Hull Pirates
The Hull Pirates are an ice hockey team based in Kingston upon Hull and their home ice is the Hull Arena. They will be playing their debut season (2015–16) in the English Premier Ice Hockey League.[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 42-year-old Rotherham-based businessman, who also owns the Sheffield Steeldogs 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]
References
- ↑ "Hull to get new professional ice hockey team", BBC News. Retrieved on 3 July 2015.
- ↑ "Hull Pirates: New ice hockey team to play in EPL after Stingrays' demise". Retrieved on 3 July 2015.
- ↑ "Dominic Osman new player-coach and part-owner of Hull Pirates". Retrieved on 3 July 2015.
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