New Year's Resolutions

Hi Steel Fans! We can't believe how fast New Year's Eve has come. It seems like only yesterday that we were all celebrating Christmas. As everyone gets ready to go out to parties, spend time with family, or just relax at home, thoughts of a New Year's Resolution is not far behind. We sat down with the players over the weekend and asked them:

What is your New Year's Resolution?

Coach Scott McConnell

"Not yell at Refs"

Joel Benson #3

"Play less video games"

Tim Davison #16

"Turning the puck over"

Chris Dodero #25

"Get a hair cut"

Thomas Ebbing #10

"To be able to do 25 push ups in a row"

Daniel Fetzer #26

"To read more"

Christian Heil #11

"Give up candy"

Jeff Kubiak #18

"Staying away from fried foods"

Brian LeBlanc #14

"No more candy"

Mackenzie MacEachern #19

"To get a real life friend instead of invisible ones"

Dan McNamara #27

"Get a hair cut"

Chris Nell #31

"Not procrastinate on homework as much"

Christian Neumann #4

"No more soda"

Charlie O'Connor #21

"Eat healthier"

Sam Piazza #6

"Lose 3lbs."

Ray Pigozzi #23

"To read more"

Patrick Polino #17

"Do everything the best I can"

Alex Roos #28

"Stop eating bad food"

Tobias Ruelykke #2

"I really don't know"

Alex Sakellaropoulous #1

"Have a good rest of the season"

Jaccob Slavin #7

"Not eating Portillos chocolate cake"

Landon Smith #12

"Cut down on the sweets"

Joseph Widmar #8

"Be more positive"

Johnny Wingels #5

"To read more"

From everyone at the Steel we would like to wish you all a very Happy and Safe New Years Eve!!

Merry Christmas!

From Our Family to Yours...

 

 

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Traditions

Hi Steel Fans! It's Christmas Eve, and Santa will soon be on his way!! For some of you, your Christmas traditions will either start today, or tomorrow. We sat down with the players this week and asked them what their favorite Christmas traditions were.

 

What are your favorite Christmas traditions?

Coach Scott McConnell

"Christmas Eve dinner and relaxing after"

Joel Benson #3

"Playing board games with friends and family"

Tim Davison #16

"Just spending time with my family"

Chris Dodero #25

"Getting together with my family"

Thomas Ebbing #10

"Baking cookies with the family"

Daniel Fetzer #26

"Christmas morning breakfast"

Christian Heil #11

"Christmas Eve dinner with my family"

Jeff Kubiak #18

"Seeing all of my family and playing puck"

Brian LeBlanc #14

"Eating Christmas cookies"

Mackenzie MacEachern #19

"Opening presents with the family"

Dan McNamara #27

"Baking cookies for Santa"

Chris Nell #31

"Putting up Christmas decorations with the family"

Christian Neumann #4

"Charlie Brown on Christmas Eve"

Charlie O'Connor #21

"Eat Christmas dinner as a family"
 

Sam Piazza #6

"Eating ham"

Ray Pigozzi #23

"Baking cookies for Santa"
 

Patrick Polino #17

"Finding a Christmas tree as fast as possible"

Alex Roos #28

"Having family over Christmas Eve"

Tobias Ruelykke #2

"Eating with the family"

Alex Sakellaropoulous #1

"Having the entire family home"

Jaccob Slavin #7

"Mom's breakfast burritos"

 

Landon Smith #12

"Being with family and playing hockey"

Joseph Widmar #8

"Seeing all my family"

Johnny Wingels #5

"Decorating the Christmas tree"

Have a Wonderful Christmas Eve Everyone!!

Steel Christmas TV

Happy Friday Steel Fans!! There is only 4 days until Christmas!! I hope that you are as excited as everyone here at the Steel. Plus, from the looks of things it looks like we will be having a white Christmas after all.

This Christmas, the guys decided that they wanted to do something special for the fans. Below is Jaccob Slavin, as the host of Steel TV: Christmas Edition. We hope you enjoy!
 

We hope that you all have a wonderful day, and that you all enjoy the snow!

 

A Battle Between Rivals

This weekend the Chicago Steel were away both Friday and Saturday. Friday they faced off against the Green Bay Gamblers, and Saturday the Steel took on the Dubuque Fighting Saints.

On Friday, both teams came out ready to play. Five minutes into the first period, Green Bay’s Kyle Novak found the back of the net to make the score 1-0. Less than two minutes later Chris Dodero was able to get the Steel back into the game, tying it 1-all, with Johnny Wingels earning the assist. Within the last six minutes of the first period, Green Bay was able to score three goals, ending the period with a 4-1 lead. Green Bay’s goals were scored by Jake Linhart, Brandon Kirk, and Nicholas Schilkey.

In the second period, Chicago came out ready to redeem themselves. Chicago Steel’s Christian Dvorak answered the call, by lighting up the back of the net three minutes into the second period. Green Bay’s Matthew Weis was able to net a shot to keep the Gamblers’ three-point lead by the end of the second.

In the third period, Chicago came out knowing it was time to work hard. Ten minutes into the third, Thomas Ebbing was able to net his third power play goal of the season, lessoning the distance between Chicago and Green Bay by two. Twelve seconds later Jeff Kubiak scored to make the score, 5-4. The Gamblers were able to hold the Steel from tying the game and sending it into overtime. The final score of the game was 5-4. Tim Davison, Jaccob Slavin, Alex Roos, and Ray Pigozzi all registered assists. 

Chris Nell and Alex Sakellaropoulos had a combined total of 26 saves during the 60 minutes of play.

 On Saturday, the Dubuque Fighting Saints welcomed the Chicago Steel to the Mystique Ice Center for the first time this season. The Steel came out ready to play, hoping to put the loss from Friday behind them. Dubuque was able to score five goals within the first two periods, while the Steel were not able to get themselves on the board.

In the third, Dubuque scored two more goals making the score 7-0. With five seconds left in the game, Joseph Widmar scored for the Steel, making the final score 7-1, and taking away Dubuque’s shut out. Dubuque goals were scored by Frank DiChiara, Peter Quenneville, Seamus Malone, and John Stevens.

While the Steel were outshot 35-23, Alex Sakellaropoulos and Chris Nell had a combined total of 28 saves in the contest.

 

 

The Chicago Steel are away this weekend. On Friday, December 21st, the Indiana Ice will welcome the Chicago Steel to the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. Game time is set for 7:05pm. On Saturday, December 22nd, the Muskegon Lumberjacks will welcome the Chicago Steel to the LC Walker Arena in Muskegon, MI. Game time is set for 7:15pm (6:15pm Chicago time).

Making a List, And Checking it Twice

Seasons Greetings Steel Fans!! We hope that you had a great weekend! With Christmas Eve only a week away, people are finishing up there last minute shopping! Don't forget if you are looking for some good ideas for those Steel Fans in your family, make sure to check out all of our merchandise online at http:tickets.chicagosteelhockeyteam.com/PurchaseMerchandise.

Since we all have shopping on our minds, we asked our players this week:

What are you asking for this Christmas?

Coach Scott McConnell

"Family time"

Joel Benson #3

"Fishing stuff"

Tim Davison #16

"Nothing, my parents already do more than enough for me"

Chris Dodero #25

"New Skates"

Thomas Ebbing #10

"A girlfriend"

Daniel Fetzer #26

"A pet penguin"

Christian Heil #11

"Clothes"

Jeff Kubiak #18

"A new laptop"

Brian LeBlanc #14

"An i-Pod"

Mackenzie MacEachern #19

"My first kiss"

Dan McNamara #27

"Kindle"

Chris Nell #31

"New Phone"

Christian Neumann #4

"Blops II"

Charlie O'Connor #21

"Apple MacBook"

 

Sam Piazza #6

"Call of Duty"

Ray Pigozzi #23

"i-Pad"

Patrick Polino #17

"A watch and clothes"

Alex Roos #28

"Clothes"

Tobias Ruelykke #2

"Nothing"

Alex Sakellaropoulous #1

"New Clothes"

Jaccob Slavin #7

"Call of Duty"

Landon Smith #12

"New games for x-box"

Joseph Widmar #8

"X-Box"

Johnny Wingels #5

"To be able to score a goal"

We hope that you all have made out your lists, and you get what you are asking for come Christmas morning. With that being said...Happy Shopping Steel Fans!!

12 Days of Christmas

Happy Thursday Steel Fans!! With only 12 Days until Christmas, we figured that we would do our own version of the 12 Days of Christmas (make sure to sing it :))! We hope you enjoy!!  

1

  On the first day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me one spectacular hockey team

2

On the second day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me two sliding goalies

3

On the third day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me three team coaches

4

On the fourth day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me four leading captains

5

On the fifth day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me five hard working men on the ice

6

On the sixth day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me six games before Christmas

7

On the seventh day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me seven months of hockey

8

On the eighth day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me eight tough defensemen

9

On the ninth day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me nine wonderful staff members

10

On the tenth day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me ten games in December

11

On the eleventh day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me eleven ticket packages

12

On the twelfth day of Christmas the Chicago Steel gave to me twelve strong forwards

Let's Sing A Song

Seasons Greetings Steel Fans!! We hope that you were able to enjoy some hockey this weekend! As most of you know 93.9 WLIT has been playing Christmas Music for over a month now. So to get us in the spirit of Christmas we decided to ask the team:

What is your favorite Christmas song?

Coach Scott McConnell
"Let It Be Christmas" by Alan Jackson

Joel Benson #3

"Jingle Bell Rock"

Tim Davison #16

"The Christmas Shoes"

Chris Dodero #25

"Jingle Bells"

Thomas Ebbing #10

"Jingle Bells"

Daniel Fetzer #26

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Bruce Springsteen

Christian Heil #11

"All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth"

Jeff Kubiak #18

"Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer"

Brian LeBlanc #14

"Jingle Bell Rock"

Mackenzie MacEachern #19

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town"

Dan McNamara #27

"All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey

Chris Nell #31

"Deck the Halls"

Christian Neumann #4

"Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" by Danny McNamara

Charlie O'Connor #21

"All I Want for Christmas is You"

Sam Piazza #6

"Jingle Bell Rock"

Ray Pigozzi #23

"Deck the Halls"

Patrick Polino #17

"Jingle Bell Rock"

Alex Roos #28

"Holly Jolly Christmas"

Tobias Ruelykke #2

"Jingle Bell Rock"

Alex Sakellaropoulous #1

"Jingle Bells"

Jaccob Slavin #7

"Jingle Bells"

Landon Smith #12

"Jingle Bells"

Joseph Widmar #8

"Jingle Bell Rock"

Johnny Wingels #5

"All I Want for Christmas is You" Mariah Carey

We hope that you are now ready to turn on the radio and listen to come Christmas music! Who knows maybe you will even find yourself singing along! Have a great Wednesday Steel fans!

And The Winner Is...

CHRIS RODRIGUEZ!!!

Congratulations Chris, you are the winner of an autographed practice jersey! Please e-mail us at info@chicagosteelhockeyteam.com so we can get you your prize!

We would like to thank all of our fans who entered our give-a-way this Christmas season! Here are the answers to the questions that we posted...

1. Look closely at the letters below:

TTNBCAATTHNACWSNEAM

What famous bit of Christmas cheer do they stand for? Hint: It's a famous first line.

Answer: "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse"

2. What is your favorite part of the holiday season?

Answers included:

My favorite part of the holiday season is spending time with family and friends.

-Amanda Sanders

Definitely has to be all the friends and family getting together, all the jokes, and seeing the kid’s faces when they get their gifts.

-Chris Rodriguez

My favorite part of the holiday season is spending time with family, drinking hot chocolate, seeing the excitement in my children's faces leading up to and beyond Christmas morning and the sound of hockey sticks running throughout the house for two weeks while the kiddies are on Christmas break.

-Elizabeth Holtquist

Thanks again to all of our participants! We hope that you all continue to enjoy this

wonderful season!! Have a Steelrific day!

Steel Win 2 On The Road

Good morning everyone!! This past weekend the Steel played two away games against the Cedar Rapid RoughRiders and the Waterloo Black Hawks.

We got a chance to talk to Coach Scott McConnell, and hear some of his thoughts on the two games.

“Thursday night we played 50 minutes of hockey the way that we wanted to play. Towards the end, we got a little undisciplined in the game and when that happens we either take penalties or give up chances. I was proud of the way we reacted to the adversity and how we were able to finish it off in overtime. Saturday we played probably the most complete hockey game we have all year. Our defense did a great job of denying the middle of the ice. Most of the shots we gave up were from the outside of the dots. Sakellaropoulos did a great job of swallowing the puck and not allowing second chances. It’s not a very easy building to play in, and we stuck together all 60 minutes and pulled out a win.”

Here is Larissa on Steel TV with our full weekend recap:

This weekend the Steel are at home both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, December 8th, the Chicago Steel will welcome the Des Moines Buccaneers to the Edge Ice Arena. Puck drop is 7:05pm. On Sunday, December 9th, the Chicago Steel will welcome the Youngstown Phantoms to the Edge Ice Arena. Game time is set for 3pm.

On Saturday, we are having a special event for all the fans attending the game. What is it you ask? Saturday is UGLY SWEATER DAY!! Make sure to wear your ugly holiday sweaters and you will automatically be entered to win a signed practice jersey by the entire team! Here is Sak and Heil promoting their ugly sweaters!

We look forward to seeing you and your UGLY SWEATERS at the games this weekend!!

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things...

Seasons Greetings Everyone!! We hope that your week has been wonderful so far. This week we asked all of the guys what their favorite part of the Christmas Season is. Check out their answers below!

Coach Scott McConnell
"Meeting my whole family in Arizona and squeezing in a round of golf"


Joel Benson #3

"Spending time with family and friends"

Tim Davison #16

"The holiday feeling and the snow"

Chris Dodero #25

"Pond Hockey"

Thomas Ebbing #10

"Building Frosty the Snowman"

Daniel Fetzer #26

"Having all my friends and family home"

Christian Heil #11

"Giving away presents"

Jeff Kubiak #18

"The snow and pond hockey"

Brian LeBlanc #14

"Snow"

Mackenzie MacEachern #19

"Snowball fights"

Dan McNamara #27

"The Snow"

Chris Nell #31

"All the Christmas decorations and lights"

Christian Neumann #4

"Snow"

Charlie O'Connor #21

"Pond Hockey"

Sam Piazza #6

"The music"

Ray Pigozzi #23

"Snow"

Patrick Polino #17

"Snow"

Alex Roos #28

"Being with the family"

Tobias Ruelykke #2

"Snow"

Alex Sakellaropoulous #1

"Seeing the family"

Jaccob Slavin #7

"Celebrating Jesus' birthday"

Landon Smith #12

"Snow and Christmas commercials"

Joseph Widmar #8

"Days off of school"

Johnny Wingels #5

"All of the lights"

Don't forget to go to "Our Gift To You" post and

enter to win an autographed team practice jersey

signed by the entire team!!

Our Gift To You!

Happy Monday Steel Fans! We hope that you had a great weekend and were able to do some holiday shopping!

Since we are in the season of giving, we thought that we would give something to one lucky fans! We want to give away a signed practice jersey from our team to you!

How are we going to do this you ask? It's quite simple. You have two ways to enter, all you have to do is comment on one of the two questions listed below. It's that simple. When you comment make sure to leave your name and then on Tuesday, December 11th we will randomly pick one winner who will win our signed autograph team jersey!

Here are the questions:

1. Look closely at the letters below:

TTNBCAATTHNACWSNEAM

What famous bit of Christmas cheer do they stand for? Hint: It's a famous first line.

2. What is your favorite part of the holiday season?

Good luck Steel Fans and we look forward to reading your comments!!

Have a pucktastic day!!