Hull Pirates

Hull Pirates
City	Kingston upon Hull, England
League	National Ice Hockey League Moralee Conference
Founded	2015
Home arena	Hull Arena
Colours	Green & Black
Owner(s)	Shane Smith - Dominic Osman
Head coach	Dominic Osman
Website	www.hullpirates.co.uk
Franchise history
2003–2015	Hull Stingrays

The Hull Pirates are an ice hockey team based in Kingston upon Hull and their home ice is the Hull Arena. Since the 2017/18 season they play in the National Ice Hockey League North, Moralee Conference.^[1]

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.^[2]

It was also announced that former Hull Stingrays' forward Dominic Osman would become a player-coach and part-owner of Hull Pirates.^[3]

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 have already announced the re-signings of forwards Nathan Salem^[4] and Lee Bonner^[5] as well as Jamie Chilcott^[6] and Jonathan Kirk,^[7] who both play in defence. Goalie Ashley Smith^[8] 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.^[9]

Roster

Roster for the 2016/17 EPIHL season.^[10]

Goaltenders
#	Nat	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of birth	15/16 Club
33		Jordan Marr	L	180 cm	80 kg	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991	Milton Keynes Lightning
35		Ashley Smith	L	183 cm	85 kg	(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999	Hull Pirates
Defencemen
#	Nat	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	15/16 Club
15		Jamie Chilcott A	R	184 cm	88 kg	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993	Hull Pirates
56		Lee Haywood	L	183 cm	82 kg	(1988-03-20) 20 March 1988	Sheffield Steeldogs
90		Johnathan Kirk	L	168 cm	87 kg	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995	Hull Pirates
3		Marcus Maynard	R	183 cm	86 kg	(1987-03-13) 13 March 1987	Telford Tigers
9	/	Dominic Osman	L	182 cm	82 kg	(1982-02-04) 4 February 1982	Hull Pirates
57		Jaroslav Šaršok	R	197 cm	96 kg	(1990-05-17) 17 May 1990	TKH Toruń
6		Jordan Stokes	R	171 cm	73 kg	(1998-11-16) 16 November 1998	Coventry Blaze
Forwards
#	Nat	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	15/16 Club
74		Lee Bonner	L	171 cm	80 kg	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997	Hull Pirates
13		Ugnius Čižas	L	183 cm	78 kg	(1995-08-31) 31 August 1995	SC Energija
22		Jordan Fisher	R	180 cm	84 kg	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993	Hull Pirates
16		Andrew Hemmings	R	179 cm	90 kg	(1988-08-15) 15 August 1988	Guildford Flames
3		Josh Gent	L	178 cm	74 kg	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993	Hull Pirates
17		Jason Hewitt A	R	175 cm	75 kg	(1983-08-28) 28 August 1983	Sheffield Steelers
2		Stanislav Lašček A	L	185 cm	88 kg	(1986-01-17) 17 January 1986	Sheffield Steeldogs
77		Scott McKenzie	L	177 cm	68 kg	(1986-06-08) 8 June 1986	Widness Wild
91		Nathan Salem C	L	180 cm	88 kg	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991	Hull Pirates
20		Cain Taylor	R	170 cm	64 kg	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999	Hull Pirates
88		Andrej Themár	L	176 cm	85 kg	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988	Moss Hockey
49		Ryan Watt	R	181 cm	80 kg	(1989-12-08) 8 December 1989	Basingstoke Bison

Season-by-season record

Hull Pirates coaching records

• Note: Head coaching records are for regular season results only and does not include cup competitions, playoffs or exhibition games*

Head-to-head results

Seasons: 1 (2015–16 – ) Record (W-L-OTL): N/A-N/A-N/A

Shut-outs

For

None

Against

References