Great Britain Roster

1992

World Championships, Pool C – 1992 in Humberside.

Venues – Humberside Ice Arena.

Hosting their second World Championship tournament in three years, Great Britain again dominated the opposition in the six-team pool, earning their second promotion on the back of another 100% campaign.

Of the competing teams, only Hungary had taken anything of Great Britain the previous year in Copenhagen. Although success was not entirely unexpected, it was nonetheless vital as following the break-up of the old Soviet Union, a significant number of new countries would be applying for membership of the IIHF, and they not expected to remain in the lower reaches of World hockey for too long.

The well-prepared Great Britain side duly completed the job with newcomer Kevin Conway proving a huge boost to the squad, so much so that he edged Tony Hand into second place in the scoring chart. Conway registered 13+10 from the five games, including a goal timed at 2.16 of his debut against Australia, while Tony Hand chalked up 6+12.

Suitably impressed with the backing of the British fans and the performances that had been achieved, BIHA president Frederick Meredith commented, “I think the British team has really captured the imagination of the public this year. There is a very strong following developing in this country for the national team, a team which I think will respond to the challenge of Pool B extremely well.” He went on to add, “My view is that had we been playing with this team in Pool B this year, we would have finished in the middle of the table. The opposition in Hull was generally better than anything we faced in Copenhagen last year.”

National team coach Alex Dampier remained somewhat more reserved about the progress made, when he observed that “… the glory won’t last for long. We are a little higher up the totem pole, but we are at the bottom again. Basically, it will be back to survival. We want to stay in ‘B’ pool and we want to make sure people know we are there.”