 | |
| League | English National Ice Hockey League |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Home ice | Hobs Moat Road Rink |
| Capacity | n/k |
| Ice size | n/k |
| City | Solihull, England |
| Colours | Red and white |
| Captain | Andrew Howarth |
| Head coach | Darren Bellerby |
Solihull Barons (also known as the Renault Solihull Barons for sponsorship reasons) are an English ice hockey team from the town of Solihull who play at Hobs Moat Road Rink. They were formed in 2005, although they are named after the team of the same name who played at the same ice rink between 1972 and 1996. From May 2002 to April 2003, Solihull MK Kings played at Hobs Moat Road Rink.
History[]
Canadian Rick Fera played for the original Solihull Barons in the 1987-88 season. They won the Southern League in 1977-78 and the English league in 1992-93.
The current Solihull Barons team were formed in 2005 and originally played in the the English Premier Ice Hockey League. At the end of the 2006-07 season they had to drop down to the English National Ice Hockey League (ENIHL). The ENIHL was restructured for the 2008-09 season into two regional divisions North and South, with two leagues in each region. The Barons currently compete in the Northern Division Two.
The team also hold charity games for Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The Club also has a youth system, which starts at Under-10s.
The teams are -
- Solihull Saints (Under-10s)
- Solihull Kings (Under-12s)
- Solihull Flames (Under 14s)
- Solihull Sabres (Under 16s)
- Solihull Knights (Under 18s)
Current squad[]
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Catches | Born | |
| 1 | 
|
Dave Roxborough | Left | England |
| 31 |
|
Sam Hewitt | Left | Solihull, England |
| 33 |
|
Steve Doyle | Left | Birmingham, England |
| Defencemen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Born | |
| 6 |
|
Lee Winwood | Right | Coventry, England |
| 11 |
|
Phil Knight | Right | Solihull, England |
| 15 |
|
Eddie Slater | Right | Birmingham, England |
| 18 |
|
Rob Perks | Right | England |
| 26 | 
|
Martin Mizak | Left | Košice, Slovakia |
| 32 |
|
Stuart Clayton | Right | Coventry, England |
| 42 |
|
Ross Pink | Right | Repton, England |
| 88 |
|
Phil Lee | Left | Billingham, England |
| Forwards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Born | |
| 4 |
|
Dean Tonks | Left | Sheffield, England |
| 7 |
|
Andrew Howarth | Right | Solihull, England |
| 8 |
|
Andy Ayres | Right | England |
| 9 |
|
Lui Brindle | Right | England |
| 10 |
|
Neil Adams | Right | Birmingham, England |
| 12 |
|
Jay McFayden | Left | Birmingham, England |
| 14 |
|
Blake Timms | Right | Solihull, England |
| 17 |
|
Richard Slater | Right | Birmingham, England |
| 19 |
|
Rob Eley | Right | Solihull, England |
| 20 |
|
Erik Bakalar | Right | Michalovce, Slovakia |
| 21 |
|
Ben Woolaston | Right | Solihull, England |
| 44 |
|
Dale White | Left | Solihull, England |
| 71 |
|
Dale Buckland | Right | England |
| 97 |
|
Connor Hubbuck | Right | England |
Honours[]
- Southern League champions: 1977-78
- English league champions: 1992-93.
| This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Solihull Barons. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA). |