Chicago Steel Explained

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Team:Chicago Steel
Logosize:200px
City:Geneva, Illinois
League:USHL
Conference:Eastern
Founded:2000
Arena:Fox Valley Ice Arena
Colors:Black, red, gray
Owner:Wirtz Corporation
Gm:Mike Garman[1]
Coach:Mike Garman
Name1:Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks
Dates1:1996–2000
Name2:Chicago Steel
Dates2:2000–present
Reg Season Titles:2 Anderson Cups (2019–20, 2020–21)
Championships:2 Clark Cups (2017, 2021)
Capacity:3,500

The Chicago Steel are a hockey team that plays in the United States Hockey League, having joined the league in 2000. The Steel have played their home games at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois, since 2015; previously, the team played at Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois, from 2000 to 2015.

History

The Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks, founded in 1996,[2] moved to Bensenville, Illinois, and became the Chicago Steel in 2000. In May 2015, the majority ownership of the Steel was purchased by Larry Robbins while then current owners Bruce Liimatainen and Mike Greenberg remained involved as minority owners. The announcement for the change of ownership was accompanied by a change of leadership as Ryan Bennett and Dan Muse were hired as the new general manager and head coach, respectively.[3]

On May 22, 2017, the Steel defeated the Sioux City Musketeers 2–1 in overtime of game five, finishing a 3-games-to-2 series win to claim the franchise's first Clark Cup. Head coach Dan Muse would then be hired by the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators as an assistant coach and Mark Abalan would take over as head coach of the Steel.[4] On January 2, 2018, Abalan was let go and Ryan Cruthers was named interim head coach and assistant general manager of the Steel.[5] During the 2018 Clark Cup playoffs, the interim tag was removed and Cruthers was named the permanent head coach,[6] however, Cruthers would leave the team in May 2018 when the Steel hired Ryan Hardy as general manager.[7] Greg Moore was then hired as the head coach for the 2018–19 season after previously serving as an assistant with Team USA.[8] In 2019, Moore left to become head coach of the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League and Brock Sheahan was promoted to head coach.[9] The Steel then won the regular season championship, the Anderson Cup, in the pandemic-shortened 2019–20 season.[10] The Steel won a second-straight Anderson Cup in the shortened 2020–21 season[11] and subsequently won their second Clark Cup as playoff champions.

On August 1, 2023 Larry Robbins sold the team to the Wirtz Corporation, who also own the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks franchise.[12]

Notable alumni

Team spirit

The team mascot is a dog named Rusty. Occasionally also seen at Steel home games is a puppy named Rascal.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike Garman Named Steel General Manager; Noëlle Needham Elevated to Associate General Manager . OurSports Central . July 7, 2021.
  2. Web site: Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks Statistics and History . hockeyDB.com . April 24, 2018.
  3. Web site: CHICAGO STEEL OF THE UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE ANNOUNCES OWNERSHIP CHANGE AND NEW LEADERSHIP . Junior Hockey News . May 21, 2015.
  4. Web site: Dan Muse Named Assistant Coach of Nashville Predators . United States Hockey League . July 21, 2017.
  5. Web site: Steel Announce Player Development Partnership with Belfry Hockey. 2 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Ryan Cruthers Named Head Coach of USHL's Chicago Steel . OurSportsCentral.com . April 25, 2018.
  7. Web site: Steel Name Ryan Hardy General Manager . OurSprtsCentral.com . May 30, 2018.
  8. Web site: Greg Moore Named Head Coach of Chicago Steel . OurSportsCentral.com . June 6, 2018.
  9. Web site: GREG MOORE NAMED HEAD COACH OF TORONTO MARLIES (AHL). Steel. Chicago. 2019-12-01. Chicago Steel. en-us. 2019-12-02.
  10. Web site: Steel Named 2019-2020 Anderson Cup Champions . OurSports Central . April 1, 2020.
  11. Web site: Chicago Steel Named Anderson Cup Champions for Second-Straight Season . OurSports Central . April 18, 2021.
  12. Web site: 2023-07-31 . USHL Chicago Steel announce ownership sale to Wirtz Corporation - TSN.ca . 2023-08-01 . TSN . en.
  13. News: Mcardle . Tommy . See Kurt Russell and Son Wyatt Russell Share a Scene Together in “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters ”(Exclusive) . . 2023-12-07 . 2024-07-04 .

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