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)
Netminders	Netminders	Netminders 	Netminders	Netminders 	Netminders 	Netminders 	Netminders	Netminders	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 	 	England 	Sheffield Steelers, EIHL	Two-Way 	 	
72 	 	Jordan McLaughlin	L 	 	Falkirk, Scotland	Glasgow Clan, EIHL 	Two-Way 	 	
Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen	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 	 	Hull, England 	Leeds Knights, NIHL 	22/23 	 	 	
28 	 	Chris Wilcox 	R 	 	Solihull, England	Widnes Wild, NIHL 1 	22/23 	 	 	
47 	 	Ross Connolly 	L 	 	Paisley, Scotland	Telford Tigers, NIHL 	22/23 	 	 	
56 	 	Tom Stubley 	R 	 	York, England 	Widnes Wild, NIHL 1 	22/23 	 	 	
80 	 	Bobby Streetly 	R 	 	Leeds, England 	Leeds Knights, NIHL 	22/23 	 	 	
94 	 	Declan Balmer 'A' 	L 	 	Hull, England 	Swindon Wildcats, NIHL	22/23 	 	 	
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
No. 	Nat. 	Player 	Shoots 	Date of birth	Place of birth 	Acquired 	Contract	 	 	
7 	 	Cameron Hamill	L 	 	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Belfast SNL Giants, SNL 	22/23 	 	 	
16 	 	Sam Towner 'C'	R 	 	Hull, England 	Sheffield Steeldogs, NIHL 	22/23 	 	 	
19 	 	Cam Brownley 	R 	 	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 	 	Hull, England 	Leeds Knights, NIHL 	22/23 	 	 	
26 	 	Matty Davies 	L 	 	Hull, England 	Leeds Knights, NIHL 	22/23 	 	 	
70 	 	Lee Pollitt 	R 	 	Salford, England 	Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1 	22/23 	 	 	
71 	 	Emil Svec* 	L 	 	Milevsko, Czechia 	Swindon Wildcats, NIHL 	22/23 	 	 	
88 	 	Andrej Themár*	L 	 	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 	 	Whitley Bay, England 	Peterborough Phantoms, NIHL	22/23 	 	 	
Team Staff	Team Staff	Team Staff 	Team Staff	Team Staff 	Team Staff 	Team Staff 	Team Staff	Team Staff	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==
Outgoing	Outgoing	Outgoing	Outgoing	Outgoing 	Outgoing 	Outgoing 	Outgoing	Outgoing	Outgoing	Outgoing
No. 	Nat. 	Player 	Shoots 	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For	 	 	 	
==Season-by-season record==
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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
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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
==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 – 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==
Category:Ice hockey teams in England
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2015
Category:English Premier Ice Hockey League teams