#sheffield hockey

[slafkovskyhughes]

BRETT NEUMANN I LOVE YOU 🧡🫶🏻

for further context: on monday i went to the match asking for a puck in exchange for a drawing i did. after the game i waited for him, gave him the drawing and showed him the poster. he then asked if i was coming to the next game and my mum bought tickets so we could. i took the same poster today and HE WAS LOOKING FOR ME. genuinely one of the nicest, kindest people ever.

what a sweet sweet start to 16 🧡🏒🍊

and what a way to end the year 🫶🏻

[marqueztianini]

me two days ago (jokingly) in response to mclaren taking pics with the stanley cup:

the steelers today, seemingly out of nowhere:

did… did i manifest this?

[verhaeghes]

hi !!!

i'm tyler! my pronouns are he/they and i'm a 19 yr old hockey fan from the UK. the leafs (derogatory) are my nhl team so most of my posts will probably include them in some way but i'm also a fan of the sheffield steelers in the eihl and i'm not opposed to some carter verhaeghe every so often :)

i totally didn't forget to introduce myself when i first made this account. thats totally not why im doing it now. but seriously hello everybody its soul crushing great to be here! im not new to tumblr by any means but im fairly new to hockey (this is my first playoffs!!! im expecting absolutely nothing from the leafs!!) and i hope i can provide some entertainment for you hockey enthusiasts through my nhl x notnylander series! im so glad you guys are enjoying this series so far and i have a lot of tweets to use once i find the perfect pictures to pair them with! thank you all for interacting! have a nice day :) - tyler

[thebrood1979]

i love hockey. such a serious sport

[annieqattheperipheral]

Serious post

The fact that a hockey player has been arrested for investigation and questioning, inquiring into whether the death occurred from a "reckless action" all those supposed hockey experts and those who've never watched a game ever chiming in

Pls. I am begging for a non-racist hockey expert to be part of that police investigation. These are actual photos one right after another from the nhl game in Sweden we just watched:

Do you get it. Do you get it now. Also omg everyone pls try to get your hands on a neck guard pls.

[thefleuryandtheflames]

we need more EIHL fics 😭

[cellyboys]

I didn't know Adam directly, but I have multiple friends who did. Our paths in Nottingham didn't cross, him signing with the Panthers after I was sent back home to Minnesota, but I know coaches who work directly with the team and other players on the team too, and I went to a school nearby the same time he went to UMD, and thus have friends here and in the UK hurting deeply right now. I'm so sorry this happened to you, Adam. You deserved better than this.

[entermycreaseanddie]

@officialsteelers with the little sister @xoljhxo Weird seeing the building empty, very rarely get here this early #steelers v #stars Nice win please #sheffield #dundee #eihl #britishicehockey #hockey #hockeygame #hockeylife #puck #pucklife #goalie #goalies #goalielife #goalieunion (at Utilita Arena Sheffield) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0e5jMsUrVXdwwQpBclqvisEgLwV8ksgJnTSE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[formulacirice]

welcome to the sheffield steelers, where we have... these two! they're not gay but they might as well be

[adventuresinsportspuck]

First post on a shiny new account! I have absolutely no clue about any of this stuff but I'm here to learn and have fun and shit :D

[slafkovskyhughes]

HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVOURITE PLAYER!!! ily brett <333

[marqueztianini]

i love how silly the eihl can be at times. like today when the giants were just like ‘oh yeah btw we have petr cech on loan to us rn’.

[verhaeghes]

robert dowd being from like 5 minutes down the road from where im from is something so personal to me. like thats the captain of the sheffield steelers and team gb and i could have probably bumped into him at asda at any time. could swear a was round his gaff last weekend for coffee x

[peterbrads]

Huskies Dethrone Outgoing Champions

Huskies Dethrone Outgoing Champions

CARDIFF HUSKIES 6 – 1 SHEFFIELD STEELKINGS (Cardiff Huskies Playoff Champions) Huskies Captain Paul Furber Lifts the titles! This past Weekend saw the Cardiff Huskies regaining the British Para Ice Hockey League Playoff trophy with a 6-1 victory over rivals the Sheffield Steelkings at Widnes’ Planet Ice, as four goals in the space of four minutes proved to be the difference maker for the Welsh…

[extraliga-related]

With everything that's been going on lately, here's a short non-comprehensive accumulation of things that could be called progress regarding relations between men's hockey and being queer:

The 🇦🇺 AIHL's Melbourne Mustangs, advocating for trans rights in sports since 2017, and the same team in 2023, donning pride jerseys designed by former goalie (and twin sister of Ty) Tia Wishart who is part of the LGBTQ community.

Jase Polglase of the AIHL's Central Coast Rhinos who puts pride tape on his stick every single game.

Robert Dowd and Marc-Olivier Vallerand having a dance after a win with the Sheffield Steelers.

Starting off with individual efforts, the 🇬🇧 EIHL has since extended their pride event to the duration of a full weekend following a conjoint initiative by the teams' fanbases in 2019.

Zach Sullivan, one of the few out queer athletes in the sport, felt supported enough by his team to come out as bisexual ahead of the Manchester Storm's pride game in 2020.

Danish goalie Jon Lee-Olsen came out as gay a year prior and was reportedly supported by his teammates.

The 🇸🇪 SHL lead the way, awarding the cause a full week since 2019 with elaborate campaigns and getting refs as well as coaches involved. It's a colorful sight.

While Pride Games are at present not an official part of the schedule, several 🇩🇪 DEL teams are joining in. Augsburg and Köln do their part, Berlin has one of the dedicated queer fanclubs and visibly stands against homophobia since at least 2016.

As of 2022 the entire league, as well as a growing number of clubs in the tiers below, cooperate with Hockey is Diversity e.V.. So does the Para Ice Hockey National Team, including Jörg Wedde, who also keeps pride tape on his equipment.

🇫🇮 Liiga's TPS added these stunning jerseys to the mix.

While all the aforementioned teams already wear the jerseys for at least one full game, IF Kiruna of the Swedish 3rd league stepped it up several notches. In 2014 they've decided to wear rainbow jerseys for a full season in support of the LGBTQ community. Since then they've made the rainbow a permanent fixture in their logo and club identity.

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Plenty of clubs out there hosting events where queer people are given a platform and shown support in a multitude of ways that aren't merely empty words.

And even if it's not part of general discussions within a league, you've got voices who are willing to speak up.

[blusical]

The Adam Johnson tragedy: What you can do to help support his family, Matt Petgrave and how to protect yourself as well.

(PT: Adam Johnson: What you can do to support his family, Matt Petgrave and how to protect yourself as well. End PT) Trigger warning: Death, slightly detailed description of fatal injury, depictions of racism. Reader discretion heavily advised. Who's Adam Johnson and what's going on? Adam Johnson was an ice hockey player who originally played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and their minor league team, and last played for the Nottingham Panthers of the Britain-based EIHL. His life was tragically cut short recently, as during a game against the Sheffield Steelers, opposing player Matt Petgrave collided with Johnson, which led to Petgrave's skate striking Johnson's throat. Initially, Johnson appeared to be fine and tried to skate off, but he soon collapsed, and it was eventually clear that his neck had been cut by the skate. Despite medical efforts, he did not survive. The game was eventually left unfinished and fans were told to leave. Who is Matt Petgrave? Matt Petgrave is an ice hockey player on the Sheffield Steelers. He was the other player involved in the incident. Recently, he has been receiving hate and threats from other individuals. While it was expected, some people have taken it to the next level. Some people have used this tragedy to be racist towards Petgrave, who is black. Some of the tweets included (All but the third one were taken directly from PuckEmpire's Instragram page, so apologies if some of them look weird). Notice the references to race.

(And no. I'm not showing the tweet from the End Wokeness account. That asshole already has a big enough audience and I'm not giving that fucker the satisfaction). And that's not even the worst of it. Petgrave's Instagram page is being bombarded with hate comments, none of which I am showing. While I can't say for certain of what Petgrave did was intentional or not, I think we need to make something clear: There is NO excuse to be harassing people over a tragedy, and there is especially NO excuse to be racist. What you can do to help and how to protect yourself. Unfortunately, people have also been spreading videos of the incident. So I'll start with that first. If you see a video with any of these thumbnails or something similar, scroll as quick as you can and do not watch the video. Report it and block the poster immediately.

If you have autoplay on, turn it off if you have the option to. If you are Black, I heavily advise avoiding any posts related to Petgrave at this time. Additionally, do not engage with any posts calling Petgrave a murderer. Block any person who uses this tragedy as an excuse to be racist or otherwise antiblack. If you were at the game or you've already seen video of the incident, and is struggling with what happened, I advise looking at some of these resources. I will add more in the future. NHS England's help and support page. NIMH's page on Coping with Traumatic Events. NAMI Massachusetts Resources page. As for how you can help, I advise donating to this GoFundMe page a fan set up. There is also a Meal Train set up for his family that is also taking donations. The Nottingham Panthers are also in the process of setting up a GoFundMe of their own, which I will also add once the fundraiser is set up. UPDATE: The Panthers' fundraiser is now up and running. I also advise showing support for Matt Petgrave in any way possible, whether it be signs at games, simple social media posts, etc. I'm sure this is rough for him too, and I believe he could use the support. Lastly, I recommend contacting the NHL and other hockey leagues to demand that neckguards be mandatory. This death was something that could've easily been prevented, and neckguards can prevent any tragedy like this from happening again.

Lastly, I leave you with something else to watch instead of the video of the incident:

Rest in peace, Adam Johnson (1994-2023)