PRE-SEASON TICKETS: The Go Goodwin’s Manchester Storm are pleased to announce that tickets for our 2017 pre-season games against the Sheffield Steelers & Coventry Blaze are now available to purchase. Tickets can be ordered online by clicking here, by calling the box office on 0161 926 8782, or in person at the box office.

Matt ‘Bizz’ Bissonnette says he’ll miss his bezzie Mario Trabucco (but only a bit), and Mike ‘Clemmer’ Clemente is ready to head back to school as both players explain why they chose to return for a second season with Manchester Storm.

Bizz opens up about expectations from his new coach and how he believes significant improvements are being made to ensure the team has better offence this season. And, as The Forecast’s Stephen Packer discovers, it really is a small world when it comes to ice hockey as he reveals his connections to new Stormie and MBA student Luke Moffatt…

From groin injuries to being the butt of all jokes, Clemmer says he can’t wait for another noisy season in the Storm Shelter – a rink which left him deaf for his first week last year. This year he’s signed up to one of the educational packages with the University of Salford Business School. He’s excited to see the line up in front of him bigger and better than ever, hoping he can prove to fans in Altrincham why he really is one of the hottest goalies in the Elite League. Plus what an earth has happened to his hair?!