Those orange helmets and gloves are sick

Not to disrespect the EIHL, but I'd imagine it would look pretty much the same if you were to put the Steelers against an NHL team.

Really interesting video. Amazing visuals, great aerial shots and overall enthralling to watch. Keep up the good work!

So cool to see the Brits taking up hockey.

Unbelievably cool to watch, can't believe how much fun it was to actually play! Amazing job!

It came to my mind when after playing hockey for10or 12 months (I was doing pretty good, no one believed I just started that year) in various friendly groups, I first player with a 30 something guy who was playing in clubs since age 3. It was not one, but multiple different dimensions between our and his play, we could not touch him, if he wanted he could outplay us with only one hand. But he was good in his league also. His tactic to somewhat enjoy this game was that he would not score any goals but let us do it on both teams. :D He could have had a broom and still would handle our asses :|

It's true, It puts things into prospective. That big fish in the beer league is a tiny fish when playing against elite players. Good video, looks like everyone had a great time.

"OK I'll wait ..and wait". lol this was hilarious

Now let’s see a video of the hockey players going to work with these guys and trying out their profession. Dude doing software development - I was only typing with my left hand didn’t you notice, lmao

It's so great to see such high caliber talent in the UK! Hockey is for everyone, and I'm so glad more countries are picking up the sport.

thanks for making these tutorial videos. I am going to play hockey next school year in ninth grade and these videos are really helping me

I never knew uk had a pro league

Very cool video! It really is eye opening playing (as a beer league player) against true professionals. A few weeks ago I was lucky to play in a glorified pickup game with a few Red Wings alumni, and you really can't understand how fast they can make decisions until you're on the ice with them. Great video!

I've never heard of hockey in the UK but love to see the sport around the world (:

Steelers!! My favourite team!! Great content guys!

Hockey is getting bigger in the uk. Not going to be quite like football is but I'm a big Sheffield steelers fan and we get an average of 6/7000 a game. Let's go Steelers!

dowdy was so smug during this, only think that wouldve improved it would be to see the king and his glorious beard out there with you guys, either way great video

This made me laugh so much, this is the team I support week in week out and Robert Dowd is one of my favourites, it cracked me up 😂🏒❤

Good video and good on the guys for having fun. Anyone who has played hockey at a decent level (College, CHL, Provincial Junior, Junior B, Canadian university) knows the huge discrepancy between these levels; a good hockey player (anyone who has played at least at these levels) can spot another good hockey player within a few strides of him stepping on the ice.

I would kill to play against the pros in my city, but it would be even harder since it's NHL players on a smaller rink (Winnipeg Jets). Patrick Laine from Finland is tearing it up this season in his rookie year, I can only imagine how easily he could dangle through beer league players here.

Canadian here. No disrespect, but I had no idea that a pro hockey league existed in the UK. Cool.👍

As a Canadian, so cool to see a black dude with a British accent playing hockey haha

Geez the sheffield arena is so much bigger than the ones up in Scotland!

I went to Hartlepool college with Rob Dowd. He was a sound lad. We were studying electrical engineering, but it was very obvious that he wasn't going to be an electrician 😂

Chris' reaction at 1.34 haha

This whole comment section is full of ass hats saying stuff like "Canadian beer leaguers could destroy these guys" and variations of the sort. All that matters is the love of the game. I'm willing to bet there isnt even one Division I player on this thread. Just enjoy the game, and teach the ones who are learning. "Man I could school these guys"....maybe so Debra, but you're still an accountant from 9-5 M-F so go pound sand 🤣🤣🤣

Loved this thanks

This is so awesome. Wish every adult leaguer in every sport had this opportunity. Truly eye opening. My 2 cents. I played D 1 college hockey. Every pre-season we would scrimmage the area pro farm team. Each year we'd go in thinking we had a chance and then get completely smoked. Thing is, and u just can't wrap your head around it, their 4th line was better, much better than our 1st. Pro's. The guys in the vid explained it really well. Really interesting stuff. Another pt, what level were the beer league'rs? My team in Los Angeles is all ex college guys and 3 ex pro's. We'd still get smoked. But it looked like these b dudes barely played in high school. Always great to step out against top players, kool beans.

This is great!

That is really cool though that that pro team allowed you guys to play. That is kudos to them.

I love all the Beer League legends on here saying that the EIHL is no better than a Canadian Beer League team... You know who you are. The guy who can't have one conversation without telling someone that if it weren't for that one injury back in AAA Bantam/ Midget or Junior A/ B that they would have gone pro, but now here you are, Kings of their local beer league! They score seven goals a game and drink 8 beers every post game, than come on here and try to convince people online that they are better than pro players. EIHL isn't one of the premier Pro leagues in the world, but it still is a pro league! I know lots of guys who move on to play there. A lot of them are either Major Junior players who didn't get any North American deals, University guys who've graduated and moved on to pro! ECHL guys who leave for multitudes of reasons (playing time, skill, wanting to see the world, money, etc.) The league I don't think takes itself too seriously, in terms of the higher end leagues like the AHL. Sweedish/ Finnish/ Swiss elite leagues, but there are definitely legit players in the EIHL and there are definitely a few teams that are very good. The one problem is that there seems to be a lot of roster turnover ever year for a lot of teams as the EIHL is usually a foot in the door for guys wanting to enter the European ranks and move up in tiers. But Sheffield is a team that has represented the EIHL in the CHL tournament, as well as the Cardiff Devils! So any beer leaguer in here who's posting nonsense about being just as good as these guys are: You're not. You're just as close to being as good as them as you were to your imaginary pro career!

I would love to do this.

I'd like to see the sheffield steelers or even hockey tutorial play select beer league players from Canada!

This was great. And I definitely feel your pain haha.

I'd like to see a game between these Sheffield guys and one of our Junior teams from Canada. That would be the same as watching these guys play the beer league team.

Liam Kirk doing Britain proud, first British born & home-trained player drafted into the NHL!

Hi Chris what's a easy way to get around defensmen and score after it?

Is Fitzy still on Sheffield? Adirondack Thunder fans miss Fitzy!

Whats the music in the background? I want to play that whenever i do do anything in life, especially when I’m on the ice!

First and I love ur Channel

Hey I live in Yorkshire and it's really hard for me to practice at all due to there being no where to do any sports outside. Got any tips to help me out?

And just think there is another level higher then these pros in the NHL. Played with a couple of NHL players in my day and there level is truly elite.

Beer league vs above average beer league

Very cool.

Heh, I know the feeling. We're basically beer leaguers (except there aren't enough of us to form a real beer league around here) and we played against a college team a few weeks ago. When he was talking about the guy that received the pass having already gotten rid of it by the time he looked, yeah, I had a moment exactly like that against those college kids. I felt like they were treating the puck like a ping pong ball at one point.

Very cool and very fun.

No offense but how popular is hockey in the UK?

I don't get why people are even comparing Uk teams to Canadian teams let alone shitting cussing words on uk teams, because naturally in Canada there are going to more skilled teams, its where hockey is played the most thus there being more players who are all at different levels of skill, and most of them are very skilled. And remember that Canada is sooo much bigger than the uk and most people in the uk only care about football and fighting in bars. So the uk teams aren't going to be as good but they are still very good considering not many people in the uk even know what hockey is lol. I understand that some people may look down on uk hockey to make them feel good about there country, but hockey is constantly growing in all countries. so you canadian and american haters have got some worrying to do! #FuckTheHaters

Woosh it’s behind you!

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Your supposed to swap goalies to try and help keep it ever. Then you gotta put tape on the back 1/3 of their skates to prevent any fancy moves. Last, give them all flat blade, wooden sticks. Should be slightly closer to even then.

It seems like noone there was even trying even the beer leaguers, just skating about, chiling.

What was the score?

I love the vid

I was just wondering how does someone get into Ice Hockey in the UK? Im 25 live near MK and desperately want to join a sunday league team or just go to a local practice but I cant find anything online about it!! Help me hah

I got this rude awakening when I was 12. A friend of mine, triple A player came to our house league practice once. Holy shit, when someone is really good playing against other really good players it doesn't seem like they are so skilled. But WOW

Good content. Is there any other sport which has such a huge gap between pro and am?

Why so much shitting on the U.K.? The sport isn't nearly as big as other hockey countries, can you blame them if they aren't chugging out stars? It's like shitting on us Americans for being trash at rugby. It's just not extremely popular.

This is England? I had no idea they played hockey. What level does their elite league play at?

Are you from UK?

For some perspective here are the Steelers playing against Jyp from the Finnish Liiga: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7x7qa6B38jHZqM.html

Pro hockey in England? Now I've seen everything. Lol, but seriously, how popular is hockey in England? And do the pro players get paid well there?

I live in Scotland and my local team is the Fife Flyers

I can do a hockey stop with figure skates?

Cool

Very cool 👍

How much beer league is there in the UK? I lived there for 10 years and I only ever found 1 rink.

lol they have a full 4 lines. on a side note, people play hockey in the UK?

I experienced this somewhat but instead of elite players it was the beer leaguers I was against lol

he used my favourite eihl hockey team

I only clicked on this because my ice hockey team was on here which is Sheffield steeler

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I’ve know Canadians that have played pro in the UK

Hey hockey is not a slow game its a fast and reflix game

Sheffield steelers? the UK team?

there was that one scottish guy that was good he got a tryout with Edmonton way back when

cool vid

I wonder how they'd stack up against the memorial cup teams...🤔🤔

man this would be such an experience even if i got my butt kicked

Fore check, back check, pay check. !!!

Wanna watch NHL vs these guys

England needs this sport, literally sick of Football it’s slow and uninspiring & I can criticise I’m English

4:14 WAY OFFSIDE. Lol. Ah well. Just shinny.

Wooo Steelers

this is cute :D finnish teenagers could take them on

he looks like Mark Stone

Thats what its like playing 12 year olds from Minnesota or anywhere in Canada. The level of play is just insane from a very early age. Its just gross. Lol

TBH, this beer league team has nothing on the beer league teams in Canada.

They weren't really using the wrong handed sticks right?

To be fair it’s a pro team vs C or D beer league team

Beer league in Canada has pro players.

he inhaled. You boys are real.

Love seeing everyone talking shit on the Steelers, they play at ECHL level to say that your local beer league could beat them is frankly bullshit

You mean Sheffield squealers! Up the panthers

dowdy is my friends ucle

Im 19 years old and I want to play hockey so bad but I feel like my height kinda keeps me from doing so cause I'm 5'7 or 170.18 centimeters I feel like I can't make much of a difference

KIRK

Lol, uk has hockey XD

Britain plays hockey? I thought soccer dives are a bigger sport

@1:51... hot