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Sheffield Steelers
- Nickname: Steelers
- Year of foundation: 1991
- Colours: White,Teal,Orange
- Club status: active
- Address: Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield Arena
Broughton Lane
Sheffield S9 2DF - Phone: +44 (0) 114 242 3535
- Fax: +44 (0) 114 242 3344
- Email: office@sheffieldsteelers.co.uk
- WWW: http://www.sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/
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All time leagues: Champions Hockey League | Continental Cup | EIHL Cup | EIHL | Challenge Cup (EIHL) | English Cup | English Premier Ice Hockey League | Benson & Hedges Cup | British Ice Hockey Super League | British League Division 1 | British National League | British Premier Division | Crossover League | English Division 1 | Express Cup (UK)
Season 2014-2015
Club teams
This club in 2014-2015: EIHL | Challenge Cup (EIHL) | English Cup
Current rosterseason 2014-2015
| # | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Sam Gospel |  | 27.03.1994 | 178 cm | 71 kg | left | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club
Sheffield Arena
- Adress: Sheffield Arena
Broughton Lane
Sheffield
S9 2DF
England - Phone: +44 0114 256 2002
- Email: sheffieldhospitality@livenation.co.uk
- Web: http://www.sheffieldarena.co.uk
- Capacity: 13500
- Opened in: 1991
Ice Hockey existed in amateur form in Sheffield, but the sport began its return to an era of arenas and stadium size crowds with the opening of the Sheffield Arena in 1991 and the creation of the Sheffield Steelers - the ice hockey team that was to occupy the new arena. The Sheffield Arena was built as part of the city's facilities for the staging of the World Student Games, and is a sizeable stadium originally seating 8,500 and located close to the city centre.[1] Ronnie Wood and David Gardener-Brown were at the helm as the Marketing Director at the club and set about promoting ice hockey to a city raised on the footballing success of Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. Wood had a specific target, seeking to attract children and families to the city's new sporting Arena. As he stated in an interview in Liam Sluyter's A Game of Three Halves (Mainstream Publishing, 1998) "we were sending guys around schools. We wrote to all the schools in Sheffield and said "Bring the kids, see the Arena, sit down, experience the whole thing" ". They also began taking players to local football matches and parading them around the ground with mascots in an attempt to pull in football fans too. Another marketing ploy was to give certain players nicknames to help the crowd associate with the new (and as yet unknown) players. This was an idea hatched by the announcer Dave Simms.
The Steelers were named in honor of Sheffield's industrial past, much like the American football team of the same name based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the sharing of nicknames are merely a coincidence. The American football team actually predates Sheffield's team by 58 years and was already popular worldwide due to their dominance in the National Football League in the 1970s. Sheffield and Pittsburgh are considered sister cities
The Sheffield Steelers were the first ever fully professional ice hockey team in Great Britain, and O'Brien suggested that there was a lot of resentment from the followers of other hockey teams who saw them as a "cheque book hockey club" able to buy whoever they chose.Likewise, Sluyter questions the authenticity of the majority of Steelers fans in the club's early days. Though he admitted that it was a generalisation, Sluyter suggested hockey fans of teams like Cardiff, Fife and Nottingham were ice hockey fans first and foremost, while Steelers' supporters were only Steelers fans, and knew very little of ice hockey outside of Sheffield. However, it made little difference as Sheffield began breaking several British ice hockey attendance records, and in March of that year added an extra 1,200 seats to the Arena to meet the growing demand.
Sheffield Steelers had begun their first ever season in English Division One of the British Hockey League. One year later Sheffield Steelers won promotion into the British Premier League, before going on to win this in 1995 - the last team to do so before the formation of the new British Ice Hockey Super League (ISL) that year.
On Sunday 3 December 2006, the Steelers played in their 1000th ever game. The game was against the Basingstoke Bison at the Hallam FM Arena, for which special orange jerseys had been made for the match. The Steelers lost the game 3-2 and the jerseys were all auctioned off at the game.
Notable players:Regular season titles 1994-95, 1995-96, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2008-09
Autumn Cups 1995-96, 2000-01
Challenge Cups 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03
Playoff championships 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09
Retired Numbers:
4 Tim Cranston
7 Ronnie Wood
9 Ken Priestlay
16 Tony Hand
26 Ron Shudra
- 2016-2017: EIHL
- 2013-2014: EIHL
- 2008-2009: EIHL
- 2007-2008: EIHL
- 2003-2004: EIHL
- 2002-2003: Challenge Cup (EIHL)
- 2001-2002: British Ice Hockey Super League
- 2000-2001: Challenge Cup (EIHL)
- 2000-2001: British Ice Hockey Super League
- 2000-2001: Benson & Hedges Cup
- 1999-2000: Challenge Cup (EIHL)
- 1998-1999: Challenge Cup (EIHL)
- 1996-1997: British Ice Hockey Super League
from 1991 to 2003:
from 2003 to 2010:
from 2010 to present:
- http://www.sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/ (official)
- http://www.steelshack.com/ (unofficial)
- www.hallofsteel.co.uk (unofficial)
- twitter.com/SteelersHockey (twitter)
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21412308167 (facebook)
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Worksop-United-Kingdom/Bassetlaw-Bandits-supporting-the-Sheffield-Steelers/162048347027 (facebook)
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One in One out at Sheffield
Sheffield Steelers (EIHL)head coach Aaron Fox has confirmed that the club has signed defenceman Josef Hrabal from Prereov.
Hrabal will arrive in Sheffield on Friday and the club hopes to have the international transfer paperwork completed ahead of Saturday’s home game against Fife Flyers.
Earlier tonight the Steelers announced that Mikko Kuukka would be leaving the club after his trial period and heading back to the Finnish Liiga
“It was a difficult decision to return home to Finland, I have been so pleased to play in Sheffield and was surprised how good and profession the team was. I wish everyone here the best” said Mikko
Aaron Fox confirmed the roster situation “We always knew that Mikko would be a short term signing, in fact I think we were lucky to keep him as long as we did. He really enjoyed his time here and I think it was a tougher decision for him that he thought it was going to be.
“We leave on good terms and you never know if our paths will cross again.
(12 Dec 2019)Sheffield Steelers add injury cover
With long term injuries afflicting Sheffield Steelers (EIHL) they signed Finnish forward Janne Koelhmainen. He has signed until the end of the season and makes his debut this Friday night in Belfast.
(05 Dec 2019)Sheffield Steelers signing
Sheffield Steelers today brought their roster up to fifteen with the addition of former DEL2 right winger Jesse Schultz.
“Just two seasons ago he was the third highest scorer in the East Coast league. His experience is vast both in North America and Europe. He is a perfect fit for us and a great addition to the team that we take into the Champions League in August” said coach Paul Thompson.“He is obviously an offensive talent, an offensive player” continued Thompson “I think we have a highly skilled winger who will add a further offensive punch to the line up. He is a puck possession player who comes with a great shot. I like the way he fits into the line up along side the variety of talent we have already amassed”
(16 May 2016)Steelers sign Hayes
Sheffield Steelers of the EIHL today swooped for new signing Ryan Hayes, the EIHL top goalscorer with Edinburgh Capitals. This is hot on the heels of the signing of Swedish forward Conny Stromberg. Hayes, who has scored 25 goals, became available and with Colton Fretter of Sheffield struggling through a recurring injury it obviously seemed a prudent move by coach Paul Thompson.
(13 Jan 2016)Record crowd in EIHL
Fans of the Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers set a new Elite League record attendance on Boxing Day.
A total of 9,087 turned out at the Sheffield Arena to watch the two teams play out a tight 2-1 contest in Steelers' favour.
(28 Dec 2015)Coventry wins EIHL playoffs
Coventry Blaze beat Sheffield Steelers 4-2 in the final to win the EIHL playoffs. Belfast Giants beat Hull Stingrays for the third place. Sheffield Steelers are EIHL champions as they won the regular season.
(05 Apr 2015)Coventry Blaze fired coach Söderström
Coventry Blaze announced Mathias Söderström has been replaced as head coach by Sheffield Steelers assistant coach Marc LeFebvre. Sodestrom was appointed head coach during the summer after spending a couple of season as assistant.
Blaze chairman Andy Buxton said: "Marc is coming in as head coach until the end of the season. We wanted someone who knows the Elite League, knows the way the club works, knows the opposition teams and knows our players - someone who can hit the ground running. It's not easy to make a coaching change mid-season but Marc is a very bright young coach who has already shown he knows how to run a professional team and knows how to win. He now has a chance to show us what he can do."
Ryan Finnerty to coach Braehead Clan
Canadian Ryan Finnerty is the new coach of Braehead Clan. The former Sheffield Steelers coach signed a two-years contract.
"Glasgow is a blue collared hard working city and we want a team that will emulate that on the ice. We will have a good mixture of skill and toughness." said Finnerty
Belfast Giants win Elite Ice Hockey League
By beating defending champion Sheffield Steelers 5-1 in fron of 7.000 spectators, Belfast Giants win their third EIHL title, the first from 2005-06
(17 Mar 2012)EIHL starts
The British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) started yesterday with two games. David-Alexandre Beauregard scored a hat trick when Nottingham Panthers beat Cardiff Devils 6-1. Mark Ramsey and Steve Birnstill both scored in the shootout to secure the 2-1 win for Sheffield Steelers against Belfast Giants.
(04 Sep 2011)Team statistics
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Fast factsseason 2014-2015
- Youngest player: Sam Gospel (21 years)
- Oldest player: Sam Gospel (21 years)
- Shortest player: Sam Gospel (178 cm)
- Tallest player: Sam Gospel (178 cm)
- Nationalities: Great Britain (1)
Leagues
Sheffield Steelers participates in season 2014-2015: EIHL, Challenge Cup (EIHL), English Cup
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