Hull Seahawks

Hull Seahawks
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	Sam Towner
Affiliates	Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1 Hull Jets, NIHL 2
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

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		Dominic Smith	L	2004 (age 18)	Hull, England	Hull Jets, NIHL 2	22/23
34		Curtis Warburton	R	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 22)	England	Sheffield Steelers, EIHL	Two-Way
72		Jordan McLaughlin	L	(1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 24)	Falkirk, Scotland	Glasgow Clan, EIHL	Two-Way

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
14		Oliver 'Boo' Peers		2003 (age 19)	England	Hull Jets, NIHL 2	Two-Way
15		Jamie Chilcott	R	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30)	Hull, England	Leeds Knights, NIHL	22/23
28		Chris Wilcox	R	(1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 37)	Solihull, England	Widnes Wild, NIHL 1	22/23
47		Ross Connolly	L	(1998-07-08) 8 July 1998 (age 25)	Paisley, Scotland	Telford Tigers, NIHL	22/23
56		Tom Stubley	R	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25)	York, England	Widnes Wild, NIHL 1	22/23
80		Bobby Streetly	R	(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 30)	Leeds, England	Leeds Knights, NIHL	22/23
94		Declan Balmer 'A'	L	(1995-06-09) 9 June 1995 (age 28)	Hull, England	Swindon Wildcats, NIHL	22/23

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
7		Cameron Hamill	L	(2004-09-28) 28 September 2004 (age 19)	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Belfast SNL Giants, SNL	22/23
16		Sam Towner 'C'	R	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29)	Hull, England	Sheffield Steeldogs, NIHL	22/23
19		Cam Brownley	R	(1997-02-03) 3 February 1997 (age 27)	Sheffield, England	Sheffield Scimitars, NIHL 1	22/23
21		Alex Kent	R	2004 (age 18)	Hull, England	Hull Jets, NIHL 2	Two-Way
22		Jordan Fisher	R	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 30)	Hull, England	Leeds Knights, NIHL	22/23
26		Matty Davies	L	(1990-02-15) 15 February 1990 (age 34)	Hull, England	Leeds Knights, NIHL	22/23
70		Lee Pollitt	R	(1995-12-09) 9 December 1995 (age 28)	Salford, England	Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1	22/23
71		Emil Svec*	L	(1994-07-12) 12 July 1994 (age 29)	Milevsko, Czechia	Swindon Wildcats, NIHL	22/23
88		Andrej Themár*	L	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 35)	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	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 32)	Whitley Bay, England	Peterborough Phantoms, NIHL	22/23

Team Staff
No.	Nat.	Name	Acquired	Role	Place of birth	Joined From
26		Matty Davies	2022/23	Player-Coach/General Manager	Hull, England	Leeds Knights, NIHL
28		Chris Wilcox	2022/23	Assistant coach	Solihull, England	Widnes Wild, NIHL 1

2022–23 Outgoing

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 Osman 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 Osman & Jason Hewitt 2017–18 NIHL Division 1 (North) 36 29 5 0 2 60 2nd out of 10 Division 1 North Conference Semi-Finals Jason Hewitt 2018–19 NIHL Division 1 (North) 36 32 2 0 2 66 1st out of 10 Division 1 National Playoff Champions Jason Hewitt 2019–20 NIHL National Division 49 27 19 0 3 57 5th out of 10 Post-season cancelled due to COVID pandemic Jason Hewitt 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 Davies 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 ^ "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.