Great Britain U18 Head Coach Martin Grubb has named his squad for April’s World Championship tournament in Brasov.

The GB youngsters will face hosts Romania, along with Croatia, Lithuania, Netherlands and Poland. The Division 2A tournament runs from 4th to 10th April 2016.

Grubb said: “I’m very happy with the team we have picked and I feel we have a good mix of youth and experience.

“We have retained a strong defensive core from last season and that should help us as we head into the tournament.

“There were some very tough decisions and some good players left out the final team, but that means we have a good squad at our disposal.

“We know we still have lots of prep to do, but can now look forward to our February camp. We will step up the preparation and everyone in the group is excited.”

GB U18 SQUAD

Netminders

Ethan James – Coldwater Falcons, Canada
Jordan Lawday – Basingstoke

Defence

Bradley Jenion – OHA, Canada
Edward Knaggs – Milton Keynes
Ben Nethersell – Okanagan UK
Cameron Pound – CIHA, Canada
Kyle Smith – Okanagan UK
Jordan Stokes – Coventry
Ollie Stone – Okanagan UK
Tom Stubley – Hull

Forwards

Bradley Betteridge – Telford
Owen Bradshaw – Cardiff
Sam Duggan – Orebro, Sweden
Ben Edmonds – Dundee
Adam Finlinson Okanagan UK
Harry Gulliver – Okanagan UK
Matthew Headland – Northwood, Canada
Mac Howlett – Okanagan UK
Jordan Kelsall – Okanagan UK
Liam Kirk – Sheffield
Richard Krogh – HC Lugano, Switzerland
Cole Shudra – Sheffield

Reserves

NM: Kyle Johnston – Solway
NM: Conor Morris – Hawkesbury Hawkes, Canada
D: Stuart Kerr – Solway
D: Tom Relf – Bracknell
F: Craig Garrigan – OHA, Canada
F: Joe Humphries – Nottingham
F: Aaron Robertson – Fife
F: Chad Smith – Fife

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