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Whitley Warriors

Ice hockey team in Whitley Bay, England

Summary

Ice hockey team in Whitley Bay, England

Field	Value
team	Whitley Warriors
bg_colour	background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#62223B 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFBF3A 5px solid;
text_colour	#000000
logo	Whitley Warriors Logo.png
logo_size	200px
city	Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England
league	Scottish National League (SNL)
division	Division One North
founded	1957
arena	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
colours	Maroon, gold, white

gm	Willie Dunn
coach	Tony Hand
website

The Whitley Warriors are an ice hockey team based in Whitley Bay in the north east of England. Founded in 1957 as the Bees, they changed their name to the Whitley Warriors in 1964. The Warriors played at the highest level of British ice hockey for much of their history but currently play in the Scottish National League (SNL).

Ahead of the 2025-26 season, the Warriors moved from the NIHL North Division 1 to the Scottish National League (SNL). Their home arena is The Whitley Bay Ice Rink.

Club roster 2022-23

(*****) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)

Netminders	No.	Nat.	Player	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
Contract
30	ENG	Mark Turnbull	L	Northumberland, England	2021 from Billingham Stars	22/23
32	ENG	Joshua Crane	L	Coventry, England	2021 from Nottingham Lions	22/23
	ENG	Jack Wakefield	L	Durham, England	2022 from Åmåls SK J20	22/23

Defencemen	No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
Contract
5	ENG	Matthew McDonald		2000 (age 22)	England	2021 from Whitley U20	22/23
13	ENG	Kyle Ross	R		Whitley Bay, England	2017 from Essa Stallions	22/23
22	ENG	Adam Wood	R		Somerset, England	2021 from Streatham IHC	22/23
24	ENG	Harry Harley ''''A''''	L		Whitley Bay, England	2018 from Hull Pirates	22/23
78	LAT	Rihards Grigors*****	L		Dobele, Latvia	2021 from Fife Flyers	22/23

Forwards	No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired
Contract
7	ENG	Thomas Fraser	R	2003 (age 19)	England	2019 from Whitley U20	22/23
11	ENG	Shaun Kippin ''''A''''	L		England	2015 from Deeside Dragons	22/23
14	ENG	Dean Holland ''''C''''	R		Newcastle, England	2014 from Guildford Flames	22/23
15	ENG	Anthony Wetherell		1999 (age 23)	England	2016 from Whitley U18	22/23
16	ENG	Lewis Crisp		1999 (age 23)	England	2022 from Billingham Stars	22/23
18	CZE	Matěj Valiček*****	L		Czechia	2021 from HC Baník Sokolov B	22/23
20	UKCAN	Philip Edgar	L		Kitchener, ON, Canada	2017 from University of Waterloo	22/23
27	ENG	Jamie Ord			England	2016 from Whitley U18	22/23
31	ENG	Adam Finlinson	L		Whitley Bay, England	2017 from Swindon Wildcats	22/23
37	ENG	Matthew Betham		2004 (age 18)	England	2021 from Whitley U20	22/23
51	ENG	Connor Lewis		2005 (age 17)	England	2021 from Billingham Stars	22/23
57	ENG	Callum Queenan	R		Whitley Bay, England	2019 from Meaford Knights	22/23

2021/22 Outgoing

Outgoing	No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
12	ENG	Dylan Hehir	R	2002 (age 20)	Billingham, England	Leeds Knights, NIHL
26	LAT	Rolands Gritans	L		Daugavpils, Latvia	Billingham Stars, NIHL 1

Honours

British Championship: Winners – 1972/73, 1973/74

English National League Championship: Winners – 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2007/08

English National League: Runners-up – 1997/98

Northern League: Winners – 1973/74, 1974/75 Runners-up – 1976/77, 1977/78, 2006/07, 2010/11

Northern League Play-offs: Winners: 2006/07 Runners-up – 1967/68, 1976/77

English National League North: Winners – 2001/02, 2009/10, 2010/11 Runners-up – 1997/98, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2006/07, 2007/08

English Cup: Winners – 2001/02 Runners-up – 2000/01

Anglo Scottish Cup: Winners – 2000/01

Scottish Cup: Winners – 1991/92, Runners-up – 1992/93

Heineken British Premier League: Runners-up – 1987/88

Benson & Hedges Cup: Runners-up – 1992/93

Autumn Cup: Winners – 1971/72 Runners-up – 1972/73, 1974/75, 1976/77

BIHA Cup: Winners – 1957/58, 1958/59 (as Whitley Bees)

NIHL North Cup: Runners-up – 2019/20 Runners-up – 2021/22

NIHL North Division 1 Moralee: Winners - 2019/20 Runners-up – 2021/22

Ice Hockey Journalists UK Hall of Fame: Terry Matthews (1987), Alfie Miller (1988), J.J. 'Icy' Smith (1988), Hilton Ruggles (2009), David Longstaff (2022)

Junior teams

The Warriors have numerous junior teams, The teams are:

Under 9 - Mischiefs
Under 11 - Arrows
Under 13 - Mohawks
Under 15 - Tomahawks
Under 18 - Braves
Under 20 - Renegades
Ladies - Beacons

Imports

1969-70 Dave Marsden
1975–1976 Don McAdams
1977–1978 Jan Pettersson & Harri Semi.
1978–1979 Brian Labatte
1979–1980 Lars Opsahl
1980–1981 Lars Opsahl
1981–1982 Buzz Brown
1982–1983 Tim Whitehead
1983–1984 Ron Butler, Al Kent & Kel Land
1984–1985 Pete Fitzpatrick, Hugh Alcorn & Roy Wallace
1985–1986 Peter Dunkley, Brian Mason, Steve Attwell & Bill Audycki
1986–1987 Jim Earle, Tom Earle & Bruce Stanley
1987–1988 Scott Morrison, Luc Chabot & Mike Babcock
1988–1989 Scott Morrison, Hilton Ruggles & Mike Rowe
1989–1990 Hilton Ruggles, Marc Damphousse, Claude Lefebvre, Wayne Crawford, Chris Duperron, Marco Ronkko, Mike Vellucci & James Gasseau
1990–1991 Hilton Ruggles, Claude Dumas, Brad Hyatt, Daryl Evans, Steve Chartrand & Blaine Peerless
1991–1992 Hilton Ruggles, Claude Dumas, Mike Rowe, Rob Abel & Bobby Brown
1992–1993 Claude Dumas, Scott Morrison, Mike Rowe, Mike Mowbray & Steve Brown
1993–1994 Scott Morrison, Steve Brown, Tyler Larter, Mike Rowe, Eric LeGros
1994–1995 Steve Brown, Dean Richards, Brian Verbeek, Mike Rowe, Martin St. Amour
1995–1996 (as Newcastle Warriors) Steve Brown, Chris Norton, Richard Laplante, Jason Smart, Dean Richards, Scott Morrison, Rick Fera, Scott Campbell, Lars Thunnell, Niklas Gullikson, Risto Halenius, Tim Salmon
1996–1997 Matthew Beveridge, Stefan Simoes, Mark Stokes, Matt McGuffin, Grant Morrow
1997–1998 Timo Loucasvuori, Kimmo Saarinen, Seppo Rajpar, Sami Rajpar
1998–1999 Trond Gundersen
1999–2000 Trond Gundersen
2000–2001 Fredrik Jonsson, Lauri Oksanen
2005–2006 Hakan Andersson
2008–2009 Peter Tomek
2015–2016 Andre Payette
2016–2017 Andre Payette
2017–2018 Philip Edgar
2018–2019 Rolands Gritāns, Philip Edgar
2019–2020 Rolands Gritāns, Philip Edgar
2021-2022 Rolands Gritāns, Rihards Grigors, Matěj Valíček
2022-2023 Rihards Grigors, Philip Edgar, Matěj Valíček, Musa Musaiev
2023-2024 Rihards Grigors, Philip Edgar, Kyle Pow
2024-2025 Philip Edgar, Patriks Grigors
2025-2026 Philip Edgar, Cameron Ware

Retired jerseys

Alfie Miller (#10) is the only jersey that has been retired for the Warriors.

Logo

Despite the Warriors' logo depicting a Native American (the logo and colours being "inspired" by the Washington Redskins) and the associated controversy which resulted in the Redskins removing their logo on the grounds that it was considered racist, there has been no similar discussion around the Warriors'. Teams like Frölunda Indians HC and Chicago Blackhawks which have similar logos have come under significant pressure to change their logos on similar grounds. Frolunda announced that they would no longer be called the Indians and would be changing their logo.

References

"Warriors owners announce move to Scottish National League".
(2016). "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada". Highwater Press.
(2020-07-13). "The Washington Redskins Are Changing Team Name and Logo—Who's Next?".
(2020-09-17). "Swedish ice hockey club to drop Native American logo". Reuters.

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