STORM BLITZ ISSUE #86 Wednesday 14 January 1998 If you have any comments on Storm Blitz, please feel free to e-mail stormblitz@intothestorm.co.uk any time. There are currently 260 subscribers to Storm Blitz ------------------------------------------------ INTO THE STORM IS SPONSORED BY SOUTHERN GRAPHICS http://www.southern.northwich.com ------------------------------------------------ In this issue : * Storm lose 4-3 in Nottingham * Storm beat leaders Ayr 5-3 * Other results Sunday * Storm defeated in Basingstoke * Other results Saturday * A poor Bison beaten at the Nynex * Ayr defeated at last & Steelers win in Newcastle * Injury latest * EHL wildcard threat * Remaining World Junior Championship Results * Into The Storm updates * The latest from Storm Audio * Latest Superleague table * Latest Express Challenge Cup table * Forthcoming Storm games * Directions to away games * TV and Radio News * Download back issues of Storm Blitz * How to unsubscribe to Storm Blitz --------------------------------------------------- > STORM LOSE 4-3 IN NOTTINGHAM Storm travelled to Nottingham for an Express Cup game on Tuesday night. Rick Brebant scored the opening goal for Storm on 3 minutes and then Hadden equalised for Nottingham after 12 minutes. The next goal came after 27 minutes when Craig Woodcroft put Storm back into the lead. Mike Morin made it 3-1 shortly afterwards and then Premak made it 3-2 with a goal for Nottingham after 32 minutes. Hadden levelled the scores with two minutes remaining of the second period. Weber then scored for Nottingham with two minutes gone of the third period and Storm went down to another Express Cup defeat. > STORM BEAT LEADERS AYR 5-3 Storm returned to Superleague action on Sunday night with a game that they had to win to keep their championship hopes alive. In the first period Storm were poor. Shawn Byram scored on the powerplay for Ayr after three minutes and then the Superleague leaders continued to dominate Storm until Stefan Ketola equalised with five minutes of the first period remaining. With penalty minutes still counting down after a bout of roughing and misconduct from both sides, the Storm powerplay resulted in a goal for Brad Rubachuk with two minutes of the second period gone. Ayr scored an equaliser four minutes later, but it was Storm that were starting to dominate. Kevin Hoffman scored on 38 minutes, Troy Neumeier on 41 minutes and then Brad Rubachuk made it 5-2 two minutes later. Ayr pulled back a goal with five minutes remaining to set up a tense finish but Storm held on for a much needed 5-3 win. > OTHER RESULTS SUNDAY In the other Superleague game on Sunday, Cardiff Devils defeated Nottingham Panthers 5-3. Cardiff went into a 4-0 lead by the end of the first period with goals from Moria, Matulik, Sacratini and Thornton. Jeff Sebastian, Knox and Leach pulled the score back to 4-3 but Matulik scored an empty net goal to give Cardiff the victory. In the Express Cup, Newcastle Cobras drew 4-4 with Basingstoke Bison after overtime. Mulvenna scored the first goal for Newcastle after 5 minutes and then Smith made it 2-0 on 10 minutes. pellerin scored on the powerplay after 15 minutes but La Scala made it 3-1 with 17 seconds of the first period remaining. The only goal in the second period came in the final minute when Kelman scored for Bracknell to bring the score to 3-2. Ward equalised on 47 minutes and then McCosh put Bracknell in front 4-3 a minute later. Majic scored the goal that took the game to overtime with eight minutes remaining. Overtime remained goalless and so both teams got a point. In Sheffield, the Express Cup game between Steelers and Basingstoke finished 6-3 to the home team. Scott Allison made it 1-0 after 8 minutes. Frank Kovacs scored on 23 minutes to make it 2-0 to Sheffield and then Longstaff made it 3-0 two minutes later. Tony Hand scored on 34 minutes to make the score 4-0. Garden and Black make it 4-2 with two goals near the end of the second period. The third period saw Ed Courtenay score with seven minutes remaining and then Mike Ware scored to make it 6-2. Black scored the final goal of the game with two minutes remaining to make the final score 6-3. > STORM DEFEATED IN BASINGSTOKE On Saturday night Storm travelled to Basingstoke in the Express Cup. Storm completely ran the first 25 minutes scoring three unanswered goals. Dominic Maltais scored the first and third with Stefan Ketola getting the second. Basingstoke pulled one back two minutes later and then on 31 minutes it was 3-2. Four minutes into the third period Hurley equalised and the game went into overtime. Scott scored the winner for Basingstoke with 80 seconds of overtime remaining. With the point gained from the overtime defeat, Storm remain in 6th place in the Express Cup table. > OTHER RESULTS SATURDAY In the other game in the Express Cup, Nottingham Panthers defeated Newcastle Cobras 6-3 at Lower Parliament Street. In the Superleague, Ayr Scottish Eagles travelled to Bracknell and beat the Bees 5-3. The Ayr goals came from Woolf (2), Kummu, Groleau and Montanari. The Bees goals were scored by De Costy, Pellerin and Johnstone. Sheffield Steelers faced Cardiff Devils at Sheffield Arena. Cardiff raced into a 4-0 lead and eventaully won 6-2 with four goals came from Matulik and two from Thornton. Ed Coutenay and Frank Kovacs scored for Sheffield. > A POOR BISON BEATEN AT THE NYNEX In front of 5062 fans at the Nynex Arena on Wednesday night, Manchester Storm faced Basingstoke Bison in the first of two Express Cup ties between the two teams in four days. Brad Rubachuk opened the scoring after 15 minutes and Kevin Hoffman scored two minutes before the end of the first period to give Storm a 2-0 lead. Stefan Ketola scored 96 seconds into the second period before Basingstoke pulled one back just 25 seconds later. It was 4-1 to Storm on 25.41 as Eric Flinton scored on the powerplay. The scoring was completed on 50 minutes when Jeff Jablonski scored Storm's fifth. Kevin Hoffman won Man Of The Match for Storm with netminder Gallace winning it for Bison. The 5-1 win gives Storm a good chance of qualifying for the semi-finals with six games still remaining in The Express Challenge Cup. > AYR DEFEATED AT LAST & STEELERS WIN IN NEWCASTLE In other Express Cup ties on Wednesday night, Ayr Scottish Eagles lost their 100% record with a 3-2 home defeat by Cardiff Devils. Biette and Groleau scored for Ayr but Ian Cooper and Shannon Hope made the score 2-2. In the 46th minute, McIntyre scored the winner for Cardiff. Newcastle Cobras look set to finish bottom of the Express Cup after losing at home to Sheffield Steelers 3-2. Duberman and Weaver scored for Cobras in the second period. Ed Courtney equalised for Sheffield early in the third period and Tommy Plommer scored the winner on 50 minutes. > INJURY LATEST Kris Miller has a groin injury from the game against Ayr Scottish Eagles when he was stretchered off during the game. He should be back for the Newcastle game next week. Mike Morin has returned from his injury sustained in the game at Ayr a couple of weeks ago. He is being slowly brought back into the team with a few shifts played on Sunday against Ayr and then more against Nottingham on Tuesday. Mikael Wiklander will be out for a while subject to tests done today (Wednesday). It is looking like he has a hernia. Jeff Tomlinson still has an injured finger causing him trouble. > EHL WILDCARD THREAT It has been reported in the Daily Telegraph that the IIHF has decided that only league or play-off winners will be able to enter the European Hockey League from next season. Storm will therefore not be offered a wildcard place as they have been for the last two seasons. > REMAINING WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS POOL D Group A Holland 32-1 Turkey Spain 6-2 Bulgaria Spain 11-0 Turkey Holland 19-2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 13-4 Turkey Holland 7-1 Spain Group B Yugoslavia 9-2 South Africa Lithuania 14-0 Mexico Yugoslavia 13-0 Mexico Lithuania 14-1 South Africa Mexico 3-1 South Africa Lithuania 5-1 Yugoslavia Pool D (Group A) Pl W D L +/- Pts Holland 3 3 0 0 +54 6 Spain 3 2 0 1 +9 4 Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 -12 2 Turkey 3 0 0 3 -51 0 Pool D (Group B) Pl W D L +/- Pts Lithuania 3 3 0 0 +31 6 Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 +16 4 Mexico 3 1 0 2 -25 2 South Africa 3 0 0 3 -22 0 Medal games: South Africa 11-0 Turkey Yugoslavia 9-0 Spain Mexico 6-4 Bulgaria Lithuania 6-3 Holland FINAL STANDINGS 1st : Lithuania 2nd : Holland 3rd : Yugoslavia 4th : Spain 5th : Mexico 6th : Bulgaria 7th : South Africa 8th : Turkey Lithuania promoted to Pool C POOL C The remaining results in Pool C of the World Junior Championship are as follows: Group A Austria 8-1 Estonia Group B Denmark 5-4 Slovenia Pool C (Group A) Pl W D L +/- Pts Italy 3 2 1 0 +14 5 Austria 3 2 1 0 +12 5 Estonia 3 1 0 2 -15 2 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 -11 0 Pool C (Group B) Pl W D L +/- Pts Denmark 3 3 0 0 +18 6 Slovenia 3 2 0 1 +7 4 Croatia 3 1 0 2 -8 2 Romania 3 0 0 3 -17 0 7th/8th Place Play-Off Great Britain 7-5 Romania 5th/6th Place Play-Off Croatia 3-2 Estonia 3rd/4th Place Play-Off Slovenia 4-2 Austria Final Denmark 6-4 Italy FINAL STANDINGS 1st : Denmark 2nd : Italy 3rd : Slovenia 4th : Austria 5th : Croatia 6th : Estonia 7th : Great Britain 8th : Romania Denmark promoted to Pool B Romania relegated to Pool D NOTE: In the 1997 competition, Great Britain finished 4th in Pool C. In 1996, Great Britain finished 5th in Pool C. POOL B FINAL STANDINGS Pl W D L +/- Pts Belarus 5 4 1 0 +14 9 Ukraine 5 3 1 1 +11 7 Poland 5 3 0 2 +11 6 Latvia 5 2 0 3 -3 4 Hungary 5 1 1 3 -18 3 France 5 0 1 4 -15 1 POOL B (Relegation) Pl W D L +/- Pts Norway 3 2 0 1 +4 4 Japan 3 1 0 2 -4 2 Belarus promoted to Pool A Japan relegated to Pool C POOL A FINAL STANDINGS GOLD : Finland SILVER : Russia BRONZE : Switzerland 4th : Czech Republic 5th : United States 6th : Sweden 7th : Kazakhstan 8th : Canada 9th : Slovak Republic 10th : Germany Germany relegated to Pool B > INTO THE STORM UPDATES The whole site was moved to a faster server last week and so should not experience as many slow times as it used to. The Forum had to be moved seperately and required a bit of work to enable nothing (well not much!) to be lost in the process! Thanks here goes to Andy Jones of Easy 2 Support at U-Net for ensuring a smooth transition and for fixing the Guestbook! Manchester Storm Message Forum - The Forum was moved to a new faster server on Friday meaning faster accesses. The accidental deletion of the December Forum is slowly being rectified as I am putting it back together - including the messages I lost at the start of December as well. This should take a couple of weeks to complete. The Guestbook - IT WORKS AT LAST! It isn't completely customised but it definitely works at last! Also added a link to Swindon Topcats Guestbook. Web Site Statistics - The Guestbook Log is now operational and so all hosts that sign the Guestbook will be listed here. Search Into The Storm - At last, a brand new feature is launched! You can search all the pages of Into The Storm for a particular keyword or phrase. The search includes archived Guestbooks and all past Forum messages as well as all the current pages on the site. Ice Hockey Links - Amended Chelmsford Chieftans link. Added links to Swindon Topcats site, Peterborough Pirates site and also to Ride The Pine, a Nottingham Panthers Internet fanzine. Storm Action Photos - A new set of photos have been added from the EHL game against Forst Bolzano. All the photos on this page have been moved to a faster server so there will be a much improved download time for them. Storm Blitz - All the old copies of Storm Blitz have also been moved to a faster server so there should be improved download speeds for these. MISCONDUCT! - At last - MISCONDUCT! have supplied an update to their page. Also included is an exclusive photo of the MISCONDUCT! trio in action at last season's Storm 6-2 Steelers game! Ice Hockey In Canada - Stephanie Wilde of Calgary reports on the World Junior Championships from Canada's point of view. About Into The Storm - MISCONDUCT! photo added to the page. All the tables, results, fixtures, latest news etc have been updated as normal. > THE LATEST FROM STORM AUDIO The latest upload to STORM AUDIO includes a review of the Storm v Nottingham Panthers game from Kurt Kleinendorst, Brad Rubachuk and Mike Blaisdell talking about defensive hockey. Reaction is also there from the Storm v Basingstoke and Storm v Ayr games. An edited version of STORM AUDIO appears each Monday evening on BBC GMR 95.1FM at 5.55pm. STORM AUDIO can be found on the Internet at http://members.aol.com/stormaudio The latest uploads to STORM AUDIO require Real Player 5.0 Beta, which can be downloaded free from the link on the STORM AUDIO Web site. > LATEST SUPERLEAGUE TABLE Pl W D OL NL +/- Points Ayr Scottish Eagles 19 12 1 2 4 +23 27 Manchester Storm 20 10 3 1 6 +19 24 Cardiff Devils 17 10 2 1 4 +13 23 Nottingham Panthers 18 10 3 0 5 +12 23 Sheffield Steelers 19 8 2 1 8 +6 19 Bracknell Bees 18 8 1 1 8 -15 18 Basingstoke Bison 17 4 3 2 8 -18 13 Newcastle Cobras 19 4 1 1 13 -38 10 Win=2; Draw=1; Overtime Loss=1; Normal Loss=0 > LATEST EXPRESS CHALLENGE CUP TABLE Pl W D OL NL +/- Points Ayr Scottish Eagles 9 8 0 0 1 +14 16 Nottingham Panthers 11 7 0 0 4 +7 14 Cardiff Devils 10 6 0 0 4 +1 12 Sheffield Steelers 11 6 0 0 5 -1 12 Bracknell Bees 10 4 2 1 3 -2 11 Manchester Storm 10 3 1 2 4 +7 9 Basingstoke Bison 10 4 0 0 6 -9 8 Newcastle Cobras 9 0 1 1 7 -17 2 Win=2; Draw=1; Overtime Loss=1; Normal Loss=0 > FORTHCOMING STORM GAMES DATE OPPONENTS F/O VENUE COMPETITION Thu 15 Jan Cardiff Devils 7.30 Away The Express CC Tue 20 Jan Newcastle Cobras 7.30 Home The Express CC Thu 22 Jan Bracknell Bees 7.30 Home Superleague Sun 25 Jan Sheffield Steelers 6.00 Home Superleague Thu 29 Jan Cardiff Devils 7.30 Home The Express CC Sun 1 Feb Basingstoke Bison 6.00 Home Superleague > GETTING TO STORM AWAY GAMES The following information is taken from THE STORM SHELTER (http://www.omen1.demon.co.uk/storm/index.html) Cardiff Devils v Manchester Storm Thursday 15 January 1997 face off 7.30 Address Wales National Ice Rink, Hayes Bridge Road, Cardiff Telephone 01222 238 3451 Capacity 2500 Directions Take M6 south and then onto M5. At Junction 8 (Strensham Services) take M50 to Ross on Wye. Follow signs for Monmouth (A40). After Monmouth follow signs for Newport and Cardiff (A449). At M4Junction turn right towards Cardiff on the M4. At Junction 29 take the A48(M). At second roundabout turn left onto A4161 Southern Way). Turn right at the end. After 3/4 of a mile bear left onto the B4487 (Broadway). This becomes a dual carriageway. Approximately 400 yards turn left onto Fitzalan Place. Turn right at roundabout onto Adam Street. The rink is one the right hand side after the railway bridge. > TV AND RADIO NEWS WED 14 JAN BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD 104.1FM - The Ice Line - Ice Hockey phone-in hosted by Gareth Hampshire - 1800 - 1900 THU 15 JAN SKY SPORTS 2 - Ice Hockey LIVE - Full live coverage of the Express Cup tie between Cardiff Devils and Manchester Storm - 1930 - 2200 THU 15 JAN PICCADILLY KEY 103FM - Storm news, game preview and interviews - 2030 - 2035 FRI 16 JAN SKY SPORTS 2 - Ice Hockey - Full coverage of Cardiff Devils v Manchester Storm shown live the previous evening - 1100 - 1330 FRI 16 JAN BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE 95.5/103.9FM - Lancashire Sport - Preview of Lancashire Hawks forthcoming games along with other sports previews and reviews - 1800 - 1900 FRI 16 JAN BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD 104.1FM - Friday Night Sport - Preview of the weekend's games including interviews along with other sport - 1900 - 2000 FRI 16 JAN BBC GMR 95.1/104.6FM - GMR SPORT - Interviews, previews and news from Manchester Storm along with other sport - 1900 - 2200 SAT 17 JAN GALAXY 102FM - Galaxy Sports - Interview with Kurt Kleinendorst and music - 1715 - 1730 SAT 17 JAN BBC RADIO 5 LIVE - NIGHT EXTRA - Review of Saturday night's games including results as well as all the other sports results - 2330 - 0000 SUN 18 JAN BBC RADIO 5 LIVE - NIGHT EXTRA - Review of Sunday night's games including results as well as all the other sports results - 2325 - 2335 MON 19 JAN BBC GMR 95.1/104.6FM - Drivetime - Interview with Kurt Kleinendorst and Storm players following the weekend's games - this is an edited version of STORM AUDIO - 1755 - 1800 > DOWNLOAD BACK ISSUES OF STORM BLITZ All previous issues of Storm Blitz are still available. 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