A new dawn, a new day

So this week has been rather interesting for the Steelers as owner Paul Ragan decided to focus 100% on his other team the Cardiff Devils. This left the Elite League Champions in the hands of Sheffield born Tony Smith, who's commitment and professionalism will keep the Steelers on form. Welcome to the family Tony!

I would also like to welcome our new British winger Lee Esders to the house of Steel. Lee played for the Hull Stingrays last season and picked up 13 points in 53 games. I am positive that he will be great for our team and will flourish under Ryan Finnerty's coaching. I look forward to seeing Lee on the ice in a Steelers jersey!


Lee Esders
(from Hull and East Riding paper)

Moving on to field hockey now, I played for Wakefield hockey club today against rivals Wakefield Wanderers. Despite dominating the pitch we lost 2-0 due to the hard hits of the Wanderers 3 forwards. I would like to thank all the my girls as todays game was great, we may have lost but our spirits remained high! Would also like to thank the umpires, especially the young man who started chatting to me, you were lovely! Should have got his number really!

Bye for now! x




Wakefield Hockey club



The off season would not be the same without drama!

Once again the Sheffield Steelers have a troubled off season as Rink Corp their latest management goes into voluntary liquidation. Paul Ragan, who owns the Steelers and the Cardiff Devils, runs the company.

Fans from both clubs have been assured that the teams will not be affected and that season tickets will be honored as matches will continue as planned. The club is currently being run by a company called Ice Arena and shall be run separately from the Devils who will be run by Cardiff Ice Arena.

As a Steelers fan I am used to this off season worry of whether or not I will have a team next season. It's the same every summer and it makes us stronger then ever!

Not wanting to dwell on the negatives for a moment longer, I would like to welcome the Fife Flyers to our league. We have been waiting a long time for them to join the Elite League and I don't know about you but I am certainly looking forward to all the trips up to Scotland seeing as we have four teams based up there! Hopefully we might get some double headers - weekend away in Scotland anyone?

I shall leave you with two big rivalry games for the Steelers next season:

26^th December – Home against Nottingham Panthers

27^th December – Away against Nottingham Panthers

Make sure you put them on your calendar as these games are not to be missed! x