Great Britain were beaten 5-1 by Ukraine in their second game at the men’s IIHF European Cup of Nations in Poland.

Ben Clarke-Leach started between the pipes and made 31 saves, while Lucas Brine was back-up.

Ukraine went ahead in the first period through Artem Hrebenyk’s shot from the high-slot moments after their powerplay came to an end (14:41).

It was 2-0 when Hlib Krivoshapkin fed Igor Merezhko at left-point who fired a beauty of a one-timer into the top corner (19:37).

GB closed the deficit when Logan Neilson put away a rebound from close-range (27:43), but Ukraine went 3-1 ahead through Daniil Trakht’s one-timer from the left-circle on the powerplay (38:06).

Ukraine stretched their lead early in the third period when Andriy Denyskin scored from the slot (43:40) and Oleksii Vorona netted a neat goal on the powerplay as he stepped out from behind the net and went top-shelf across Clarke-Leach (51:52).

GB play their final game of the tournament tomorrow (Saturday) against hosts Poland at 14:45 (13:45 GMT).

Great Britain schedule and results
Thursday 5th November: Great Britain 0-3 Italy
Friday 6th November: Ukraine 5-1 Great Britain
Saturday 7th November: Poland v Great Britain 14:45 (13:45 GMT)