The Hull Seahawks are an ice hockey team based in Kingston upon Hull and their home ice is the Hull Arena. They compete in the NIHL National Division.
| Hull Seahawks | |
|---|---|
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| City | Kingston upon Hull, England |
| League | NIHL |
| Division | National League |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Home arena | Hull Arena |
| Colours | Black, White and Grey |
| Owner(s) | IMJ Group |
| Head coach | Matty Davies  |
| Captain | Bobby Chamberlain |
| Affiliates | Manchester Storm (EIHL) Hull Jets (NIHL 1) |
| Website | Hull Seahawks |
| Franchise history | |
| 1988–1993 | Humberside Seahawks |
| 1993–1996 | Humberside Hawks |
| 1996–1999 | Kingston Hawks |
| 1999–2003 | Hull Thunder |
| 2003–2015 | Hull Stingrays |
| 2015–2020 | Hull Pirates |
| 2022 – Present | Hull Seahawks |
Formation
editThe Hull Pirates were formed when the Hull Stingrays went into liquidation in June 2015. The Stingrays' place in the Elite Ice Hockey League was taken by Manchester Storm.
On Friday 3 July 2015, Shane Smith, a 43-year-old Rotherham-based businessman, held a press day at the Hull Arena to announce the formation of the Hull Pirates and that they had been accepted into the EPIHL.[1]
It was also announced that former Hull Stingrays' forward Dominic Osman would become a player-coach and part-owner of Hull Pirates.[2]
A fans' forum was held on 15 July 2015 with the unveiling of the club's logo. The Pirates had six weeks to put together a team in time for the upcoming league campaign.
In their first season as a club, Hull Pirates achieved a 9th-place finish in the EPIHL.
For the 2016–17 season, the Pirates announced the re-signings of forwards Nathan Salem[3] and Lee Bonner[4] as well as Jamie Chilcott[5] and Jonathan Kirk,[6] who both play in defence. Goalie Ashley Smith[7] became the club's latest signing on 20 March 2016.
Following the culmination of the 2016–17 season and the collapse of the EPIHL, the Hull Pirates were left with no choice and announced their intention to join the National Ice Hockey League.[8]
The team did not playing in the 2021–22 season as their rink was not available in time for the start of the season.[9]
Ahead of the 2022–23 season, it was announced that due diligence of a new ownership group (IMJ Group) had been completed [10] and the Hull Seahawks would be competing in the NIHL National Division in place of the Pirates.[11] IMJ consists of Ian Mowfirth, Joe Lamplough and former Pirates, Stingrays and Kingston forward Matty Davies. [12] Davies will also take up the roles of General Manager and Player-Coach.[13]
Club roster 2022–23
edit(*) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)
| Netminders | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Catches | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | ||
| 31 |
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Dominic Smith | L | 2004 (age 18) | Hull, England | Hull Jets, NIHL 2 | 22/23 | ||
| 34 |
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Curtis Warburton | R | 22 October 2001 | England | Sheffield Steelers, EIHL | Two-Way | ||
| 72 | 
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Jordan McLaughlin | L | 27 October 1999 | Falkirk, Scotland | Glasgow Clan, EIHL | Two-Way | ||
| Defencemen | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| 14 |
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Oliver 'Boo' Peers | 2003 (age 19) | England | Hull Jets, NIHL 2 | Two-Way | ||||
| 15 |
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Jamie Chilcott | R | 6 June 1993 | Hull, England | Leeds Knights, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| 28 |
|
Chris Wilcox | R | 25 December 1986 | Solihull, England | Widnes Wild, NIHL 1 | 22/23 | |||
| 47 |
|
Ross Connolly | L | 8 July 1998 | Paisley, Scotland | Telford Tigers, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| 56 |
|
Tom Stubley | R | 30 November 1998 | York, England | Widnes Wild, NIHL 1 | 22/23 | |||
| 80 |
|
Bobby Streetly | R | 8 April 1994 | Leeds, England | Leeds Knights, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| 94 |
|
Declan Balmer 'A' | L | 9 June 1995 | Hull, England | Swindon Wildcats, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| 7 | 
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Cameron Hamill | L | 28 September 2004 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Belfast SNL Giants, SNL | 22/23 | |||
| 16 |
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Sam Towner 'C' | R | 16 February 1995 | Hull, England | Sheffield Steeldogs, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| 19 |
|
Cam Brownley | R | 3 February 1997 | Sheffield, England | Sheffield Scimitars, NIHL 1 | 22/23 | |||
| 21 |
|
Alex Kent | R | 2004 (age 18) | Hull, England | Hull Jets, NIHL 2 | Two-Way | |||
| 22 |
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Jordan Fisher | R | 23 November 1993 | Hull, England | Leeds Knights, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| 26 |
|
Matty Davies | L | 15 February 1990 | Hull, England | Leeds Knights, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| 70 |
|
Lee Pollitt | R | 9 December 1995 | Salford, England | Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1 | 22/23 | |||
| 71 | 
|
Emil Svec* | L | 12 July 1994 | Milevsko, Czechia | Swindon Wildcats, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| 88 | 
|
Andrej Themár* | L | 28 June 1988 | Martin, Slovakia | Unia Oświęcim, Poland | 22/23 | |||
| 90 |
|
Declan Jones | R | 2004 (age 18) | Hull, England | Hull Jets, NIHL 2 | 22/23 | |||
| 91 |
|
Nathan Salem | L | 17 September 1991 | Whitley Bay, England | Peterborough Phantoms, NIHL | 22/23 | |||
| Team Staff | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Name | Acquired | Role | Place of birth | Joined From | |||
| 26 |
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Matty Davies | 2022/23 | Player-Coach/General Manager | Hull, England | Leeds Knights, NIHL | |||
| 28 |
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Chris Wilcox | 2022/23 | Assistant coach | Solihull, England | Widnes Wild, NIHL 1 | |||
Season-by-season record
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| Hull Seahawks season-by-season record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; PTS = Points; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching records
edit| Name | Duration | Regular season | |||||||||||||||
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| GC | W | L | OTL | ||||||||||||||
| Hull Pirates (EPIHL) | |||||||||||||||||
| Dominic Osman | 2015–2017 | 89 | 27 | 56 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Jason Hewitt | 2017 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Hull Pirates (NIHL - Division 1 North) | |||||||||||||||||
| Jason Hewitt | 2017–2019 | 72 | 61 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Hull Pirates (NIHL - National Division) | |||||||||||||||||
| Jason Hewitt | 2019–2020 | 49 | 27 | 19 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Hull Seahawks (NIHL - National Division) | |||||||||||||||||
| Matty Davies | 2022–Present | 110 | 45 | 60 | 5 | ||||||||||||
- Note: Head coaching records are for regular season results only and does not include cup competitions, playoffs or exhibition games*
JASON HEWITT COMBINED RECORD: 92-34-8
References
edit- ^ "Hull Pirates: New ice hockey team to play in EPL after Stingrays' demise". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Dominic Osman new player-coach and part-owner of Hull Pirates". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Salem signs – Nathan Salem first signing for 2016/17 season". Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Bonner returns for 2016/17 season". Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Chilcott becomes signing number two for 2016/17". Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Jonathan Kirk signs up for 16/17 season". Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Ash Smith returns for the 2016/17 season". Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Hull Pirates announce future plans". Hull Pirates. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Hull Pirates 'truly saddened' with league drop out as council promise falls short". Hull Daily Mail. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ NIHL Management Group (3 May 2022). "Hull Seahawks Announcement". Telford Tigers. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Hull Seahawks. "HULL ICE HOCKEY HISTORY". Hull Seahawks. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Harrison, Phil (31 May 2022). "Hull Seahawks: Matty Davies not ready to hang up skates just yet". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Matthew Davies – Team Staff Profile". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 August 2022.