GB squad named for Olympic Qualifiers

Photo: Dean Woolley

Great Britain Head Coach Pete Russell has named his squad for the Olympic Qualifiers, which take place next month in Cardiff.

GB will face Romania, China and Serbia at the Vindico Arena from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 February. The group winners will progress to August's final qualifying round.

The squad was named as follows:

• Netminders:
  • Ben Bowns (Cardiff Devils)
  • Jackson Whistle (Belfast Giants)
• Defence:
  • David Clements (Coventry Blaze)
  • Nathanael Halbert (HC Innsbruck)
  • Sam Jones (Sheffield Steelers)
  • Evan Mosey (Cardiff Devils)
  • Ben O’Connor (Guildford Flames)
  • David Phillips (Belfast Giants)
  • Mark Richardson (Cardiff Devils)
  • Sam Ruopp (Lausitzer Fuchse)
• Forwards:
  • Ollie Betteridge (Nottingham Panthers)
  • Cam Critchlow (Manchester Storm)
  • Johnny Curran (Coventry Blaze)
  • Robert Dowd (Sheffield Steelers)
  • Liam Kirk (HC Litvínov)
  • Robert Lachowicz (Glasgow Clan)
  • Ben Lake (Belfast Giants)
  • Cade Neilson (University of Alaska-Fairbanks)
  • Sean Norris (Belfast Giants)
  • Brett Perlini (Mec Halle 04)
  • Josh Waller (Cardiff Devils)
  • Brandon Whistle (Sheffield Steelers).