# 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.
It was also announced that former Hull Stingrays' forward Dominic Osman would become a player-coach and part-owner of Hull Pirates.
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 and Lee Bonner as well as Jamie Chilcott and Jonathan Kirk, who both play in defence. Goalie Ashley Smith 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.
The team did not playing in the 2021–22 season as their rink was not available in time for the start of the season.
Ahead of the 2022–23 season, it was announced that due diligence of a new ownership group (IMJ Group) had been completed and the Hull Seahawks would be competing in the NIHL National Division in place of the Pirates. IMJ consists of Ian Mowfirth, Joe Lamplough and former Pirates, Stingrays and Kingston forward Matty Davies. Davies will also take up the roles of General Manager and Player-Coach.

## Club roster 2022–23

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

## Season-by-season record

Hull Pirates season-by-season record :
| Season | League | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | League Position | Post-Season | Head coach |
| 2015–16 | English Premier Ice Hockey League | 54 | 11 | 38 | 5 | 27 | 9th out of 10 | -.- | Dominic Osman |
| 2016-17 | English Premier Ice Hockey League | 48 | 20 | 26 | 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 | 2 | 60 | 2nd out of 10 | Division 1 North Conference Semi-Finals | Jason Hewitt |
| 2018–19 | NIHL Division 1 (North) | 36 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 1st out of 10 | Division 1 National Playoff Champions | Jason Hewitt |
| 2019–20 | NIHL National Division | 49 | 27 | 19 | 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 | OTL | PTS | League Position | Post-Season | Head coach |
| 2022–23 | NIHL National Division | 56 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 30 | 11th out of 11 | -.- | Matthew Davies |
| 2023–24 | NIHL National Division | 54 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 65 | 4th out of 11 | Playoff Group Stage (3rd out of 4th) | Matthew Davies |

## Coaching records

| Name | Duration | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| Name | Duration | 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