The Edinburgh-born 44-year-old is currently the player-coach of English Premier League team Manchester Phoenix and will work in a dual role for club and national team.

England Ice Hockey http://EIHA.co.uk

Manchester Phoenix http://manchesterphoenix.co.uk

IIHF article by Martin Merk http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20/news/news-singleview-wm20/recap/6307.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=5150&cHash=82ca0ff5f8

Puck Daddy Article by Sean Leahy http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Should-Great-Britain-s-Gretzky-make-Hockey-Hal?urn=nhl-125395