TEAM GB’s hopes of Winter Olympics were ended by a defensively strong Hungary side who progress to the final qualifying stage.

Both sides remained goalless in the first period despite having two power plays each. After twenty minutes it would appear unclear as to who was going to take the game by the scruff of the neck.

First Period: Team GB 0-0 Hungary

Hungary opened the scoring early into the second with a well taken power play. Bence Stipcisz found the back of the net after Gergo Nagy and Janos Hari set him up.

Hungary doubled their lead midway through the second period. Csanad Erdely finished off a broken play which caught out the Team GB defence. Richard Toth and Istvan Sofron were awarded the assists.

Second Period: Team GB 0-2 Hungary

Matthew Myers pulled GB back into the game with an early powerplay goal. The puck bobbled around the net before Myers shoved the puck through Miklos Rajna’s legs.

Janos Hari scored a good wraparound goal against GB which shook the GB crowd and regained Hungary’s two goal lead.

Hungary added a fourth through Istvan Sofron on the counterattack. His goal came after a late hit on Dallas Ehrhardt which only received 2 minutes for charging.

Third Period: Team GB 1-4 Hungary

Three Stars

Star One: Miklos Rajna

Star Two: Bence Stipsicz

Star Three: Matthew Myers