STORM BLITZ ISSUE #7 MONDAY 30 DECEMBER 1996 edition. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE FROM INTER THE STORM! Lets hope 1997 sees us STORM up the league! If you have any comments on Storm Blitz, please feel free to e-mail inter.the.storm@poboxes.com any time. In this issue : * GB U-21s begin World Junior Championship games * Nottingham v Storm live on SKY * Cardiff v Storm match details * Who's next at the Nynex? * Forthcoming Storm & GB U-21 fixtures * Next on TV & Radio * Get back issues of Storm Blitz * How to unsubscribe to Storm Blitz ------------------------- > GB U-21s BEGIN WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Great Britain's Under-21 team got off to a poor start in the U-21 World Junior Championships Group C match against Belarus in Romania. The final result was Great Britain 2-7 Belarus. GB will play Austria on Tuesday 31 December and then Croatia on Thursday 2 January, before the play-offs take place on Friday 3rd. > NOTTINGHAM v STORM LIVE ON SKY Storm's game at Nottingham Panthers on Saturday 4 January will be screened live on SKY SPORTS and will now face off at 6.40pm. > CARDIFF v STORM MATCH DETAILS I now have details from the game that took place on Sunday 22 December. Storm lost 5-1 to the Devils in Cardiff. Cardiff opened the scoring after 6 minutes with a goal from Ken Hodge. Ivan Matulik made it 2-0 for the Devils after 18 minutes. The second period was low scoring with just one goal - a shorthanded goal for Cardiff from Doug McCarthy. The third period saw Storm get back into the game after 42 minutes with a goal from Brad Rubachuk. Cardiff came back quickly with two more goals - both in the 45th minute. The first was from Doug McEwan and Cardiff's fifth goal was from Kip Noble. The remaining fifteen minutes were played out without addition to the scoreline. John Finnie was Storm's Man of the Match. > WHO'S NEXT AT THE NYNEX? Manchester Storm v Ayr Scottish Eagles - Sunday 5 January 1997 - Superleague. AGAIN! Yes the Scottish will be back in Manchester as Ayr play Storm for the seventh time this season - the fourth at home! Overall the teams are fairly even with Storm having lost to Ayr home and away as well as having won home and away. Kummu will most probably be back but I can predict only a re-run of the the most recent game, except with Storm not conceding a last minute equaliser this time. The prediction for this game is...Manchester Storm 5 - 4 Ayr Scottish Eagles. Manchester Storm v Basingstoke Bison - Sunday 12 January 1997 - Superleague. Basingstoke are Storm's bogey team, as Storm are always expected to do well against them but rarely do. Bison humiliated Storm at the Nynex 8-3 in November after having lost away after overtime. The third meeting was away and that was also a Bison win, this time 6-4. I can see a storm victory at last, although it will be close. The prediction for this game is...Manchester Storm 4 - 3 Basingstoke Bison. > FORTHCOMING STORM & GB U-21 FIXTURES TUE 31 DEC - Great Britain U-21 v Austria U-21, World Junior Championships Group C (in Romania). THU 02 JAN - Great Britain U-21 v Croatia U-21, World Junior Championships Group C (in Romania). SAT 04 JAN - Nottingham Panthers v Manchester Storm, Superleague, 7.00 face off. SUN 05 JAN - Manchester Storm v Ayr Scottish Eagles, Superleague, 6.00 face off. WED 15 JAN - Ayr Scottish Eagles v Manchester Storm, Superleague, 7.30 face off. THU 16 JAN - Manchester Storm v Cardiff Devils, Superleague, 7.30 face off. TUE 21 JAN - Sheffield Steelers v Manchester Storm, Superleague, 7.30 face off. THU 23 JAN - Manchester Storm v Bracknell Bees, Superleague, 7.30 face off. SAT 25 JAN - Newcastle Cobras v Manchester Storm, Superleague, 6.30 face off. SUN 26 JAN - Manchester Storm v Basingstoke Bison, Superleague, 6.00 face off. WED 29 JAN - Manchester Storm v Newcastle Cobras, Superleague, 7.30 face off. FRI 31 JAN - Sheffield Steelers v Manchester Storm, Superleague, 7.30 face off. > NEXT ON TV & RADIO SAT 04 JAN - SKY SPORTS - Nottingham Panthers v Manchester Storm - LIVE - 6.30 - 9.30pm THU 09 JAN - SKY SPORTS - Cardiff Devils v Sheffield Steelers - LIVE - 7.00 - 10.00pm WED 15 JAN - BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD - Sheffield Steelers v Nottingham Panthers - LIVE - 7.00 - 10.00pm (*TO BE CONFIRMED*) THU 16 JAN - SKY SPORTS - Manchester Storm v Cardiff Devils - LIVE - 7.00 - 10.00pm > GET BACK ISSUES OF STORM BLITZ Issues 1 - 6 are still available. If you didn't get them, or want them again, send an e-mail to inter.the.storm@poboxes.com and let me know which you want and I'll forward them on to you. > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE TO STORM BLITZ Easy! Send an e-mail to inter.the.storm@poboxes.com telling me that you don't want Storm Blitz any more. Also use this address if you wish to change e-mail addresses or if you have any comments. *** END OF STORM BLITZ ISSUE #7 *** INTER THE STORM can be accessed at: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3859/storm.html