Three Sheffield Steelers in Great Britain Olympics qualifying squad

Great Britain head coach Pete Russell has named three Sheffield Steelers players in his squad for the upcoming Olympic pre-qualification tournament in Italy.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Jan 2016, 11:13 BST
Updated 14th Jan 2016, 11:19 BST
Ben O'Connor has retained his place in the Great Britain squadBen O'Connor has retained his place in the Great Britain squad
Ben O'Connor has retained his place in the Great Britain squad

'D' man Ben O'Connor and forwards Rob Dowd and Jonathan Phillips have all been retained from the squad which secured a silver medal at last year's World Championship (Division 1B) in Holland.

The team will take on hosts Italy, Netherlands and Serbia in the four-team tournament in Cortina between February 11-14, with the winners advancing to the final stage of qualifying ahead of the Winter Olympics in Korea in 2018.

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"It's a very exciting experience and a very tough challenge that awaits us in Cortina and we all can't wait to get started."

Squad - Netminders: B Bowns (Cardiff), S Murphy (Belfast); Defencemen: J Batch (Cardiff), S Lee (Nottingham), B O'Connor (Sheffield), D Phillips (Manchester), M Richardson (Cardiff), P Swindlehurst (Nottingham), J Weaver (Telford); Forwards: J Boxill (Belfast), D Clarke (Nottingham), R Cowley (Coventry), B Davies (Braehead), M Davies (Manchester), R Dowd (Sheffield), R Farmer (Nottingham), M Haywood (Braehead), R Lachowicz (Nottingham), M Myers (Nottingham), C Peacock (Belfast), J Phillips (Sheffield), C Shields (Belfast).

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