| Steele County Blades | |
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| City: | Owatonna, Minnesota |
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| League: | Minnesota Junior Hockey League, 2012-2015 United States Premier Hockey League, 2015-Present |
| Conference: | Premier League |
| Division: | Midwest-West |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Home Arena: | Four Seasons Arena |
| Colors: | Black, Orange, and White |
| Owner(s): | Iowa Wild AAA Hockey Club |
The Steele County Blades are a junior ice hockey team from Owatonna, Minnesota. The team is a member of the United States Premier Hockey League. The team is based out of Four Seasons Arena.
The team began play with the 2012-13 season in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. In 2015 the team would end up in the newly formed USPHL Midwest Division along with the membership of the Midwest Junior Hockey League and the majority of the members of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League.
As part of the re-organization of the USPHL the team will play in the USPHL's Elite League for the 2016-17 season. The league further reorganized and they played in the Premier Division for the 2017-18 season.
On May 19, 2016; the organization was sold to the Iowa Wild AAA Hockey Club. The team will remain in Owatonna and continue to be known as the Steele County Blades. As part of entering a new phase of Blades hockey the team announced they were changing colors to orange, black and white and also announced they would be using the old logo/colors as an alternate jersey
team jerseys with old jersey to right
Season-by-season results[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | GP | W | L | OL | SL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | 1st round |
2nd round |
3rd round |
Finals | |
| Minnesota Junior Hockey League | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–13 | 50 | 23 | 22 | 5 | - | 51 | 187 | 199 | 5th, Minnesota | W 2-1 (Maple Grove) | L 2-0 (Twin Cities) | - | - | |
| 2013–14 | 46 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 161 | 158 | 6th, Minnesota | L 2-1 (Hudson) | - | - | - | |
| 2014–15 | 38 | 13 | 23 | 2 | - | 28 | 114 | 148 | 5th, Minnesota | L 2-0 (Forest Lake) | - | - | - | |
| USPHL Midwest Division | ||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 48 | 20 | 24 | 4 | - | 44 | 188 | 202 | 7th, Western 11th overall |
L 0-2 (Chicago) | - | - | - | |
| USPHL Elite Division | ||||||||||||||
| 2016-17 | 44 | 30 | 12 | 2 | - | 62 | 202 | 122 | 3rd, Midwestern, T-8th overall |
W 2-0 (River Falls Renegades) | L 0-2 (Dells Ducks | - | - | |
| USPHL Premier Division | ||||||||||||||
| 2017-18 | 44 | 15 | 25 | 4 | - | 34 | 129 | 174 | 7th, Midwest-West | L 0-2 (Wisconsin Rapids RiverKings) | - | - | - | |
| 2018-19 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 0 | - | 12 | 59 | 213 | 9th, Midwest-West | Did not qualify | - | - | - | |
| 2019-20 | 44 | 11 | 31 | 2 | - | 24 | 99 | 240 | 7th, Midwest-West | L 0-2 (Wisconsin Rapids RiverKings) | - | - | - | |
| 2020-21 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 1 | - | 47 | 217 | 168 | 5th Midwest-West | L, DQF 2-0 (Minnesota Blue Ox) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2021-22 | 44 | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 48 | 168 | 174 | 5th Midwest-West | L, DQF 0-2 (Minnesota Moose) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2022-23 | 44 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 136 | 162 | 6th Midwest-West | L, DQF 0-2 (Minnesota Moose) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2023-24 | 44 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 151 | 159 | 6th Midwest-West | L, DQF 0-2 (Hudson Havoc) | -- | -- | -- | |