kevin Phillips (Belfast Giants) Mark Richardson (Cardiff Devils) Mark Thomas (Sheffield Steelers) Graeme Walton (Belfast Giants) Jonathan Weaver (Coventry Blaze).

Forwards: Greg Chambers (Coventry Blaze) David Clarke (Nottingham Panthers) Russell Cowley (Coventry Blaze) Robert Dowd (Sheffield Steelers) Mark Garside (Edinburgh Capitals) Jason Hewitt (Sheffield Steelers) Phil Hill (Cardiff Devils) Marc Levers (Nottingham Panthers) Lee Mitchell (Hull Stingrays) Matt Myers (Johnstown Chiefs, USA) Greg Owen (Coventry Blaze) Craig Peacock (Belfast Giants) Jonathan Phillip (Sheffield Steelers) Colin Shields (Belfast Giants) Ashley Tait (Ritten Renon, Italy) Matt Towe (Cardiff Devils).

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