- Blackpool Seagulls
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wikify=April 2008
notable=April 2008Blackpool Seagulls were an
Ice Hockey team who played at the Pleasure Beach Ice Rink,Blackpool .History
They played in the Midland Intermediate League from 1951 to 1955, the Southern League from 1970 to 1978 and the English League North from 1978 to 1982. They also played in the English National League 1981-82, the British League 1982-83 and the Heineken British League Division One 1983-1988.cite news|title=A-Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey |publisher=az hockey |url=http://www.azhockey.com/Bl.htm#Blackpool%20Seagulls |accessdate=2007-03-28]
They were the
English League North Champions two seasons running - 1980-81 and 1981-82.cite news|title=A-Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey |publisher=az hockey |url=http://www.azhockey.com/Bl.htm#Blackpool%20Seagulls |accessdate=2007-03-28] Four members of the 1981-82 team were selected for the English League North All-Star teamcite news|title=British All-Star Teams |publisher=az hockey |url=http://www.azhockey.com/PA/PAbritishAllStarTeams.html|accessdate=2007-03-28] -*Goal Tender - Andy Sharples
*Defenceman - Steve Currie
*Forward - Brian Sims
*Forward - Bruce SimsThey also played, between 1986 and 1988, in the First Division of the
British Hockey League which had replaced the three regional leagues in the UK in 1982.In 1993 Ice Hockey ended in Blackpool because the Ice Rink at the Pleasure Beach was considered to be too small to host competitive Ice hockey. For a short while the Seagulls name was retained as the club and some of its players moved to
Blackburn Arena . But within a couple of years the Seagulls name was dropped.cite news |title=The Seagull has landed |publisher=Blackpool Gazette |date=2006-10-26 |url=http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=64&ArticleID=1844566 |accessdate=2007-03-28]ee also
References
* Harris, Martin C (2005). "Homes of British Ice Hockey", NPI Media Group, ISBN 978-0752425818
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External links
* [http://www.eurohockey.net/teams/teaminfo.cgi?team=Blackpool%20Seagulls Club info]
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