GB Squad named for 2024 World Championships

Photo: Dean Woolly

Great Britain men's national team coach Pete Russell has named his 26-man squad ahead of training camp in preparation for the 2024 IIHF World Championships, which will be held in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, in May.

21 of the squad named on Friday morning play their club hockey in the Elite League, with the other five based overseas. Team GB won promotion back to the top flight of men's ice hockey in 2023 by winning Division 1A held in Nottingham, their only season outside of the top group since promotion in 2018.

The squad features all 22 players who won the Olympic Qualifying Round in Cardiff in February. Dundee Stars goalie Lucas Brine receives his first full international call-up to the senior team, while Josh Batch is also recalled, while Josh Tetlow and Ollie Betteridge return after injury.