Steele County Blades

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
==Season-by-season results==
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Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	1stround 	2ndround 	3rdround 	Finals 	
Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League 	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	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 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division
2015-16 	48 	20 	24 	4 	- 	44 	188 	202 	7th, Western11th overall 	L 0-2 (Chicago) 	- 	- 	- 	
USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	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 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	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) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	
Category:Established in 2013
Category:Minnesota Junior Hockey League team
Category:USPHL teams