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Hull Seahawks
City: Kingston upon Hull, England
League: NIHL
Division: National League
Founded: 2022
Home Arena: Hull Arena
Owner(s): IMJ Group
Head Coach: Matty Davies Flag of England
Captain: Sam Towner Flag of England
Affiliates: Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1

Hull Jets, NIHL 2

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

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.

Formation[]

The 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[]

(*) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)

Netminders
No. Nat. Player Catches Date of birth Place of birth Acquired Contract
31 Flag of England Dominic Smith L 2004 (age 18) Hull, England Hull Jets, NIHL 2 22/23
34 Flag of England Curtis Warburton R (2001-10-22)22 October 2001 England Sheffield Steelers, EIHL Two-Way
72 Flag of Scotland Jordan McLaughlin L (1999-10-27)27 October 1999 Falkirk, Scotland Glasgow Clan, EIHL Two-Way
Defencemen
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired Contract
14 Flag of England Oliver 'Boo' Peers 2003 (age 19) England Hull Jets, NIHL 2 Two-Way
15 Flag of England Jamie Chilcott R (1993-06-06)6 June 1993 Hull, England Leeds Knights, NIHL 22/23
28 Flag of England Chris Wilcox R (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 Solihull, England Widnes Wild, NIHL 1 22/23
47 Flag of Scotland Ross Connolly L (1998-07-08)8 July 1998 Paisley, Scotland Telford Tigers, NIHL 22/23
56 Flag of England Tom Stubley R (1998-11-30)30 November 1998 York, England Widnes Wild, NIHL 1 22/23
80 Flag of England Bobby Streetly R (1994-04-08)8 April 1994 Leeds, England Leeds Knights, NIHL 22/23
94 Flag of England Declan Balmer 'A' L (1995-06-09)9 June 1995 Hull, England Swindon Wildcats, NIHL 22/23
Forwards
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired Contract
7 Flag of Northern Ireland Cameron Hamill L (2004-09-28)28 September 2004 Belfast, Northern Ireland Belfast SNL Giants, SNL 22/23
16 Flag of England Sam Towner 'C' R (1995-02-16)16 February 1995 Hull, England Sheffield Steeldogs, NIHL 22/23
19 Flag of England Cam Brownley R (1997-02-03)3 February 1997 Sheffield, England Sheffield Scimitars, NIHL 1 22/23
21 Flag of England Alex Kent R 2004 (age 18) Hull, England Hull Jets, NIHL 2 Two-Way
22 Flag of England Jordan Fisher R (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 Hull, England Leeds Knights, NIHL 22/23
26 Flag of England Matty Davies L (1990-02-15)15 February 1990 Hull, England Leeds Knights, NIHL 22/23
70 Flag of England Lee Pollitt R (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 Salford, England Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1 22/23
71 Flag of Czech Republic Emil Svec* L (1994-07-12)12 July 1994 Milevsko, Czechia Swindon Wildcats, NIHL 22/23
88 Flag of Slovakia Andrej Themár* L (1988-06-28)28 June 1988 Martin, Slovakia Unia Oświęcim, Poland 22/23
90 Flag of England Declan Jones R 2004 (age 18) Hull, England Hull Jets, NIHL 2 22/23
91 Flag of England Nathan Salem L (1991-09-17)17 September 1991 Whitley Bay, England Peterborough Phantoms, NIHL 22/23
Team Staff
No. Nat. Name Acquired Role Place of birth Joined From
26 Flag of England Matty Davies 2022/23 Player-Coach/General Manager Hull, England Leeds Knights, NIHL
28 Flag of England Chris Wilcox 2022/23 Assistant coach Solihull, England Widnes Wild, NIHL 1

2022–23 Outgoing[]

Outgoing
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Leaving For

Season-by-season record[]

Hull Pirates season-by-season record
Season League GP W L T OTL PTS League Position Post-Season Head coach
2015–16 English Premier Ice Hockey League 54 11 38 0 5 27 9th out of 10 -.- Dominic OsmanFlag of the United States
2016-17 English Premier Ice Hockey League 48 20 26 0 2 42 7th out of 10 Finished last place in Quarter-Final Playoffs - Group B (0-3 record) Dominic OsmanFlag of the United States & Jason HewittFlag of England
2017–18 NIHL Division 1 (North) 36 29 5 0 2 60 2nd out of 10 Division 1 North Conference Semi-Finals Jason HewittFlag of England
2018–19 NIHL Division 1 (North) 36 32 2 0 2 66 1st out of 10 Division 1 National Playoff Champions Jason HewittFlag of England
2019–20 NIHL National Division 49 27 19 0 3 57 5th out of 10 Post-season cancelled due to COVID pandemic Jason HewittFlag of England

Hull Seahawks season-by-season record
Season League GP W L T OTL PTS League Position Post-Season Head coach
2022–23 NIHL National Division 56 14 40 0 2 30 11th out of 11 -.- Matthew DaviesFlag of England

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; PTS = Points;

Coaching records[]

Name Duration Regular season
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 – North 1 Division)
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– 56 14 40 2
  • 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[]

  1. ↑ "Hull Pirates: New ice hockey team to play in EPL after Stingrays' demise". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. 
  2. ↑ "Dominic Osman new player-coach and part-owner of Hull Pirates". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. 
  3. ↑ Salem signs – Nathan Salem first signing for 2016/17 season.
  4. ↑ Bonner returns for 2016/17 season.
  5. ↑ Chilcott becomes signing number two for 2016/17.
  6. ↑ Jonathan Kirk signs up for 16/17 season.
  7. ↑ Ash Smith returns for the 2016/17 season.
  8. ↑ "Hull Pirates announce future plans", Hull Pirates. 
  9. ↑ "Hull Pirates 'truly saddened' with league drop out as council promise falls short", 16 July 2021. Retrieved on 16 July 2021. 
  10. ↑ NIHL Management Group (3 May 2022). Hull Seahawks Announcement.
  11. ↑ Hull Seahawks. HULL ICE HOCKEY HISTORY.
  12. ↑ Harrison, Phil (31 May 2022). Hull Seahawks: Matty Davies not ready to hang up skates just yet.
  13. ↑ Matthew Davies – Team Staff Profile.
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