Kirk named to Britain’s U20 national team

Peterborough Petes import forward Liam Kirk has been named to Great Britain’s Under-20 National Team, Ice Hockey UK announced Monday.

The team will compete in the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship Division II Group A (D2A) tournament to be held in Estonia from Jan. 13 to 19. Other teams taking part include host team Estonia, Korea, Lithuania, Romania and Spain.

Kirk, who has two goals and five assists in 20 games with the Petes this season, suited up for Great Britain in both the 2017 and 2018 D2A tournament.

In 2018, in addition to winning a bronze medal, Kirk was named the tournament’s best forward after scoring the most goals (7), assists (7) and points (14) to go along with a tournament-best 71.43 per cent faceoff percentage.