Great Britain beat Spain 3-0 in the Olympic Qualifiers at iceSheffield to set-up a winner-takes-all encounter with Netherlands tomorrow.
The winners will progress to Final Qualifying in February next year to reach the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Netminder Ella Howard secured a 31-shutout as GB made it two wins from two following Thursday’s 3-2 victory over Latvia.
Howard made a superb point-blank save to deny Maria Serna at one end and it proved a massive moment as GB broke down the ice as Katherine Gale fed Katie Henry in the slot who went top-shelf (9:48).
Spain went close on a late second-period powerplay but Howard denied Vega Munoz with a great glove save
GB continued to knock on the door with Katie Marsden and Laura Horwood going close.
Henry scored on the powerplay for her second of the night as she cut inside from the left and fired past Carolina Moreno (53:42).
Jodie Alderson-Smith wrapped the game up with an empty-net goal with 65 seconds remaining (58:55).
Tickets
Tickets are available on the door at iceSheffield for tomorrow’s final-day showdown.
Admission is via a Day Ticket which covers both matches and costs just £15 (plus fees) for adults.
Concession tickets (over-65s and under-16s) are on sale for only £8 (plus fees).
Webcast
If you can’t make it to iceSheffield don’t worry, you can follow the final day via the webast.
Each game costs just £4 each to watch on a live stream and commentary comes from Adam Mackman and former GB forward Louise Adams.
Click here to buy the webcast.
Schedule and Results
Thursday 12th December
Netherlands 2-0 Spain
Great Britain 3-2 Latvia
Saturday 14th December
Latvia 1-2 Netherlands
Great Britain 3-0 Spain
Sunday 15th December
Spain v Latvia (12:30)
Netherlands v Great Britain (16:00)
