The team played in the Western States Hockey League (WSHL) and home games were held at Manchester Ice & Event Centre in McCall.

[2] The team had been one of the most successful in the WSHL, winning five Thorne Cup championships over six seasons and appeared in seven straight between 2010 and 2017.

[4] During the season, the team received a four-day ban from the city of Boise after an incident at a practice when players missed a shot, they had to take off an article of equipment.

An assistant coach told the AP the team was emulating a similar stunt done by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

[5][6] On April 9, 2013, the Junior Steelheads defeated the Bay Area Seals 5–1 to win the first ever United Hockey Union junior ice hockey championship in a six-team tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.