STORM BLITZ ISSUE #10 Wednesday 8 January 1997 If you have any comments on Storm Blitz, please feel free to e-mail inter.the.storm@poboxes.com any time. In this issue : * Live ice hockey on the radio * Storm face off * No more SportsNet * Simcoe Storm * Latest Superleague table * Who's next at the Nynex? * Forthcoming Storm fixtures * Next on TV & Radio * Get back issues of Storm Blitz * How to unsubscribe to Storm Blitz ------------------------- > LIVE ICE HOCKEY ON THE RADIO The top of the table clash between Cardiff Devils and Sheffield Steelers on Thursday 9 January is being broadcasted live on BBC Radio Sheffield's FM service. The game faces off at 7.40 with the programme starting at 7.30 until 10.30. In Manchester, the game can be picked up on 104.1FM. The game is also being screened on SKY SPORTS. Commentating for Radio Sheffield will be Dave Simms, the controversial Steelers matchnight announcer. > STORM FACE OFF Storm's game with Cardiff Devils at the Nynex Arena on Thursday 16 January faces off at 7.40pm as the game is being shown live on SKY TV. > NO MORE SPORTSNET Granada TV's new schedule has no place for SportsNet, the Monday early evening "trendy" sports review show that included Storm highlights. The programme has been replaced with a trendy football programme called The Footie Show. > SIMCOE STORM An eighth "Storm" has been discovered! Simcoe Storm are a junior ice hockey team from Ontario, Canada playing in the Niagara West Ontario Hockey Association Junior C Division. The play in Simcoe, a town in South Ontario, Canada. Their logo can be found on Inter The Storm's "Storms Around The World" page, which also contains info on the rest of the Storms - Derby Storm, Tampa Bay Storm, Bergen Storm, Toledo Storm, Guelph Storm and Boston Storm. Simcoe Storm has a very good home page and it can be accessed at: http://www.nornet.on.ca/~ssmith/storm.html If anyone knows of any other Storms - they don't have to be ice hockey teams - please let me know. > LATEST SUPERLEAGUE TABLE Pl W D OL NL +/- Points Cardiff Devils 26 18 2 0 6 +38 38 Sheffield Steelers 24 15 3 2 4 +28 35 Newcastle Cobras 25 12 2 4 7 +11 30 Nottingham Panths 26 12 1 2 11 +9 27 Ayr Scottish E 24 8 6 0 10 -11 22 Basingstoke Bison 26 9 2 1 14 -19 21 Bracknell Bees 24 8 2 0 14 -26 18 Manchester Storm 23 7 2 1 13 -30 17 Up to and including games on 5 January > WHO'S NEXT AT THE NYNEX? 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. Manchester Storm v Cardiff Devils - Thursday 16 January 1997 - Superleague. This game is to be live on SKY SPORTS and is unlikely to produce much needed points for Storm. The last meeting between the two sides ended with a 2-1 victory for Cardiff that Storm played well in, but Storm's performances since then give much less cause for optimism. Cardiff should be well and truly out of their temporary rut by then riding high at the top of the league, while Storm will probably still be bottom of the league. The prediction for this game is...Manchester Storm 2 - 5 Cardiff Devils. > FORTHCOMING STORM FIXTURES WED 15 JAN - Ayr Scottish Eagles v Manchester Storm, Superleague, 7.30 face off. THU 16 JAN - Manchester Storm v Cardiff Devils, Superleague, 7.40 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 WED 08 JAN - HTV WALES - Highlights of a recent Cardiff Devils game plus goals from other recent games - 10.40 - 11.40pm THU 09 JAN - BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD - Cardiff Devils v Sheffield Steelers - LIVE - 7.30 - 10.30pm THU 09 JAN - SKY SPORTS - Cardiff Devils v Sheffield Steelers - LIVE - 7.00 - 10.30pm WED 15 JAN - BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD - Sheffield Steelers v Nottingham Panthers - LIVE - 7.00 - 10.00pm (*TO BE CONFIRMED*) WED 15 JAN - HTV WALES - Highlights of a recent Cardiff Devils game plus goals from other recent games - 10.40 - 11.40pm THU 16 JAN - SKY SPORTS - Manchester Storm v Cardiff Devils - LIVE - 7.00 - 10.00pm > GET BACK ISSUES OF STORM BLITZ Issues 1 - 9 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! 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