{"id":35833,"date":"2021-12-03T14:06:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=35833"},"modified":"2021-12-03T14:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:06:28","slug":"sheffield-steelkings-to-play-winter-blast-at-icesheffield-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/sheffield-steelkings-to-play-winter-blast-at-icesheffield-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Steelkings to play Winter Blast at IceSheffield tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fans will be admitted for free to Sheffield Steelkings Para Ice Hockey Club for their Winter Blast game at IceSheffield this evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The club will play an inter-squad match with both teams featuring players from the Steelkings and their &#8216;Bee team&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sheffield Steelkings Para Ice Hockey Club last held a Winter Blast in 2019 with pandemic restrictions putting the event on hold in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Andrew Mead, who joined the Steelkings a couple of years ago after losing both his legs below the knee in 2016, is looking forward to the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He said: \u201cExpect absolute carnage and mayhem! Ice hockey is not like any other sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheffield Steel Kings to play Winter Blast at IceSheffield tonight\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKt63UDLezU?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Steelkings are made up of male and female members who are looking to play a fast and physical team sport.<\/p>\n<p>The club were rewarded for their work in getting people to play para ice-hockey with a National Lottery Award and are now preparing for the upcoming British Para Ice-Hockey League starting in May.<\/p>\n<p>They hope to utilise the size of their squad which features both a first team and a development \u2018Bee\u2019 side.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mead assures everyone who attends the event tonight absolute quality of entertainment: \u201cIt\u2019s played with love but it\u2019s competitive love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mead has also been a member of the GB Para Ice-hockey team for the last 18 months and wants to urge fellow disabled sports enthusiast to take up \u201cthe most amazing and<br \/>\ninclusive sport in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event takes place at IceSheffield at 8.30pm tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Steelkings are playing Winter Blast at IceSheffield tonight, and are offering free entry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":35859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[331],"class_list":["post-35833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-ice-hockey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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