HULL SEAHAWKS may have posted their highest-ever NIHL National regular season finish and – with it – their biggest-ever points haul, but head coach Matty Davies insists “we’re not done yet”.

His team may have finished runners-up following their 15th win in 16 games at the weekend – victories over Peterborough Phantoms and Solway Sharks producing another four-point haul – but, for some time now, it has been about the post-season for Davies and his players.

A poor first half of the season left Davies acknowledging his team’s dream of a first regular season league championship would go unfulfilled – something evidenced by the fact his team finished 12 points off champions Swindon Wildcats.

Hull have been targeting the play-offs as their most realistic target of success since the turn of the year, motivated further by the fact they have never made it to the Final Four Weekend in Coventry.

Davies doesn’t only just want to make it to the semi-final stage at the SkyDome Arena on April 18 – he wants to be lifting the trophy at the conclusion of the following day’s grand finale.

“I am proud of the club to say that we’ve been able to finish second,” said Davies after Sunday’s 6-4 win at home to Solway.

“Back around Christmas, I don’t think anybody thought we would get to this position and the fact that we’ve been able to drag ourselves to this point is testament to the lads, the way they have bought into what I want.

“We’ve done a great job to get to where we are. But it’s not done for us. I like this team, I like what we’ve got, I like the group we’ve got.”

DOUBLE DELIGHT: Emil Svec scored twice as Hull Seahawks ended their 2025-26 NIHL National regular season campaign with a 6-4 win at home to Solway Sharks. Picture: Amy Blossom/Seahawks Media.

placeholder image — DOUBLE DELIGHT: Emil Svec scored twice as Hull Seahawks ended their 2025-26 NIHL National regular season campaign with a 6-4 win at home to Solway Sharks. Picture: Amy Blossom/Seahawks Media.

Emil Svec (inset) led the way for Hull, scoring twice, while Bobby Chamberlain, Jack Musil, Jordan Stallard and Lee Bonner also found the net.

Leeds Knights – who are in play-off Group B along with Hull – closed out their regular season campaign with a convincing 5-1 win at home to Peterborough, the goals coming from Finley Bradon (2), Balint Pakozdi, Danny Harrison and Owen Sobchak.

Sheffield Steeldogs, already assured of fourth spot, ended on a win, goals from Joonas Larinmaa, Bair Gendunov (2) and Michael Danečko earning them a 4-2 win at home to Basingstoke Bison.