Manchester Storm

Manchester Storm
City	Altrincham, England
League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Founded	2015
Home arena	Altrincham Ice Dome
Owner(s)	Mark Johnson
Franchise history
1995–2002	Manchester Storm

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The Manchester Storm is a British professional ice hockey team founded in 2015. They are members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, and be based at Altrincham Ice Dome. The name is a reference to the original Manchester Storm, who played from 1995 to 2002.

History

The original Manchester Storm team were founded in 1995 as a tenant of the newly-opened Manchester Arena. The Storm won the First Division championship in their inaugural season, before becoming a founding member of the Ice Hockey Superleague in 1996. The Storm won the league championship in the 1998–99 season, before capturing the Autumn Cup the following season. The Storm drew many large crowds, breaking the British attendance record for a match against the Sheffield Steelers during the 1996–97 season. The original Storm were forced to close in 2002 after financial problems.

The Manchester Phoenix were formed in 2003. They were founder members of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), but moved to the English Premier League in 2009 due to financial reasons. Initially playing out of the Manchester Arena, the Phoenix would eventually relocate to the Altrincham Ice Dome.

At the end of the 2014–15 season, a legal dispute arose between the management of the Altrincham Ice Dome and the Phoenix team over alleged financial impropriety regarding junior teams at the venue. Around the same time, the Hull Stingrays of the Elite Ice Hockey League withdrew from the EIHL. The management of the Altrincham Ice Dome and the EIHL subsequently reached an agreement to place a team in Altrincham to fill the gap created by Hull’s liquidation, and this team was known as Manchester Storm.

External links

Official website of the Manchester Storm

Ice hockey in Great Britain

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