Breaking The Ice Podcast

On this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice podcast, Alan and Mark look back on the Steelers single game from last weekend as the side picked up a 3-1 win at home against the Manchester Storm. They then discuss the new measures brought in by the EIHL board with regards to the future of DOPS and also the re-introduction of the 4-man system. They finish this week by looking ahead to the Steelers Continental Cup games in Denmark, where the top two teams from the group will qualify for the Super Final in January.

In this weeks episode, Alan and Mark look back on a mixed bag of results for the Steelers, as the side lose in regulation to conference rivals Cardiff but bounce back with a convincing victory over the Dundee Stars. They also discuss webcasts and their worth to clubs as well as look into whether there should be a cause for concern for the Steelers over their early season form in their conference games. They conclude by looking ahead to this weekends solitary game, in the Challenge Cup, against the visiting Manchester Storm.

On this weeks episode of the podcast, Alan and Mark reflect on a near perfect weekend for the Steelers, as the club gets 5 points from a possible 6. They discuss the positive play from the younger members of the squad and talk a little bit more about the current situation regarding the Department of Player Safety. As always, they conclude by looking ahead to the upcoming games.

In the latest bumper episode of the podcast, Alan and Mark look back on five eventful games of hockey for the Sheffield Steelers, that sees the team pick up 7 points out of a possible 10, as the Steelers start to find some consistency and some momentum to their game. They also discuss the moments of madness through that time, in particular the game against Belfast that was highly incident filled and resulted in DOPS reviewing some of the game. Alan and Mark conclude by looking ahead to this weekends games, as the Steelers play 3 times in 3 nights.

After a week off, the boys are back with a bang on this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice podcast. They look back at the last fortnight in the world of the Sheffield Steelers, featuring player injuries, player departures, a painful loss and a surprising victory along the way. As always, they conclude by looking ahead to this weekends upcoming games, this time against the Panthers and the Stars.

In this weeks Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a weekend of hockey where the Steelers failed to pick up any points, as they lost both games to Belfast. They take a look at the current situation with the quality of the ice at the arena and respond to a few comments/questions from other fans. They finish by taking another look at the upcoming game against the Lightning and also look ahead to the two games this coming weekend against the Blaze.

In this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a positive start to this season league campaign for the Steelers, as they picked up 5 points out of 6. They answer a couple of questions from listeners, before concluding by looking ahead to this weekends two games against Belfast and next weeks midweek game against Milton Keynes.

In the latest episode of the podcast, Alan and Mark are finally once again joined by fellow contributor Fergus. They take a look back at a somewhat surprising weekend of results for the Steelers as the team picked up two hard fought victories. They then look ahead to this weekends games against the Devils and the Flames.

In the latest episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a mixed weekend for the Steelers, that saw the side hit hard with injuries to several key players. They answer a couple of questions from listeners of the podcast, before concluding as always by looking ahead to this weekends games.

On this weeks show, Alan and Mark reflect on a weekend of various tests for the Steelers as a hockey club. Arena delays, ice issues and line-up changes make for an interesting episode. They discuss the weekends games against a new look Storm side and as always conclude with looking ahead to the upcoming games this weekend, both being against another new look Blaze side.

In this weeks episode, in Marks absence, Alan is joined by lifelong friend and MK Lightning fan Lucy. Alan looks back on a weekend of losses for the Steelers against a very strong DEL side in the form of the Nurnberg Ice Tigers. Alan and Lucy then discuss MK's step up to the EIHL and conclude the episode by looking ahead to this weekends pre-season action for their respective clubs.

On this weeks episode, Alan is joined by Danny and Sue Hinde from Rock the Block. They discuss a split weekend of pre-season action for the Steelers against a very good Sodertalje side. They talk about how pre-seasons have changed over the years and then conclude by looking ahead to this weekends action, which sees the Steelers take on the Nurnburg Ice Tigers from Germany's DEL.

In the first episode for the new EIHL season, Alan and Mark are back to take a look at the new look Steelers team and discuss the first two pre-season games for the club, which will be played against Swedish side Sodertalje.

In this episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark are joined by a new podcast team member, in Fergus. They discuss the comings and goings from the Steelers thus far during the off season, as well as the other EIHL teams, and have a look at how this will impact the new league format of 4 teams in 3 conferences, thanks to the addition to the league of the Guildford Flames and the Milton Keynes Lightning.

In the final episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast for the EIHL season, Alan and Mark reflect on an incredible Playoff Finals Weekend in Nottingham, which saw the Sheffield Steelers come out as the champions after a breath-taking grand final game against the Cardiff Devils. The winning goal being scored by Levi Nelson in the second period of sudden death overtime.

This week, Alan and Mark reflect on the dramatic quarter final match up between the Steelers and the Panthers. They look at the other quarter final match up results before discussing Ryan Finnerty and the Braehead Clan parting company. They move on to the new contract for Steelers captain Jono Phillips, before concluding by looking ahead to this weekends season conclusion in Nottingham, featuring the Devils, Giants, Steelers and Stars.

In the final bonus episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast for this week, Alan and Mark take a look at the last playoff quarter final matchup, between the Belfast Giants and the Fife Flyers.

In the second bonus episode for this week from the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look ahead to the playoff quarter final matchup between the Braehead Clan and the Dundee Stars.

In the first of three bonus episodes of the Breaking The Ice Podcast for this week, Alan and Mark look ahead to the playoff quarter final matchup between the Cardiff Devils and the Manchester Storm.

On the first of four episodes of the Breaking The Ice Podcast this week, Alan and Mark look back on the final two Steelers games of the regular season, that see the side pick up two victories and finish third in the league. They discuss the seasons of both the Capitals and then more so the Blaze as those two sides miss out on the upcoming Playoffs. They then conclude by looking ahead to the quarter final playoff fixtures for the Steelers against the Nottingham Panthers.

In this weeks episode, Alan and Mark discuss a split weekend for the Steelers, which resulted in the Cardiff Devils being crowned EIHL champions. They touch on this weeks EIHL awards which sees a nine year old Giants fan pick up the player of the week and goal of the week awards. They also discuss when they feel the league champion should get presented with the trophy, after comments made over social media by Giants captain Adam Keefe. As always they conclude by looking ahead to this weekends games, the last two in the league for the Steelers.

On this weeks edition of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a solid 120 minutes of hockey from the Steelers, as they secure a 4 point weekend with victories over Braehead and Cardiff. They then look ahead to this weekends games, an away game in Belfast (the scene of the recording for this episode) and then a home game, once more, against Cardiff.

On this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a weekend to forget for the Steelers, as they lost at home to Coventry and then lost the Challenge Cup Final to Cardiff. Alan then goes on record with his opinion on an incident involving David Simms, the clubs match night announcer, which saw David use words that some people perceived to be homophobic remarks. As always, Alan and Mark then look ahead to this weekends games for the club, with an away game at Braehead and then a home game against Cardiff.

On this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a mixture of results for the Steelers, as they pick up wins against the Capitals and the Panthers, yet crash land in Kirkcaldy as they suffer defeat to the Flyers. They then conclude as always by looking ahead to this weekends games, a home game against the Blaze and the Challenge Cup Final down in Cardiff, against the Devils, on the Sunday.

On this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on another four point weekend for the Steelers, albeit in controversial terms yet again against the Manchester Storm. They touch on Cardiff's surprise loss in Nottingham after they had a four point weekend themselves in Belfast. They then conclude as always by looking ahead to the next set of games for the Steelers, those being against Edinburgh, Nottingham and Fife respectively.

Yet another bumper edition of the Breaking The Ice Podcast as Alan and Mark dissect a busy week for the Steelers. Three wins and a loss and a player departure and a player return. Alan goes to town on DoPS for an appalling lack of discipline against the Panthers Jeff Brown for a disgusting hit on Zack Fitzgerald. They also encounter something called a shutout...twice! As always, they finish by previewing the upcoming weekend of hockey, as the Steelers play the Manchester Storm on consecutive nights.

In another bumper edition of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a reasonably positive 4 point weekend for the Steelers. Alan shares his thoughts and opinions on the transpired negativity between the club and the fan base and says enough is enough. They move on to discuss the form of Robert Dowd and a couple of other players who had come in for some criticism in recent weeks and also touch on Brad Day's role with the club. They highlight the signing of forward Geoff Walker from Fassa in Italy, and then conclude by previewing the next four Steelers games, all of which could be very tight indeed.

On this weeks edition of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a disastrous weekend for the Steelers, as they suffered two regulation defeats at home to the visiting Belfast Giants. They then look ahead to upcoming games against the Dundee Stars and the Coventry Blaze, with both games being potential banana skins for the boys in orange.

On this weeks episode of the podcast, Alan and Mark reflect on an overall successful weekend for the Steelers. Due to a late recording, they are also able to recap on the first leg of the Challenge Cup Semi Final, in which the Steelers earned themselves a 2-1 lead to take into the second leg against Nottingham. They then look ahead to a tough weekend of hockey, as the Steelers host the Belfast Giants in two home games.

On this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on a very weird four point weekend for the Steelers, they congratulate the Nottingham Panthers on winning the Continental Cup Super Final in Italy, touch on the Guildford Flames application to join the EIHL next season, and then look ahead to the upcoming weekends games against the Braehead Clan and Cardiff Devils.

In this weeks episode, Alan and Mark look back on a satisfying weekend in Belfast for the Steelers, as they picked up 3 points from a possible 4. They then look ahead to the midweek game against Edinburgh, before discussing a tough weekend of games against a Coventry Blaze side, who have found a bit of form of their own.

On this weeks edition of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on two hard fought victories for the Steelers over the Manchester Storm, and dub it a happy new year. They then look ahead to this weekends difficult games away in Belfast.

In this weeks Breaking The Ice Podcast (the final one for 2016), Alan and Mark look back on the Steelers two victories against the Blaze, the two gutting defeats to the Panthers as Christmas gets cancelled and the subsequent release of Jesse Schultz. They then move on as always by previewing an upcoming set of games, as the Steelers have a home and away series against the Storm.

On this weeks episode of the Breaking the Ice Podcast, Alan goes solo with the show, as he recaps yet another loss for the Steelers against the Devils. He discusses what he believes is a game changing decision by referee Michael Hicks when he ejected Steelers player Zack Fitzgerald. He also goes on to preview the next four games, Coventry twice and Nottingham twice. He also gives Marks thoughts on everything via e-mail.

On this weeks episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark reflect on a disappointing one point weekend of results for the Steelers, but a promising midweek performance against the Dundee Stars which saw the Steelers pick up a much needed win, as they play "Catch Up" with Cardiff at the top of the table. They then look ahead to this weekends only game for the Steelers, another road trip, and another big game at that, back down in Cardiff.

In this weeks bumper edition of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark look back on an eventful couple of weekends for the Steelers and an eventful week off the ice for the actual Elite League itself. The hot topic, being the Department of Play Safety, in which Alan goes on a tirade with his thoughts on the current system and set-up. As always, Alan and Mark close the show by previewing the next three Steelers games.

On this weeks show, Alan and Mark look back on another home defeat for the Steelers to the Devils. They discuss the victory two nights later against Belfast, including the Rutherford incident. Afterwards, they look ahead to the Challenge Cup quarter final games against the Edinburgh Capitals and Sundays away game in Cardiff.

On this weeks show, Alan and Mark look back on a successful weekend for the Steelers as they collected maximum points from wins against Nottingham and Dundee. Alan has some harsh words for Nottingham off the back of the 8-1 destruction by the Steelers. The pair then look ahead to upcoming games against Cardiff and Belfast, both of which are at home with a days rest between the two games.

As always, Alan and Mark bring you another episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast. This week, they reflect on a disappointing weekend of hockey in Scotland for the Steelers, as they "escape" with 2 points out of the weekend. They then look ahead to this weekends upcoming games against Nottingham at home and a return to Dundee, where answers need to be found.

On this weeks edition of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark discuss a variety of topics. Tyler Mosienko's departure, two wins against Coventry, the signing of Yared Hagos and the suspension of Zack Fitzgerald for two games by DOPS. They conclude by briefly looking ahead to this weekends upcoming games against Edinburgh and Dundee.

A successful weekend of hockey for the Steelers is reviewed by Alan and Mark this week. A four point weekend against the Flyers saw the Steelers go into third place in the league. They then look ahead to the upcoming weekends games against the Coventry Blaze, again home and away.

A mixed bag of emotions this week on the Breaking The Ice Podcast as Alan and Mark look back on an up and down weekend of results for the Steelers (a win and a loss). Afterwards, they look ahead in more positive light at the upcoming banner raising and the two games against the Fife Flyers.

In this weeks episode, Alan and Mark look back on a four point weekend for the Steelers, but question whether or not it was deserved. They mention the latest injury to the club, a hamstring issue for Ben O'Connor, before looking ahead to a testing weekend with two games against the Cardiff Devils.

It's episode number 9 of the Breaking The Ice Podcast! This week, Alan and Mark look back on a successful weekend for the Steelers as they collected two wins. They touch on the Levi Nelson injury before looking ahead to the clubs upcoming games against Braehead on the Friday night and Belfast on the Sunday.

On the eighth episode of the Breaking The Ice Podcast, Alan and Mark reflect on a sour weekend for the Steelers, as they suffer two regulation defeats, to go from heroes to zeroes. They then look ahead at the upcoming weekends games, firstly at home to the struggling Braehead Clan, before a journey across the hills to Manchester to take on the Storm.

In this weeks episode, Alan and Mark look back on a weekend of wins for the Steelers as they beat both Coventry and Nottingham to collect 4 points in the Challenge Cup. They then look ahead to a testing weekend for the Steelers, as they play away in Nottingham and then face Cardiff for the first time this season, on home ice.

In this week episode, Alan and Mark reflect on a stunning Steelers performance in their victory over Red Bull Salzburg in the teams final CHL game. They ponder whether or not the Challenge Cup is really worth the time and effort any more, before looking ahead to this weekends Challenge Cup games against Coventry and Nottingham.

In this weeks show, Alan and Mark answer a question from a Steelers fan about what they think defines a club legend. They then go onto re-cap two games against the Manchester Storm and finish by previewing the Steelers final CHL group stage game, against Salzburg.

In this weeks episode, Alan and Mark look back on another defeat for the Steelers in the CHL, which all but sees them out of the competition. They then look ahead to this weekends upcoming friendly and Challenge Cup games against the Manchester Storm, as the Steelers officially start their EIHL campaign.

In this weeks episode, Alan and Mark look back on the Steelers two away CHL games in Sweden and Austria, discuss the shirt launch and look ahead to a home game against Swedish side HV71.

Welcome to episode number 2! In this much shorter episode, Alan and Mark look at the upcoming games in Sweden and Austria for the Sheffield Steelers in CHL action.