It’s gameday two for Great Britain and a match-up against hosts Romania at the World Championship Division I Group A in Sfântu Gheorghe.
GB beat Ukraine after a dramatic penalty shootout on Sunday to record a 4-3 victory in their opening game of the tournament.
Josh Waller, Brett Perlini and Ben O’Connor scored in regulation-time, while O’Connor and Ben Lake converted their penalty-shots.
Netminder Ben Bowns saved all four penalty attempts by Ukraine.
Romania were beaten 4-1 by Poland with Roberto Gliga on target for the hosts.
Team News
Ben Bowns will win his 83rd cap and set a new record in the process.
Bowns will become the most-capped GB netminder of all-time and go one ahead of Stevie Lyle.
Previous Meetings
The two sides have met 22 times in history with GB winning 17, Romania with four victories and there has been one tie.
The most recent World Championship encounter came at the 2023 tournament in Nottingham as Brett Perlini, Liam Kirk, Jonathan Phillips, Johnny Curran, Sam Ruopp, Evan Mosey and Josh Waller all scored in a 7-0 victory.
The first encounter between the two sides came back in 1931 as GB skated in an 11-0 victory in the World Championship in Krynica in Poland.
Recent World Championship meetings
2023 WC Div 1A in Nottingham 7-0 Perlini, Kirk, J. Phillips, Curran, Ruopp, Mosey, Waller
2016 WC Div 1B in Zagreb 6-1 J. Phillips, Boxill, Farmer, Shields, Myers, Weaver
2014 WC Div 1B in Vilnius 4-1 B. Davies, J. Phillips, Shields, Garside
2009 WC Div 1B in Torun 8-0 Clarke 2, Chambers, Weaver, Shields, Myers, D. Phillips, O’Connor
2007 WC Div 1B in Ljubljana 6-1 Remple 3, Tait, Longstaff, Weaver
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GB World Championship Schedule and Results
Sunday 27th April: Ukraine 3-4 Great Britain
Monday 28th April: Great Britain v Romania 19:30 (17:30 BST)
Wednesday 30th April: Great Britain v Japan 12:30 (10:30 BST)
Thursday 1st May: Italy v Great Britain 12:30 (10:30 BST)
Saturday 3rd May: Great Britain v Poland 19:30 (17:30 BST)
