Altrincham Aces

Altrincham Aces
Altrincham Aces
City	Altrincham, Greater Manchester
League	NIHL
Conference	Division Two North
Founded	1961, 2015
Home arena	Altrincham Ice Dome
Colours	Navy, Red & White ;
Head coach	Elliott Bayne
Affiliates	Manchester Storm, EIHL
Website	altrinchamaces.net
Franchise history
1986-1995	Trafford Metros
1961-86, 95-93, 2015-	Altrincham Aces

The Altrincham Aces are a semi-professional and amateur ice hockey team of the English National Ice Hockey League, based out of the Altrincham Ice Dome, situated on Oakfield Road in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England.

The team was initially founded in 1961, the team were based out of the old Altrincham Ice Rink, situated on Devonshire Road in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, and played until 2003, when the rink was sold,^[1] then demolished to make way for a new housing development.

During the period 1986–1995, the team was known as the Trafford Metros, as the team was in part funded by Trafford council. This name was revived in 2009, but then altered to the Manchester Minotaurs in 2013. Until recently the team was affiliated to the Manchester Phoenix a team playing in the English Premier League.^[2]

In the course of the team's existence, they played in a variety of regional and national leagues, in the largely amateur structure of the sport within the UK.

In 2015 the Aces were re-formed and entered the English National Ice Hockey League.^[3] The team, alongside Widnes Wild, are affiliated to the Manchester Storm (2015–).

Club roster 2022-23

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

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
		Lewis McBride		(1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 31)	Altrincham, England	2019 from Blackburn Eagles	22/23
		Evan Coles	L	(2000-02-13) 13 February 2000 (age 24)	Sheffield, England	2022 from Widnes Wild	Two-Way
		Bayley Hodkinson		2003 (age 19)	England	2022 from Blackburn Hawks	Two-Way
		Cameron Valentine-Higgs		2004 (age 18)	England	2021 from Manchester U18	22/23

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
16		Max Sullivan		2001 (age 21)	Baguley, England	2018 from Manchester U18	22/23
		David Kameníček			Prostejov, Czechia	2019 from Bradford Bulldogs	22/23
		James Ashton		(1983-02-23) 23 February 1983 (age 41)	England	2022	22/23
		Dávid Zsombor Kovács		(1997-11-14) 14 November 1997 (age 27)	Budapest, Hungary	2022 from Blackburn Hawks 2	22/23
		Cameron Williams		2002 (age 20)	England	2022 from Widnes U18	22/23
		Ben McLellan		2004 (age 18)	England	2022 from Widnes U18	22/23
		James Best		2005 (age 17)	England	2022 from Manchester U18	22/23
		Charles Phillips		2006 (age 16)	England	2022 from Widnes U18	22/23

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
5		Sam Dunford	R	(1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 36)	Blackpool, England	2017 from Blackburn Eagles	22/23
		Bradley Chapman			Ilkley, England	2018 from Bradford U18	22/23
		Carl Price		(1989-07-07) 7 July 1989 (age 35)	England	2021 from Blackburn Hawks 2	22/23
		CJ Ashton	L	(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 27)	England	2021 from Kingston Diamonds	22/23
		Dalton Thompson		(2003-06-11) 11 June 2003 (age 21)	England	2022 from Swindon Wildcats 2	22/23
		Romeo Nixon		2003 (age 19)	England	2021 from Manchester U18	22/23
		Billy King		2003 (age 19)	England	2021 from Manchester U18	22/23
		Elliot Hunt		2003 (age 19)	England	2022 from Manchester U18	22/23
		Grace Garbett	L	(2003-08-09) 9 August 2003 (age 21)	England	2022 from Solihull Vixens	Two-Way
		Jake Frost		2004 (age 18)	England	2022 from Sutton Sting	22/23
		Luke Mullarkey		2004 (age 18)	England	2022 from Widnes U18	22/23

Team Staff
No.	Nat.	Name	Acquired	Role	Place of birth	Joined From
		Elliott Bayne	2016-17	Head coach	England	Manchester Minotaurs, NIHL 1
		Lee McBride	2018/19	Assistant coach	England
		Adam Summerfield	2022/23	Goaltending Coach	Whitehaven, England	Manchester Storm Academy, England U16
		Beth Aldred	2019/20	Physical Therapist	England
		Rob Hutchinson	2016/17	General Manager	England

2021/22 Outgoing


Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
7		Alex Parry		(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32)	England	Deeside Dragons, NIHL 1
15		Luke Watson		1995 (age 27)	England	Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1
17		Andrew Hopkins		1997 (age 25)	Northern Ireland	Widnes Wild, NIHL 1
18		Jonathon Williamson	L	1994 (age 28)	England	Widnes Wild, NIHL 1
27		Dylan Harcourt		(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21)	England	Blackburn Hawks, NIHL 1
46		Cameron Kushnirenko		1999 (age 23)	England	Sutton Sting,NIHL 2
88		Christopher Keating		1988 (age 34)	England	Deeside Dragons, NIHL 1

References

^ "Skating on thin ice?". Messenger Newspapers. Newsquest Media Group. 12 December 2001.
^ "The Metros are back! - ENL - Manchester Phoenix". Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.
^ "Altrincham Aces". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[1] "Skating on thin ice?". Messenger Newspapers. Newsquest Media Group. 12 December 2001.

[2] "The Metros are back! - ENL - Manchester Phoenix". Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.

[eliteprospects.com-3] "Altrincham Aces". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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