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Solihull Barons

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox ice hockey team

| team = Solihull Barons

| colour =#da3832

| colour text =white

| logo = Solihull Barons Logo.png

| logosize = 200px

| city = Solihull, England

| league = NIHL

| conference =Division One North

| division =

| founded = 2005

| operated =

| arena = Planet Ice Solihull
Capacity: 800

| colours = White, Red & Black

{{color box|white}} {{color box|#da3832}} {{color box|black}}

| owner =

| GM =

| coach = Phil Lee

| captain =

| affiliates =

| parentclub =

| farmclub =

| website = http://www.solihull-barons.net/

| name1 =Solihull Barons

| dates1 =1965-1996

| name2 =Solihull Blaze (rebranded as Coventry Blaze)

| dates2 =1996-2000

| name3 =Solihull Barons

| dates3 =2000-2002

| name4 =Solihull MK Kings (formerly MK Kings)

| dates4 =2002-2003

| name5 =Solihull Kings

| dates5 =2003-2005

|dates6=2005-|name6=Solihull Barons}}

The Solihull Barons are an English ice hockey team from the town of Solihull who play at Solihull Ice Rink on Hobs Moat Road. The current team, which is the third incarnation of the Barons, was formed in 2005; they are named after the original team of the same name who were formed in 1965, and played at the same ice rink between 1972 until 2000, after which they moved to Coventry and became the Coventry Blaze.{{cite web|title=A-Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey |publisher=azhockey.com |url=http://www.azhockey.com/So.htm |access-date=2007-11-01}}

History

=Previous incarnations=

The Solihull Barons won the Southern League in 1977–78 and the English League in 1992–93. Canadian Rick Fera played for the original Solihull Barons in the 1987–88 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=32546 |title=Rick Fera Stats and Profile |website=hockeydb.com}}

In 1996, the team rebranded themselves as the "Solihull Blaze", and in 2000 they moved from Solihull's Blue Ice Plaza to Coventry's SkyDome Arena, rebranding themselves again as the "Coventry Blaze". As this left Solihull without an ice hockey team for the first time since 1965, the Barons were reformed under a new franchise and returned to their original arena, which had benefited from a much-needed overhaul. Unfortunately, the £1.8m refurbishment was delayed by vandals, leaving the venue operators with a £75,000 damage repair bill, and the grand re-opening was postponed until mid-October 2000.

Despite the newly improved playing facility, the club struggled to survive in the English Premier Ice Hockey League and ultimately dissolved again just two years later in 2002. They were initially replaced by the Milton Keynes Kings, who moved to Solihull from their own hometown due to a dispute with the owners of their arena, and who re-branded themselves the "Solihull MK Kings" to demonstrate the fact that they were now representing both Solihull and Milton Keynes in ice hockey. Once again, however, the team quickly dissolved, playing just a single season of hockey in the British National League before folding.{{cite web |title=A-Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey |publisher=azhockey.com |url=http://www.azhockey.com/Mi.htm |access-date=2007-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017023352/http://www.azhockey.com/Mi.htm |archive-date=17 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }} Following the closure of the Solihull MK Kings, a new "Solihull Kings" team was created and placed back in the EPIHL, but yet again this team folded, collapsing after two seasons in 2007.

=Current team=

The current Solihull Barons team was formed in 2005, and played their first two seasons in the EPIHL. At the end of the 2006–07 season they were relegated to the English National Ice Hockey League (ENIHL). The Barons currently compete in Northern Division One, known as the "Moralee Conference". The team hold charity games for Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Club roster 2022–23

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

class="toccolours" style="width:97%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
colspan="9" style="background:#da3832; color:#ffffff;” " | Netminders
style="background:#ddd;"

!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

style="background:#eee;"

|31

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Sam Hewitt

| L

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1991|02|15|df=yes}}

| align=left|Coleshill, England

| align=left| 2018 from Telford Tigers

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|33

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Benjamin Lee

|

| align=left| 2002 (age 20)

| align=left|England

| align=left| 2019

|Two-Way

style="background:#eee;"

|35

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Graham Laverick

| L

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1994|12|27|df=yes}}

| align=left|Nuneaton, England

| align=left| 2021 from MK Thunder

|22/23

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style="background:#ddd;"

! colspan="11" style="background:#da3832; color:#ffffff;” | Defencemen

style="background:#ddd;"

!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

style="background:#eee;"

|3

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Marcus Maynard

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1987|03|13|df=yes}}

| align=left|Nottingham, England

| align=left| 2017 from Hull Pirates

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|5

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Jordan Stokes

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1998|11|16|df=yes}}

| align=left|Warwick, England

| align=left| 2021 from MK Lightning

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|6

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Richard Crowe

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1995|06|06|df=yes}}

| align=left|Solihull, England

| align=left| 2010 from Solihull U16

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|27

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Kieran Papps

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1989|02|14|df=yes}}

| align=left|Coventry, England

| align=left| 2022 from Coventry Blaze NIHL

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|55

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Bailey Challans

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|2002|05|17|df=yes}}

| align=left|Nottingham, England

| align=left| 2021 from Nottingham Lions

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|77

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Andrew Hayward

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|2000|02|14|df=yes}}

| align=left|England

| align=left| 2018 from Coventry Blaze NIHL

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|81

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| James Moeller

|

| align=left| 1998 (age 24)

| align=left|England

| align=left| 2015 from Solihull U18

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|97

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Max Soden

|

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|2003|07|11|df=yes}}

| align=left|England

| align=left| 2022 from Coventry Blaze NIHL

|Two-Way

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style="background:#ddd;"

! colspan="11" style="background:#da3832; color:#ffffff;”| Forwards

style="background:#ddd;"

!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

style="background:#eee;"

|7

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Sam Chandler

| L

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1992|07|16|df=yes}}

| align=left|Slough, England

| align=left| 2021 from MK Thunder

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|8

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Paul Stanley

|

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1983|08|22|df=yes}}

| align=left|Solihull, England

| align=left| 2018 from Nottingham Lions

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|15

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Matthew Maurice

| L

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1998|05|05|df=yes}}

| align=left|Kenilworth, England

| align=left| 2015 from Coventry U18

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|16

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Andrew Whitehouse

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1993|10|19|df=yes}}

| align=left|Birmingham, England

| align=left| 2011 from Solihull U18

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|17

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Richard Slater

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1991|12|31|df=yes}}

| align=left|Solihull, England

| align=left| 2019

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|20

| {{flagicon|FIN}}

| align=left| Filip Byfält*

| L

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1989|02|22|df=yes}}

| align=left|Helsinki, Finland

| align=left| 2022

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|24

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Philip Mulcahy

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1997|02|13|df=yes}}

| align=left|Solihull, England

| align=left| 2019 from Coventry Blaze NIHL

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|59

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Jordan Jolly

| L

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1999|04|30|df=yes}}

| align=left|England

| align=left| 2021 from Telford Tigers

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|83

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Brandon Anderton

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1998|03|08|df=yes}}

| align=left|Birmingham, England

| align=left| 2022 from Telford Tigers 2

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|91

| {{flagicon|SWE}}

| align=left| Niklas Ottosson*

| L

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1991|10|14|df=yes}}

| align=left|Norrköping, Sweden

| align=left| 2015 from Solihull Barons

|22/23

style="background:#eee;"

|93

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Sam Prosser

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1993|01|29|df=yes}}

| align=left|England

| align=left| 2022 from MK Thunder

|22/23

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colspan="10" style="background:#da3832; color:#ffffff;”" | Team Staff
style="background:#ddd;"

!width=5%|No.

!width=5%|Nat.

!!width=22%|Name

!width=7%|Acquired

!width=16%|Role

!width=20%|Place of birth

!width=24%|Joined From

style="background:#eee;"

|

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Phil Lee

| 22/23

| align=left| Head Coach

| align=left| Durham, England

| align=left|

2021/22 Outgoing

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|+

! colspan="7" style="background:#da3832; color:#ffffff;”|Outgoing

style="background:#ddd;"

! width="5%" |No.

! width="5%" |Nat.

!Player

! width="7%" |Shoots

! width="16%" |Date of birth

! width="20%" |Place of birth

! width="24%" |Leaving For

style="background:#eee;"

|10

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Daniel Harrison

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1992|07|04|df=yes}}

| align=left| Stafford, England

| align=left| Telford Tigers 2, NIHL 2

style="background:#eee;"

|23

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Daniel Mulcahy

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|2000|12|01|df=yes}}

| align=left| Solihull, England

| align=left| Telford Tigers, NIHL National

style="background:#eee;"

|79

| {{flagicon|ENG}}

| align=left| Tom Soar

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1993|01|02|df=yes}}

| align=left| Nottingham, England

| align=left| Invicta Dynamos, NIHL 1

style="background:#eee;"

|94

| {{flagicon|SCO}}

| align=left| James Smith

| R

| align=left| {{Birth date and age|1994|06|29|df=yes}}

| align=left| Dundee, Scotland

| align=left| Telford Tigers 2, NIHL 2

Honours

References

{{Reflist}}

{{British ice hockey}}

Category:Ice hockey teams in England

Category:Sport in the West Midlands (county)