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!!  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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!!

Dear Santa...

Good Morning Steel Fans!! With the Christmas Season upon us, everyone is starting to think of what to buy family and friends. It can be hard to think of something to buy.

Well after some thinking we've come up with a perfect solution...STEEL GEAR!! Why not buy your loved ones Steel items to help them support a team that they love?!

Here are some ideas that you could give:

For Moms, Aunts, Grandmothers:

From Left To Right: Steel Scarf, Fleece Jacket, Pink Winter
Hat, Pink Steel Shirt

For Dads, Uncles, Grandfathers:

From Left to Right: Steel Grey or Black Shirt, Black or
Red Steel Baseball Hat, Steel Fleece, Steel Scarf

For Kids:

From Left to Right: Grey, Black or Pink Steel Shirt,
Kids Fleece, Steel Player or Goalie Stick,
Steel Hooded Sweatshirt

For Friends or Grab Bag gifts:

From Left To Right: Steel Cup, Steel Backpack, Steel Goalie or
Player Stick, Steel Bracelet, Steel Puck



Make sure to also check out our other merchandise either online or at a game! Also remember Steel Tickets also make a great gift!!

So how do you get your Steel Gear you ask? You can buy it at one of our Steel games on either December 8th or 9th or you can order it online and have it sent straight to your house! It's that easy.

Here is the link to order online: http://tickets.chicagosteelhockeyteam.com.

Hopefully you now have some ideas of what to buy friends and family this holiday season! So the only other thing that we would like to wish you is...HAPPY SHOPPING!!