The numbers that prove Hull Seahawks' year-on-year progression
MATTY DAVIES may still have his eye on the big prize of the NIHL National play-off crown, but the Hull Seahawks head coach was able to tick off another of his pre-season targets at the weekend.
A four-point weekend brought about by following up Friday’s 3-1 win at Sheffield Steeldogs with a 4-3 win in overtime at home to Bristol Pitbulls on Sunday took the second-placed Seahawks to 67 points with two games to play.
Now in their fourth season, it is the Seahawks’ biggest-ever points haul in the UK second tier, 2023-24 seeing them amass 65 points in the regular season, a total they beat by one 12 months later.
Davies would like to break the 70-point barrier this weekend, something that will guarantee his team second spot at the end of the regular season.
“It’s little things like that - reaching 67 points for example - that I like to note as a sign that we are improving, that we are progressing,” said Davies, whose team finish off the regular season with a visit to Peterborough Phantoms before hosting Solway Sharks on Sunday.
“They are things that I care about and that I want us to keep improving on.”