 Great Britain later won silver at both the 1937 Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships, and won the European championship both times.Ahearne was part of the IIHF delegation who travelled to North American in 1947, to convince the CAHA, and the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States (AHAUS) to resume being active members.He later welcomed the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation to IIHF membership in 1952.