Sheffield Steelers to play their first game at Ice Sheffield

The Sheffield Steelers will play their first home game against the Fife Flyers at Ice Sheffield this Sunday. This follows work on their home venue, the Motorpoint Arena.

The Steelers have played at the arena for 23 years, but faults with the ice plant meant it needed maintenance. The team had expected the arena to be ready for their first game.

Commercial Manager, Mike O’Connor said: ‘It’s just a little bit frustrating when we can’t fulfil our first game for season ticket holders in the arena.’

He said the team are ready, and lucky to be in Sheffield, where another large ice rink is so close.

Rob O’Shea,  the arena manager at The Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, said: ‘We are throwing all our resources at the issue. Since a problem was first identified on the 26th August we have been working with the ice engineers to expose and check the pipework.’

Not all the fans will be able to attend the game on Sunday, but they are being reassured that they will see the same number of games allocated on their season tickets.

The Steelers expect to be back in their home venue next week.