Great Britain Under-16s have named their squad for an international ice hockey tournament in Latvia this year.

The 22-player roster will compete in the Riga Hockey Cup, which is scheduled for 22nd to 24th April.

Teams from across Europe will take part in the competition, which has ten age groups.
Those are U9, U10, U11, U12 AAA/AA, U13, U14 AAA/AA, U15, U16, U17 and U18.

Europe’s largest youth hockey tournament will be held in Riga, with nine arenas in use across the three days.

This will be the 15th edition of the True Riga Hockey Cup, and Great Britain will face some of the following opponents in the U16 category.

Baltu Vilki – Latvia
Frisk Asker – Norway
Gelezinis Vilkas – Lithuania
HMS Slovakia Select – Slovakia
HS Riga 2006 – Latvia
Jelgavas LSS – Latvia
Ogre – Latvia
Prizma – Latvia
Salute Germany Select – Germany
Czech North Hockey – Czech Republic
HK Broceni – Latvia
HORS – Russia
Hockey Talents – Austria
Krefelder Eislauf – Verein 1981 e. V. – Germany
Poland U16 – Poland
SHC Team 06 – Sweden

Great Britain’s roster is as follows:

Goaltenders

Dominik Jaglar – Dundee
Alfie Jefferis – Swindon

Defense

Ethan Hadden – Dundee
Brodie Kay – Kirkcaldy
Emil Oksanen – Streatham
Archie Salisbury – Peterborough
Preston Tombs – Streatham
Oliver Turner – Sheffield
Cameron Wilkie – Kirkcaldy
Euan Williams – Sheffield

Forwards

Owen Bruton – Kingston
Kyle Carruth – Solway
Ben Cutts – OHA Europe
Alfie Druett – Swindon
Andrew Heath – Streatham
Sam Keeling – Sheffield
Connor Lee – Manchester
Joe Lynch – Dundee
Gregor Mills – Solway
Bobby Ragan – Swindon
Oliver Wagg – Sheffield
Magnus Wrottesley – Streatham


As per Ice Hockey UK’s press release (https://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/2022/02/22/gb-u16s-name-roster-for-riga-tournament/) Head Coach, Jamie Elson, said:

“This 2006 year group is a very deep and exciting group, plus we were impressed by the 2007 players that we had join us through the process who really increased the competition for places.”

“There is a buzz around this group and we really feel we have a bit of everything. There was very strong competition for goaltending which gave us a strong base.”

“Most importantly, we really liked the character and attitude amongst these players. We really wanted a group who will be playing for the shirt and know that they need to come and battle, giving everything they have.”

The tournament will be streamed live and free on YouTube.