This month in history - October

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20 years ago - 1995

The month really belonged to their first European sortie.

Steelers lay on a real Dutch treat, an awesome display of defensive might and clinical shooting gave sparking Sheffield Steelers their first taste of European Cup glory last night when they beat the hosts Tilburg Trappers.

The first game was penalty-strewn, with seventeen being given against Steelers but a game winning goal by Priestlay and an inspired display from Hand (1+2) gave Steelers the points.

However, they came up against crack opposition in Olympia Hertz of Slovenia. But even though they were well behind Steelers scored three to worry the opposition. The score finished at 5-3. They then beat a team from Spain in their last outing.

Back home they qualified for the semi final of the Benson and Hedges by beating Cardiff 9-5 on aggregate. But in the first leg of the semi Steelers caught a cold going down 5-3 in Fife. They won all of their four league games that month all by handsome margins the one against Cardiff attracting 9,000 fans.

15 years ago - 2000

Steelers had one foot in the Benson and Hedges Cup Final by the end of the month after defeating Bracknell 7-5 on aggregate and winning the home leg of the semi-final against Nottingham.

They also embarked on their Challenge Cup campaign where points gained were also combined with points in the League. Steelers won their first game, but were then shut out by London Knights at the Arena. However the League form was of no concern as they dominated proceedings with six wins.

10 years ago - 2005

Steelers disappointing form continued into October when they lost five of their eight games.

Their record for the month read as W2 L5 T1 with 22 goals scored and 27 conceded.

5 years ago - 2010 

Sheffield Steelers owners claimed that have banked a £100,000 investment package which will help secure the Club's future until the end of the current season. Bob and Mariani Phillips stated further cash injections from this unknown source will be available to them at any time on request. This announcement may go some way to allaying the fears of Steelers supporters who have seen two Steelers operating companies be liquidated in the last five years.

On ice, Steelers suffered a major blow when skipper Jonathan Phillips sustained a serious knee injury in a home defeat against the Braehead Clan. Phillips would not ice again until January.

However the team proved any doubters wrong when challenged with a ridiculous schedule of playing six games in just eight days. Steelers banked four wins in that period with their only losses coming against Cardiff and Nottingham. To add further insult, the roster was majorly depleted further as they lost Mark Thomas (broken foot), back up netminder Geoff Woolhouse (knee injury) and imports Jerramie Domish and Rob Globke both slowly returning after their own respective injuries as the loss of the aforementioned Phillips.

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