HISTORYA TRADITION
OF SUCCESS

The Sheffield Ice Hockey Academy is steeped in history, as we push forward in forging the best players from the country.

1960-90

MAY

The beginning of Hockey in Sheffield

Sheffield’s first ice rink, initially called Silver Blades, on Queens Road opened in 1965,

JULY

Lancers

Sheffield Lancers 1975

SEPTEMBER

Lancers 1980

Sheffield Lancers 1980

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1990’s

MARCH

Sheffield Ice Hockey Academy

1991 also saw the formation of Sheffield Ice Hockey Academy under Head Coach Craig Webster, where the club began to play junior league games. With U10’s Sheffield Samurai, U12s Sheffield Lasers, U14s Sheffield Stormers and U16’s Sheffield Rapiers. The U19’s Sheffield Steelhawks operated under the Sheffield Scimitars, bridging the gap between junior and senior hockey.

JUNE

U10 Sheffield Samurai 1993

Hockey in Sheffield started to expand quickly in the late 90s, with the Sheffield Greyhounds U16s, the Academy’s first 2nd team in 1997, followed by the Sheffield Sabres U14s and Sheffield Scorpions U19s in 1999.

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2000’s

MARCH

Sheffield Scimitars 2005 ENL Champions

JUNE

U18’s Sheffield Steelhawks National Champions 2018

At the start of the 2019-20 season saw the appointment of Head Coach Martyn Etheridge, moving from Nottingham with a wealth of experience as England Coach and the Midlands Head Coach.

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2022

March

Sheffield Thunder

U12’s national champions

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2023

March

Sheffield Thunder

U12’s national champions

April

Sheffield Steelhawks

U18’s national champions

June

New Head coach

New Head coach Mike Szollosy is appointed for the SIHA & Scimitars

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