While playing for and captaining the Sherwood Park AAA Flyers, Steel was selected with the second overall pick in the 2013 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam draft by the Regina Pats.
[2] After appearing with the Sherwood Park Crusaders of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), Steel completed the 2013–14 season by making his WHL debut with the Regina Pats, featuring in five games.
The following season he finished with 54 points in 61 games as the Pats retooled and made Steel and other young players the focus of their team.
[8] Steel joined the Ducks for their 2018–19 season, making his NHL debut on October 3 in a game against the San Jose Sharks.
As a pending restricted free agent, Steel was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Wild due to salary cap considerations on June 29, 2023.
[16] In August 2015, he was a member of the gold medal Canadian Junior team at the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic.
[18][19] Canada and Team USA took part in the first outdoor game in the World U20 Championship history during the tournament at New Era Arena, Orchard Park, New York.