Britain's Ice Hockey dreams crushed by defeat in Poland

on November 17, 2008 by Administrator

This week brought disappointing news for British fans of ice hockey. Great Britain's dreams of reaching the Winter Olympics were crushed after defeat at the hands of both Poland and Japan in their pre-qualifying group for the event scheduled for 2010.

The team managed to show its potential by thrashing Romania 11-1 in the final game but disappointment and frustration are the feelings which will be taken away from Poland when the British team heads home.

This was acknowledged by the Great Britain coach, Paul Thompson. Thompson believes that it was 'good to finish' the tournament with a convincing win regardless of the quality of the opposition and was happy with the attitude of his team, with the players showing their skills despite feeling angry about the prospect of staying at home in 2010. Ultimately though, there is a frustrating feeling throughout the Great Britain ice hockey camp of