Widnes Wild

Widnes Wild
City Widnes, England
League English National Ice Hockey League
Division North 2
Founded 2013
Home arena Silver Blades Ice Rink
Capacity: 500
Ice size: 56m x 28m
Colours White, black and yellow
Owner(s) North West Winter Sports Club, Chairman - Matt Lloyd (Paralympian)
General manager Jon Anderson
Head coach Ollie Barron
Captain Shaun Dippnall
Affiliate(s) Manchester Storm
Farm club(s) Widnes Junior Wild
Website http://www.widneswild.co.uk/

Widnes Wild [1] are an English ice hockey team from the town of Widnes who play at Silver Blades Ice Rink in Widnes. They were formed in 2013. They currently compete in the Laidler Conference of the English Ice Hockey Association National Ice Hockey League (North).

The current club chairman is the Paralympian, Matt Lloyd.[2]

The club has a youth system, which starts at Under-9's as well as a Women's team competing in the Women's Premier League [3]

With the support of the local community the Widnes Wild run a vibrant schools programme to introduce children to ice hockey. [4]

In the 15/16 season the Wild finished second in the league. In the final league game of the season the Wild forfeited the games against the Deeside Dragons citing safety fears, after Wild player Lee Kemp suffered a head injury following a physical attack by Dragons Alex Roberts. [5]

League History[6]

Season Position Wins Draws Losses ±
2013-14 5 11 1 16 -50
2014-15 4 20 2 14 37
2015-16 2 19 3 6 86

Club Roster 16/17[7]

# Name Position Place of Birth
4 England Karl Niamatali Forward Walkden, England
6 England Will Barron Forward Sheffield, England
7 England Ollie Barron Forward Sheffield, England
9 England Ken Armstrong Forward Sale, England
10 England Danny Bullock Forward/Defence Manchester, England
11 Scotland David Swanston Forward Falkirk, Scotland
14 England Sheldon Cassidy Forward Manchester, England
15 England Lee Kemp Defence Nottingham, England
16 England Joe Gilbert Defence Coventry, England
18 Slovakia Michal Fico Forward Sahy, Slovakia
19 England Nick Manning Defence Sheffield, England
20 Wales Bez Hughes Defence Wrexham, Wales
24 England Stuart Brittle Forward Telford, England
26 Czech Republic Pavel Vales Defence Brno, Czech Republic
37 England Tom McDonald Goaltender Swindon, England
39 England Matt Croyle Goaltender High Wycombe, England
40 England Tom Ratcliffe Forward Altrincham, England
47 England Chris Preston Forward Darwen, England
51 England Joshua Benstead Goaltender Worksop, England
61 England Kieran Strangeway Defence Hull, England
64 England Greg Ruxton Goaltender Blackrod, England
84 England Tom Jackson Defender Glossop, England
85 England Mike Mawer ForwardGrimsby, England
93 England Shaun Dippnall Forward Astley, England

References

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