Great Britain beat China 4-1 to secure their second victory in three matches to stay on course for a medal at the men’s U20 World Championship Division II Group A in Dumfries.

Ben Brown scored twice and Finley Bradon and Carter Hamill were also on target, while Ben Norton – on his third successive start – turned away 29 of the 30 shots he faced.

No goals in end-to-end first period
Norton made a great stop to deny Jia Yuze on a breakaway, while GB’s best chance of the opening stages fell to Mack Stewart who saw his shot from close-range saved by Chen Shifeng.

Chen made an outstanding save to stop Jack Hopkins’ effort from the slot, but the two teams went to the first intermission scoreless.

Second-period goals from Brown and Bradon put GB ahead
Norton made a superb point-blank pad save to stop Chen Kailin on the doorstep as China made a good start to the second period.

Great hustle in the offensive zone saw Lucas Price set-up Brown on the doorstep to put GB ahead (24:31).

Bradon made it 2-0 on the powerplay when he pounced first to a rebound and buried the puck top-shelf (37:40).

Brown and Hamill wrap-up GB victory
China closed the gap with a well-worked five-on-three powerplay goal as Liu Zihao scored from the bottom of the left circle (44:05).

Archie Hazeldine was the architect of GB’s third goal with great work in the offensive zone to find Brown to slot home his second of the night (48:48).

GB successfully killed off two penalties in the final 10 minutes, before Hamill bundled the puck over the line after a goalmouth scramble to put the seal on the victory (58:43).

Britain move onto seven points and into second place in the group after three matches.