Luleå Swedish champions
Luleå wins their second title in Sweden, 29 years after the first one. Read more»
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# | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
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D | Artūrs Apfelbaums | ![]() | 18.03.1997 | 183 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club
The Steelheads began play as part of a four-team expansion in the West Coast Hockey League in 1997 along with the Tacoma Sabercats, Phoenix Mustangs and Tucson Gila Monsters, which have all since ceased operations. During its inaugural season, in addition to its WCHL schedule the Steelheads played two regular season exhibition games in Boise against the Russian Super League team CKA-Amur (now Amur Khabarovsk).
In 2003 the WCHL was absorbed by the ECHL and folded. The Steelheads, along with several other WCHL-affiliated teams became ECHL members beginning with the 2003-04 season
Retired numbers
4: Jeremy Mylamok
22: Cal Ingraham
The Steelheads are named for a species of seagoing rainbow trout native to Idaho streams and rivers and popular with local anglers. Despite this, the original primary and alternate logos consisted of a puck bouncing off a hockey mask and the state of Idaho respectively. When the team underwent a rebrand in the 2006-07 season, a trout was included in Idaho's alternate. After the departure of the Victoria Salmon Kings in 2011, the Steelheads made the trout logo their new primary.
Luleå wins their second title in Sweden, 29 years after the first one. Read more»
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