Interviews with Sheffield Steelers' head coach Aaron Fox and forward Daniel Ciampini after winning the Elite League regular season championship
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00:00 It's going to be title number 10 for the Steelers.
00:07 95, 96, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2016.
00:16 We can very soon add 2024 to that list.
00:26 Stilter trying to have one more say.
00:32 Whistle flicks it forward, the putt goes into the corner.
00:46 They sing simply the best, they chant "We are number one" and in 2024 nobody is going to argue with them.
00:56 The Steelers are Elite League champions.
01:00 Well deserved Jonathan, absolutely fantastic season.
01:04 All the way through they've just been pretty much unbeatable.
01:09 That's the celebration you want right there.
01:14 The Steelers have done it again. Elite Champions for the 10th time in their history.
01:23 We are the champions, we are the champions.
01:40 No time for loose, we are the champions of the world.
01:53 Congratulations Aaron, second time lifting a trophy in 11 days but it doesn't get old does it?
01:58 No this feels really really good. This one's hard work.
02:01 We've been close the last couple of years and come through the line.
02:06 This group is special, we've been really really good all year long.
02:10 I mean if you look at our points percentage we're at 85% which is an extremely crazy number to win the league at 85%.
02:16 So proud of our group, a lot of hard work, a lot of effort, a lot of ups and downs that we've been through this year as a group.
02:24 But this is a group of guys that I'll remember forever and just so much fun coming to the rink working with these guys.
02:30 Yeah this is incredible. Honestly I don't really have many words. I've been asked a couple of times what it feels like.
02:37 I think all my emotions came out after the goal. It's been just a build up, the anxiety, the nervousness.
02:45 You get to this point right now and it's kind of in your grasp or your hands.
02:49 When that goal went in and I watched it hit the net, I don't think I've jumped that high in 10 years.
02:57 It started from the beginning of season 2 where Aaron came in after the first game and he said this group is going to be something special.
03:06 I believe it and it kind of hit me like yeah we actually do have a pretty good group.
03:10 Over the course of the year it never wavered and it was the same mantra, same mindset, game after game.
03:16 Obviously a rollercoaster of a year up and down and this could have gone any which way and I think we still would have been happy the way it turned out.
03:26 To do it at home, pretty cool. It would have been nice to finish it in Cardiff.
03:31 This is special and the fans sticking around and this is kind of for them to believe in us and being behind us every night.
03:42 9300 strong. A lot of emotion right now. I'm probably just going to sit and take this all in because it's been 10 years since I've won anything.
03:54 What a feeling. I kind of missed it. I told Aaron in the summer I think when I come back I want to win something.
04:03 I'm not leaving until I win. I'm 2 for 3 right now. I'm going to hold my word and try to go 3 for 3.
04:11 I'm going to do it.
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