Hull Stingrays forward Lee Mitchell is hoping he has done enough to earn a call-up to the Great Britain squad for next month's World Championship in Slovenia.
The 22-year-old has been on the fringes of the GB party in recent seasons, with a knee injury preventing him from participating in the Euro Hockey Challenge in France in February 2008, and denying him a possible place in the squad for the tournament in Austria two months later.
Mitchell, who has participated in the last two Elite League All-Star games, was then named as a reserve for last year's event in Poland where Britain claimed a bronze medal.
GB coach Paul Thompson is due to name his initial 30-man squad for this year's championships in the next couple of days.
Asked about his chances of making the plane to Slovenia, Mitchell said: "I don't know, I just need to keep plugging away and that's all you can do.
"You just have to hope that is enough and you get the call and if it isn't I will work even harder. I missed the first couple of months of the season but I have done all I can do, we will have to see if that is enough."
Mitchell, who sat out the first two months with a knee injury, has been one of Stingrays' most consistent performers and has registered 12 goals and 15 assists in 39 games.
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