Sheffield Steeldogs
League	English Premier Ice Hockey League English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association...
Founded	2010
History	Sheffield Steeldogs 2010–present Sheffield Scimitars 2002–2010
Arena	iceSheffield IceSheffield IceSheffield is an ice arena in the Lower Don Valley, Sheffield, England. It was completed in May 2003 at a cost of £15 million. It consists of two Olympic-size ice rinks with seating for 1,500 people...
Capacity	1,500
City	Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Team Colours	White, Blue,
ENIHL Affiliate	Sheffield Spartans
Head Coach/Director of Hockey Ops	Andre Payette
Owner	Shane Smith
General Manager
Team Captain	Greg Wood

The Sheffield Steeldogs are a semi professional ice hockey team, based out of the iceSheffield

IceSheffield

IceSheffield is an ice arena in the Lower Don Valley, Sheffield, England. It was completed in May 2003 at a cost of £15 million. It consists of two Olympic-size ice rinks with seating for 1,500 people...

 complex in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

.

The club came into existence during the summer of 2010 as a replacement for the previous tennants of the iceSheffield rink, the Sheffield Scimitars

Sheffield Scimitars

Sheffield Scimitars formed in 2002 and initially played at the small 500 capacity Sheffield Ice Sports Centre playing in the ENIHL. Since then the team moved to the iceSheffield complex, where they became successful in the ENIHL and made the stepup to the EPL in 2005–06...

, after the Scimitars were forced to fold due to financial problems.

The team will play in the English Premier Ice Hockey League

English Premier Ice Hockey League

The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association...

for the 2010–2011 season.

http://www.sheffieldsteeldogs.co.uk/