| Team: | Solway Sharks |
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| Colour Text: | white |
| Logosize: | 200px |
| City: | Dumfries, Scotland |
| League: | NIHL |
| Conference: | Division One North |
| Founded: | 1998 |
| Arena: | Dumfries Ice Bowl Capacity: 1000 Ice size: 184 feet x 95 feet |
| Colours: | Blue & White |
| Gm: | Craig Peacock |
| Coach: | Martin Grubb |
| Captain: | Deachy |
| Affiliates: | Glasgow Clan, EIHL Solway Sharks Ladies, WNIHL 2 |
| Website: | solwaysharksdumfries.co.uk |
The Solway Sharks are the only senior ice hockey club in South West Scotland or Cumbria and play out of Dumfries Ice Bowl, King Street, Dumfries, Scotland. In the 2015–16 season the Sharks played in the English National Ice Hockey League North's Moralee Conference (Division One) and in the Challenge Cup. Home games are played at Dumfries Ice Bowl on Saturday evenings with a 7pm face-off. The Sharks were formed in 1998 and in their lifetime have won a host of trophies including two Northern League championships, one Northern League Play-Off title, six St. Andrew's Cups and two Scottish Cups to name but a few. In 2021, the Sharks won the NIHL Division 1 National Championship after defeating Streatham IHC in the final at the Coventry Skydome.
Ahead of the 2023–24 season, Solway announced they would step up to the National Division of the NIHL.[1]
(*) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)
| Netminders | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=5% | No. | width=5% | Nat. | width=22% | Player | width=7% | Catches | width=16% | Date of birth | width=20% | Place of birth | width=24% | Acquired | Contract |
| 30 | Calum Hepburn | L | 27 February 1997 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2015 from Worcester Academy | 22/23 | ||||||||
| Defencemen | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=5% | No. | width=5% | Nat. | width=22% | Player | width=7% | Shoots | width=16% | Date of birth | width=20% | Place of birth | width=24% | Acquired | Contract |
| 6 | Stuart Kerr | R | 30 June 1998 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2014 from Solway U20 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 11 | Christian Johnson | R | 16 October 1994 | Newcastle, England | 2021 from Aberdeen Lynx | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 21 | Kell Beattie | R | 28 February 2004 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 2021 from Belfast U20 | Two-Way | ||||||||
| 49 | Liam Danskin | L | 19 July 2000 | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | 2021 from Kirkcaldy Kestrels | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 51 | Struan Tonnar Captain | R | 28 April 1990 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2005 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 91 | Richard Bentham | R | 19 July 1990 | Bolton, England | 2021 from Leeds Chiefs | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 92 | Travis Lavery | R | 29 October 2003 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 2022 from Belfast SNL Giants | 22/23 | ||||||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=5% | No. | width=5% | Nat. | width=22% | Player | width=7% | Shoots | width=16% | Date of birth | width=20% | Place of birth | width=24% | Acquired | Contract |
| 9 | Ruairi Lockerbie | R | 3 April 2000 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2018 from Ontario Hockey Academy U18 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 10 | Kyle Carruth | R | 24 July 2006 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2022 from Solway U19 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 12 | Jonathan McBean | L | 21 December 2003 | Dundee, Scotland | 2022 from Dundee Comets | Two-Way | ||||||||
| 14 | Lewis Young | R | 14 November 2002 | Irvine, Scotland | 2022 from Vasas SC U21 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 15 | Kieran Hair | L | 6 January 2000 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2016 from Solway U16 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 16 | Lewis Houston | R | 9 April 2001 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2021 from Leeds Chiefs | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 22 | Andrew Craik | R | 22 April 2003 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2019 from Solway U20 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 25 | Connor Henderson | R | 5 November 1997 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2022 | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 28 | Gordon Horne | R | 5 March 1989 | Aberdeen, Scotland | 2019 from Solway Stingrays | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 45 | Scott Crane | R | 14 December 2000 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2019 from North Ayrshire Wild | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 68 | Callum Boyd | R | 16 November 1993 | Irvine, Scotland | 2021 from Murrayfield Racers | 22/23 | ||||||||
| 86 | Connor McNulty | R | 16 April 2005 | Irvine, Scotland | 2022 from Kilmarnock Thunder | Two-Way | ||||||||
| 89 | Scott Henderson | R | 8 December 1998 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2014 | Two-Way | ||||||||
| 90 | Ross Murray | R | 2 November 1993 | Dumfries, Scotland | 2021 from Whitley Warriors | 22/23 | ||||||||
| Team Staff | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=5% | No. | width=5% | Nat. | width=22% | Name | width=7% | Acquired | width=16% | Role | width=20% | Place of birth | width=24% | Joined From |
| Martin Grubb | 1998/99 | Head coach | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Jamie Thomson | 2017/18 | Assistant coach | Dumfries, Scotland | Scotland U17, EIHA Conference | |||||||||
| Andrew Glen | 2022/23 | General Manager | Dechmont, Scotland | ||||||||||
| James Stenton | 2019/20 | Equipment Manager | Scotland | ||||||||||
| James Hutchinson | 2022/23 | Team Consultant | Tynemouth, England | ||||||||||
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Leaving For | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Elder | 20 August 2003 | Perth, Scotland | Edinburgh Capitals, SNL | |||
| 7 | Scott Rae | 2003 (age 19) | Scotland | Paisley Pirates, SNL | |||
| 17 | Michael Thomson | 8 August 1980 | Scotland | Retired | |||
| 18 | Ben Coughtrie | L | 6 July 2000 | Irvine, Scotland | Edinburgh Capitals, SNL | ||
| 33 | Euan Simpson | L | 16 February 2000 | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | Glasgow Clan, EIHL |