Sheffield Scimitars (2020)

Sheffield Scimitars
City	Sheffield, England
League	NIHL North Division 2
Founded	2010
Home arena	iceSheffield
Colors	White, Blue & Black
Affiliates	Sheffield Steeldogs, NIHL National Sheffield Titans, NIHL 2
Website	Sheffield Senators
Franchise history
2010-2020	Sheffield Senators
2020-	Sheffield Scimitars

The Sheffield Scimitars are an ice hockey team that plays their home games at the iceSheffield in Sheffield. They play in the NIHL 2 Laidler Conference and are affiliated with the Sheffield Steeldogs of the National League. In 2020, Sheffield Academy announced their senior team would once again be known as the Sheffield Scimitars.

Season-by-season record

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts.	Rank	Post Season
2010-2011	ENL 2	24	1	0	23	-	-	74	200	2	7	No playoffs held
2011-2012	ENL 2	28	10	2	16	-	-	116	154	22	5	No playoffs held
2012-2013	NIHL 2	24	14	2	8	-	-	123	76	30	4	No playoffs held
2013-2014	NIHL 2	28	10	2	16	-	-	86	117	22	7	Did not make playoffs
2014-2015	NIHL 2	36	27	0	9	-	-	204	125	54	3	Semifinal loss
2015-2016	NIHL 1	31	0	0	31	-	-	58	250	0	9	Relegated
2016-2017	NIHL 2	28	14	6	8	-	-	133	95	34	4	Final loss
2017-2018	NIHL 2	36	19	-	13	2	1	222	134	44	6	Did not make playoffs
2018-2019	NIHL 2	31	15	-	11	2	3	173	126	37	5	Did not make playoffs
2019-2020	NIHL 2	26	10	-	10	4	2	133	112	21	5	Playoffs Cancelled

Club roster 2022-23

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

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
29		Brandon Stones	L	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993	Nottingham, England	2022 from MK Lightning	22/23
31		Thomas Hovell	R	(1995-09-20) 20 September 1995	Nottingham, England	2021 from Nottingham Lions	22/23

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
11		William Harper		2002 (age 20)	England	2018 from Sheffield U20	22/23
12		Jake Howis		1999 (age 23)	England	2021	22/23
19		Shaun Wild	L	(1993-09-12) 12 September 1993	Sheffield, England	2014 from Invicta Dynamos	22/23
24		Euan Williams	L	(2006-05-07) 7 May 2006	England	2022 from Sheffield U18	22/23
28		Sam Colton		2002 (age 20)	England	2019 from Ontario Hockey Academy U18 AA	22/23
33		Oliver Turner		(2006-01-19) 19 January 2006	England	2021 from Sheffield U18	22/23
52		Luke Reid	R	(2004-02-25) 25 February 2004	Swindon, England	2022 from Swindon Wildcats 2	22/23

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
2		William Szollosy		2003 (age 19)	England	2022 from Sheffield Titans	22/23
9		Cameron Pywell		(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998	England	2021 from Nottingham Lions	22/23
14		Scott Morris	R	(1988-03-09) 9 March 1988	Sheffield, England	2021 from Sutton Sting	22/23
15		Harry Hopkins	R	1999 (age 23)	England	2021 from Nottingham Lions	22/23
20		Michael Danečko	L	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004	Havirov, Czechia	2021 from Sheffield U18	22/23
21		Ben Roebuck		2005 (age 17)	England	2021 from Sheffield U18	22/23
23		Sam Rodgers		2000 (age 22)	England	2019 from Sheffield U20	22/23
34		Samuel Keeling		(2006-03-30) 30 March 2006	England	2021 from Sheffield U18	22/23
51		William Newcombe		2002 (age 20)	England	2017 from Sheffield U20	22/23
81		Benjamin Cutts	R	(2006-02-04) 4 February 2006	Nottingham, England	2022 from Sheffield U18	22/23
82		Isaac Tse		2004 (age 18)	England	2022 from Ontario Hockey Academy U18 AA	22/23

Team Staff
No.	Nat.	Name	Acquired	Role	Place of birth	Joined From

2021/22 Outgoing

Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
3		Ruskin Hughes	R	(1997-06-16) 16 June 1997	London, England	Invicta Dynamos, NIHL 1
32		Warren Tait	R	(1981-04-17) 17 April 1981	Nottingham, England	Sheffield Steeldogs, NIHL National
91		Cam Brownley	R	(1997-02-03) 3 February 1997	Sheffield, England	Hull Seahawks, NIHL National