When Torpedo plays in Sheffield on Sunday, the game will bring back memories of an unlikely Russian connection for one of the legends of Sheffield hockey. Mike O’Connor, an uncompromising Canadian-born defenseman, was part of the Steelers’ Grand Slam winning roster of 1995/6 and is still involved with the club as Commercial Manager. Before that, though, he was with the Durham Wasps when Alexander Kozhevnikov, twice an Olympic champion with the USSR, unexpectedly arrived to play in the British League in 1990.