21-676: The Sheffield Steeldogs are a semi professional ice hockey team, based at the iceSheffield complex in Sheffield , England . The club came into existence during the summer of 2010 as a replacement for the previous tenants of the iceSheffield rink, the Sheffield Scimitars , after the Scimitars were able to fundraise over a million pounds to revamp the team. The team have played in the English Premier Ice Hockey League from
42-623: A 1-0 loss at home. February's league campaign would start off slow with a loss away to Whitley Bay. This loss was following a home and away fixture against the Pirates on Friday and Saturday, the Sunday game showed the Steeldogs concede 3 goals in the final period against a Warriors team playing their only game of the weekend. The Steeldogs would win the remaining of their games in February and leave them on top of
63-598: A difficult rebuilding process for the still inexperienced coach. Fans had hoped that Ben Bowns would be re-signed, however he switched to the EIHL becoming the starting net minder for Hull Stingrays. ( * ) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import) Captain C' League This is the first season that the Sheffield Steeldogs were to participate in the National Ice Hockey League North conference,
84-534: A result, large areas were derelict by the end of the 1980s despite the steel industry continuing to increase production and the Sheffield Development Corporation were given the task of redeveloping the area. Among the new developments are Meadowhall shopping centre , Valley Centertainment and Sheffield Arena . A public footpath, the Five Weirs Walk , has been opened up along the banks of
105-595: A semi-final place against Milton Keynes Lightning (Sheffield Steeldogs won the first leg 1:0 at Ice Sheffield). The Steeldogs went on to finish third in the league after hinting at a title challenge. A two-goal victory of the Basingstoke Bison in their playoff quarter final led to their first appearance at the playoff finals in Coventry. There the Steeldogs met archrivals the Manchester Phoenix in an epic battle that
126-418: A small band of Eastern European imports, excelled during the 2011/12 season, pulling off several shock wins, including a win against fierce rivals Manchester Phoenix, a strong 3:1 win against Slough Jets and a fantastic 2:0 away shutout at MK Lightning. The Steeldogs had mixed physical hockey with attacking flare to fire their way to a solid top-5 spot and dispelled any notions of a ‘goon hockey’ tag by achieving
147-471: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This ice hockey article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lower Don Valley 53°24′18″N 1°25′01″W / 53.405°N 1.417°W / 53.405; -1.417 The Lower Don Valley , or historically the East End of Sheffield , is the mainly industrial north-east quarter of Sheffield , England . Located on
168-644: Is an ice arena in the Lower Don Valley , Sheffield , England . iceSheffield was completed in May 2003 at a cost of £15 million and is a Centre of Excellence for figure skating, ice dance and hockey, and it is one of only two facilities in the UK that has two Olympic sized ice pads with seating for 1,500 people in pad 1 and 125 in pad 2. Its overall philosophy of use/focus is for the inclusion and activities for all ice sports from community and grass root usage to elite performance. It
189-593: Is now home to most ice hockey teams in Sheffield with the exception being the Sheffield Steelers , who are still based at nearby Sheffield Arena , though the venue has hosted a number of Steelers games in recent seasons. The venue hosts a range of events including many disco sessions for the young people of Sheffield. The main sports team to play at iceSheffield are the Sheffield Bears ice hockey team who play in
210-654: The BUIHA . Managed by Sheffield City Trust on behalf of the Sheffield City Trust , in February 2015 it was announced that iceSheffield would be incorporated into the Olympic Legacy Park on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium . The Sheffield Steelers also use it as a second home and a training ground. 53°23′58″N 1°25′26″W / 53.39944°N 1.42389°W / 53.39944; -1.42389 This article about an English sports venue
231-459: The River Don , it encompasses the areas of Attercliffe , Brightside , Darnall , Tinsley and Wincobank . The area became the heart of Sheffield's steel industry during the 19th and 20th century. However it went into decline during the 1970s and 1980s as the nature of steel manufacture changed from large industrial sites with large scale employment to more streamlined and automated manufacture. As
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#1732877279375252-685: The 2 games. The first game took place in Sheffield and saw the Dogs win 3-2. The Dogs then managed to increase the aggregate score away in Hull and win the overall fixture by winning 3-1, winning the overall competition 6-3 and advancing onto the National Cup final against Swindon Wildcats. Autumn Cup The Steeldogs would bail out of the Autumn Cup throughout September and October against Basingstoke Bison and Peterborough Phantoms. IceSheffield iceSheffield
273-577: The 2010–2017 season. After their first season in the EPL, the team achieved a playoff semi-final berth with an 8th-placed finish. The team started the 2011/12 season under the stewardship of Andre Payette, a Canadian forward who was known for his physical presence on the ice rather than his scoring touch, and many in British Ice Hockey had predicted that Sheffield would struggle to a bottom-three finish. Payette's team, made up predominantly of local players and
294-460: The Billingham Stars on 23 September 2017. Steeldogs first trip to Blackburn proved to be a thrilling game. The Hawks would take an early lead in the game and it would take the Dogs 59 minutes of the game to score their first goal, Ashley Calvert getting the equaliser in the last minute of regulation. The game then went to overtime when a penalty shot was awarded to the dogs, Milan Kolena scoring
315-468: The Moralee Conference. March left the Steeldogs with 4 games remaining in the league, Hull Pirates had a game in hand on the Dogs and were only 1 point behind the Dogs in the league. Following 2 wins for the dogs and 3 wins for the Pirates, one of these against 3rd place Telford, the league came down to the final weekend with 2 games against Hull. Both games were a must win for the Dogs, 1 victory for
336-402: The Moralee Conference. The season started with player coach Ben Morgan assembling his team and completing the roster with a mix of youth, speed, experience and skill, with the majority of players being a 'home grown player' and being from the Sheffield area. Lewis Bell was named the club's captain at the start of the season with the assistants being Tim Smith and Ashley Calvert. The first game of
357-471: The Pirates would see them take the league. Saturdays game would see the forth shutout in a row for Dmitri Zimozdra as the Dogs would win 1-0. Sundays game was a much more open affair with a 6-4 win for the Dogs which saw them win the league in Hull's rink. National Cup The majority of games in December and early January were for the National Cup against Peterborough Phantoms and Hull Pirates. Within this group
378-406: The Steeldogs managed to win 3 games and lost 4 in regulation and 1 in overtime. This was enough to see the Steeldogs prevail onto the next stage of the cup with the help of some adjusted points between the final Hull and Peterborough game. The next stage saw the Dogs come up against close rivals Hull in the semi-finals of the cup. The games were a home and away fixture with an aggregate score between
399-485: The penalty shot and winning the frantic game. 26 November would see the second meeting of the season between the Steeldogs and Hull Pirates, but the first meeting in the league between the sides. The contest that took place in Hull saw the Pirates take the points and hand the Steeldogs their first defeat in the league in regular time. The Dogs would go December unbeaten and in January would only lose once, to Telford Tigers in
420-516: The season was away to the last league champions on the former English Premier League, the Telford Tigers. It saw the Steeldogs set the tempo for the season by taking the Tigers to overtime and just falling short in the final period. The dogs would then go unbeaten in the next 11 league games. Andrew Hirst reached a personal milestone in this time by scoring his 100th goal for the Steeldogs in a win against
441-474: Was decided on penalty shots in favour of the Lancashire outfit. The Steeldogs also reached the EPL cup final but were soundly beaten by league champion Guildford Flames as they did the double. Andre Payette once again led the Steeldogs in 2012/13 but faced a big challenge to repeat the success of the previous season. With young goaltender Ben Bowns making the switch to the EIHL and an aging defence, it proved to be
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