The Nottingham Lions are an ice hockey team from Nottingham, England that compete in the English National League's northern section. The Lions are the senior team of the Nottingham Ice Hockey Club and one of two senior teams based in Nottingham, the other being the professional Nottingham Panthers. The club were members of the English Premier League between 2000 and 2003 before transferring to their current league.
| Nottingham Lions | |
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| City | Nottingham, United Kingdom |
| League | NIHL |
| Conference | North Division 1 |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Home arena | National Ice Centre, Nottingham Capacity: 1000 Ice size: 180ft x 85ft |
| Colours | White, Gold & Black |
| General manager | Louise Challans |
| Head coach | Matt Bradbury |
| Captain | Luke Thomas |
| Affiliate | Nottingham Lions 2, NIHL 2 |
| Website | Nottingham Lions |
The Nottingham Lions were the 2007/08 English National League Northern and National Champions, beating the Peterborough Islanders in the National championship.
The Lions also won the inaugural English National Ice Hockey League Playoffs, held at Coventry Skydome in April 2009. The Lions beat the Southern Champions, Invicta Dynamos, in a penalty shootout, after the game finished level at 2-2 after sudden-death overtime.
Club roster 2022-23 edit
(*) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)
| Netminders | ||||||||
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| No. | Nat. | Player | Catches | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |
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Luca Sheldon | 19 July 2002 | England | 2018 from Nottingham U20 | Two-Way | ||
| 30 |
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Oliver Goodman | 2003 (age 19) | England | 2022 from Widnes Wild | Two-Way | ||
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Matthew Bloor | L | 1 January 2004 | England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | Two-Way | ||
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Isaac Ballinger | 2005 (age 17) | England | 2022 from Coventry U18 | Two-Way | |||
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Deacon Hardy | 2006 (age 16) | England | 2022 from Nottingham Lions 2 | Two-Way | |||
| Defencemen | ||||||||||
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| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| 5 |
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Jordan Wright | R | 5 December 1997 | England | 2015 from Nottingham U18 | 22/23 | |||
| 7 |
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Zandy Cleves 'A' | R | 13 January 1992 | Uppingham, England | 2021 | 22/23 | |||
| 9 |
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Luke Clouting-Thomas Captain'C' | R | 25 September 1985 | Solihull, England | 2012 from Solihull Barons | 22/23 | |||
| 12 |
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Myles Keogh | R | 2004 (age 18) | Nottingham, England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | Two-Way | |||
| 18 |
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Ryan Keogh | 2000 (age 22) | England | 2021 from Nottingham U20 | 22/23 | ||||
| 20 |
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Benjamin Marples | 2001 (age 21) | England | 2021 from Sutton Sting | 22/23 | ||||
| 22 |
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Thomas Dermott 'A' | R | 17 September 2003 | England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | 22/23 | |||
| 25 |
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Owen Davis | R | 15 February 1999 | Harlow, England | 2019 from Nottingham U20 | 22/23 | |||
| 97 |
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Robert Oxley | 26 November 2005 | England | 2022 from Peterborough Phantoms 2 | Two-Way | ||||
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Joe Howie | R | 14 September 2004 | Nottingham, England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | Two-Way | ||||
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Billy Crofts | 2 September 2004 | England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | Two-Way | |||||
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Reuben Sweenie-Fuller | 2006 (age 16) | England | 2022 from Coventry U18 | Two-Way | |||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
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| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| 4 |
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Jacob Race | 8 April 2004 | England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | Two-Way | ||||
| 11 |
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Jack Crowston | R | 21 January 2001 | England | 2016 from Nottingham U18 | 22/23 | |||
| 13 |
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Maxim Hirst | 2002 (age 20) | England | 2021 from Sheffield Senators | 22/23 | ||||
| 14 |
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Toby Fisher | L | 9 November 2003 | Nottingham, England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | Two-Way | |||
| 19 |
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Reaghan Taylor | 2002 (age 20) | England | 2021 from Hull Jets | 22/23 | ||||
| 23 |  
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Zachary Yokoyama* | R | 23 August 2001 | Zug, Switzerland | 2021 from Lugano U20 | 22/23 | |||
| 27 | 
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James Shaw | 2001 (age 21) | Wales | 2021 from Deeside Dragons | Two-Way | ||||
| 28 |
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Kieran Gibbs | 19 June 2003 | England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | 22/23 | ||||
| 29 |
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Daniel Martin | R | 29 May 2005 | England | 2021 from Peterborough U18 | Two-Way | |||
| 88 |
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Benjamin Wilson | R | 16 April 1987 | Nottingham, England | 2013 from Sutton Sting | 22/23 | |||
| 94 |
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Connor Glossop | R | 26 September 1997 | Nottingham, England | 2017 from Peterborough Phantoms | 22/23 | |||
| 96 |
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Tristan Grimshaw | L | 14 November 2002 | Macclesfield, England | 2022 from Widnes Wild | Two-Way | |||
| 98 |
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Hamish Hall | 1997 (age 25) | England | 2013 from Nottingham U18 | 22/23 | ||||
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Josh Hayman | 19 May 1990 | England | 2020 | 22/23 | |||||
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Michael Berehowskyj | 3 September 2002 | England | 2018 from England U20 | Two-Way | |||||
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Finnley Wall | 2005 (age 17) | England | 2021 from Nottingham U18 | Two-Way | |||||
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Tyler Somerton | 2006 (age 16) | England | 2022 from Coventry U18 | Two-Way | |||||
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Oliver Dixon | 2006 (age 16) | England | 2022 from Coventry U18 | Two-Way | |||||
| Team Staff | ||||||||||
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| No. | Nat. | Name | Acquired | Role | Place of birth | Joined From | ||||
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Matt Bradbury | 2011-12 | Head coach | England | ||||||
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Stuart Challans | 2021 | Assistant coach | England | Nottingham U20 | |||||
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Paul Glossop | 2011/12 | Assistant coach | England | ||||||
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Louise Challans | 2021/22 | General Manager | England | Nottingham U18 | |||||
2021/22 Outgoing edit
| Outgoing | ||||||
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| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Leaving For |
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