Hamilton Skyhawks

{{Short description|Hamilton Skyhawks: Canadian exhibition basketball team, est. 2020}}

{{Infobox basketball club|city=Hamilton, Ontario|founded=1992|league=World Basketball League (1992)
National Basketball League (1993)|history=Hamilton Skyhawks (1992–1993)
Edmonton Skyhawks (1993–1994)|arena=Copps Coliseum|capacity=17,000|ownership=Ron Foxcroft (1992) Ted Stepien (1993)}}

The Hamilton Skyhawks were a Canadian professional Basketball Team out of Hamilton, Ontario formed in 1992.

They were a professional basketball franchise based in Hamilton, Ontario that played in the World Basketball League and the National Basketball League in 1992 and 1993. The team joined the WBL as an expansion team for the 1992 season. However, the WBL folded before completion of that season. Some of the Canadian WBL teams, including the Skyhawks, formed their own league for 1993 called the National Basketball League. The Skyhawks did not complete that season either, moving to Edmonton, Alberta before the 1993 NBL playoffs.

The Skyhawks home court was the Copps Coliseum.

Personnel

Head coach

  • Kevin Billerman{{Cite web |date=1992-07-02 |title=The Hamilton Spectator from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1011844064/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}

Season by season record

WBL

class="wikitable"

|+

!Season

!GP

!W

!L

!Pct.

!GB

!Finish

!Playoffs

1992

|34

|17

|17

|.500

|9.5

|5th WBL

|WBL folds before end of season

Totals

|34

|17

|17

|.500

|–

|–

|Playoff Record 0–0

NBL

class="wikitable"

|+

!Season

!GP

!W

!L

!Pct.

!GB

!Finish

!Playoffs

1993

|46

|24

|22

|.522

|6

|4th NBL

|Made the playoffs but relocated to Edmonton prior to the playoffs to become the Edmonton Skyhawks

Totals

|46

|24

|22

|.522

|–

|–

|0–0

References

{{Reflist}}

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