  the blackburn hawks (formerly the blackhawks and the lancashire hawks), are a british ice hockey team based in blackburn, lancashire. they are currently members of the eiha moralee conference (nihl n1), and have previously played in the british national league and the english league premier division. their home ice is the 3,200 seat blackburn arena. == history == === the blackhawks era === thumb|left|100px|the blackburn blackhawks logothe blackhawks played their first game on 28 october 1990, in which the blackhawks defeated oxford city stars 6â3.1990 / 1991 season, oxford city stars ice hockey club (accessed march 23, 2009) the game was played as a non-import challenge match, where no professional players born outside of the united kingdom were iced. during the 1990â91 season that followed, all blackhawks games were played away, since the newly built blackburn arena had not yet been completed. the first home game, played on 26 january 1991, coincidentally also resulted in a 6â3 victory against oxford. the first goal scored at the arena was by the blackhawks' dan holden, an offensive defenceman who accrued a total of 116 points over the course of the season. the blackhawks highest points scorer in 1990â91 was fred perlini, who contributed 132 points (83 goals and 49 assists) in just 21 games.1990â91 blackburn blackhawks [bhl&#93; player statistics, hockeydb.com (accessed march 23, 2009) other notable players were gary shearman trevor foster, georgie powell, and 
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