In the 2000–01 campaign the Steelers completed a Grand Slam, becoming only the second club to win the Autumn Cup, League, Challenge Cup and Playoff Titles in the same season. The Steelers lost the game 3–2 and the jerseys were all auctioned off at the game. The game was against the Basingstoke Bison at the Hallam FM Arena, for which special orange jerseys had been made for the match. On Sunday 3 December 2006, the Steelers played in their 1000th ever game. The Manchester v Sheffield game in 1997 saw a UK record 17,245, such was the passion for the game at that time. Sheffield began breaking several British ice hockey attendance records, and in March 1996 added an extra 1,200 seats to the Arena to meet the growing demand. The Steelers have continued to fill the capacity of the Arena nearly every season since, including over 9,000 vs Nottingham on Boxing Day 2021.
Sheffield and Pittsburgh are considered sister cities. 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. The Steelers were named in honour of Sheffield's industrial past, much like the American football team of the same name based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sharing of nicknames is merely a coincidence. The Steelers' announcer David Simms gave certain players nicknames in the 1991-92 season to help the crowd associate with the players such as 'Rocket Ron Shudra, 'Stormin' Steve Nemeth and 'Magic' Mark Mackie. They also began taking players to local football matches and together with mascots in an attempt to pull in football fans too. Wood had a specific target, seeking to attract children and families to the city's new sporting Arena. 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. 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. 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.
Sheffield Arena: home of the Steelers twenty-five years later in 2022 The club's main (title) sponsor is Sheffield Window Centre. They are currently a member of the Elite Ice Hockey League. They were formed in 1991 (see 1991 in sport) and play their home games at the Utilita Arena.
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The Sheffield Steelers are a professional ice hockey team located in Sheffield, England. This article is about the Sheffield Steelers ice hockey team.
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