Seattle Sea Hawks (ice hockey)

{{For|the professional American football team (1976–present)|Seattle Seahawks}} {{Redirect|Seattle Olympics|the mountain range near Seattle|Olympic Mountains|the international sporting event similar to the Olympic Games hosted in Seattle|1990 Goodwill Games}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey team | text_color = black | bg_color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0d5d98 5px solid; border-bottom:#cb2930 5px solid; | team = Seattle Sea Hawks | logo = SeattleSeaHawksPCHLLogo.png | logo_size = 230px | city = Seattle, Washington | league = North West Hockey League (1933–36) <br />Pacific Coast Hockey League (1936–41) | founded = 1933 | operated = 1933–41 | arena = Civic Ice Arena | colors = Blue, white, red | owner = | gm = | coach = Frank Foyston | captain =  | name1 = Seattle Sea Hawks | dates1 = 1933–40 | name2 = Seattle Olympics | dates2 = 1940–41  | reg_season_titles = | division_titles = | championships = '''1''' (1935–36)  | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_s1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_s2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = }} The '''Seattle Sea Hawks''' (sometimes written as '''Seattle Seahawks''') were a minor professional hockey team based in Seattle, Washington, playing at the Civic Ice Arena. The Sea Hawks began as a founding member of the North West Hockey League, playing in that league for its three-season existence from 1933 to 1936, before joining the second iteration of the Pacific Coast Hockey League until 1941.<ref name=Nitzy>{{cite web |url=http://nitzyshockeyden.blogspot.com/2015/01/seattle-seahawks-hockeys-version.html |title=Seattle Seahawks, Hockey's Version |date=January 16, 2015 |website=nitzyshockeyden.blogspot.com}}</ref><ref name=AD>{{cite web |url=https://arenadigest.com/2018/12/20/seattle-hockey-history-metropolitans-nhl-expansion/ |title=Seattle Hockey History: From Metropolitans to NHL Expansion |author=Jesse Goldberg-Strassler |date=December 20, 2018 |publisher=Arena Digest |website=arenadigest.com}}</ref> They were the NWHL champions in 1935–36.<ref name=AD/> For their final season in 1940–41, the team was sold to new ownership and renamed the '''Seattle Olympics'''.

Their first coach and general manager was Frank Foyston, a former Seattle Metropolitan and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.<ref name=Nitzy/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p195806 |title=Frank Foyston |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== Various National Hockey League players were members of the team at one time or another, including: * Ken Doraty: 42 points in 48 games in 1938–39<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/doratke01.html |title=Ken Doraty |publisher=Hockey Reference}}</ref> * Gord Fraser: 19 points in 27 games in 1933–34<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/f/frasego01.html |title=Gord Fraser |publisher=Hockey Reference}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=22847 |title=Gord Fraser |publisher=The Internet Hockey Database}}</ref> * Art Gagné: 5 points in 10 games in 1935–36<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12662 |title=Art Gagne |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}}</ref> * Frank Jerwa: 73 points in 87 games between 1937 and 1939<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13100|title=Frank Jerwa|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|accessdate=May 25, 2020}}</ref> * Vic Ripley: 26 points in 36 games in 1939–40<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14127|title=Vic Ripley|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|accessdate=May 4, 2020}}</ref> * Johnny Sheppard: 46 points in 75 games in 1934–36<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14297 |title=Johnny Sheppard |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/179.html Team stats at the Internet Hockey Database]

Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Washington (state) Category:Ice hockey teams in Seattle Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1933 Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1940 Category:1933 establishments in Washington (state) Category:1940 disestablishments in Washington (state)