
Great Britain were beaten 4-1 by hosts Poland in their final game at at the men’s IIHF European Cup of Nations in Sosnowiec.
Lucas Brine started between the pipes with Ben Clarke-Leach as back-up.
A perfect feed by Jonasz Hofman to the backdoor set-up Jakub Hofman to puts the hosts ahead just past the five-minute mark (05:19).
Dominik Jarosz finished off a well-worked move from close-range (17:29) as Poland took a two-goal lead to the first intermission.
Brine made a huge point-blank save to deny Maksymilian Dawid midway through the second period.
Logan Neilson’s shot was redirected past Tobiasz Jaworski by Carter Hamill as GB scored on the powerplay (35:57).
But Poland regained their two-goal advantage, also on the powerplay, through Christian Mroczkowski’s shot from the left-circle (37:45).
GB pushed for a way back into the game in the third session and lifted Brine for the extra skater with just over three minutes remaining, but Poland wrapped the game up through’s Mateusz Bepierszcz’s empty-net goal (59:11).
Great Britain results
Thursday 5th November: Great Britain 0-3 Italy
Friday 6th November: Ukraine 5-1 Great Britain
Saturday 7th November: Poland 4-1 Great Britain