TICKETS: Your Goodwin Group Manchester Storm welcome the Nottingham Panthers on Wednesday the 12th February here at Planet Ice Altrincham in Elite League action! Tickets can be ordered online, by calling 0161-926-8782, or in person at the box office. Face-off is 19:30.

Your Goodwin Group Manchester Storm are pleased to announce the club and Salford University will be celebrating their partnership during the Elite League fixture against The Nottingham Panthers on Wednesday evening as part of first ever ‘Salford University Takeover event’ at The Storm Shelter!

The partnership between the club and UoS has gone from strength to strength in recent years. It has become key when it comes to Head Coach, Ryan Finnertys recruitment tactics during the off-season, with the Head Coach being able to offer a package which includes playing at the highest level in the UK, alongside studying at the University Of Salford, which is very attractive for many players.

There has also been much more activity off the ice this season, with UoS art & design students getting involved with the partnership. Earlier this season, as part of a module, saw the art & design students create a range of different jerseys to help celebrate and promote the partnership between club and university. The jerseys were then judged by Liam Hesketh (Sponsorship and Marketing) alongside Caitriona O’Shea (Director, Industry Collaboration and Sport Partnerships at UoS) with the winning jersey being manufactured by Dunamis Sports and to be used during an Elite League fixture!

The winning jersey was designed by UoS design student, Joe Swain, who took different elements and colours from the UoS crest to use on the jersey to showcase the partnership. The jerseys will be used in the Elite League fixture against The Nottingham Panthers on Wednesday 12th February. Congratulations to Joe for the winning entry and thankyou to the design students that took part in the module!

The club would also like to thank the business students who have worked hard and helped organise the takeover over the last few months. Their goal was to attract more people to watch the sport here in Manchester and make more students aware of the partnership and our great club. We look forward to seeing you all at the Storm Shelter during our fixture with The Nottingham Panthers!

Head Coach and GM, Ryan Finnerty commented on the partnership; “The partnership between ourselves and Salford University has gone from strength to strength over the past few seasons and we want to continue this moving forwards. It’s great to see more departments getting involved with the club this season and we want to celebrate this with our fans at the Storm Shelter on Wednesday night. This partnership is vital to us, it allows us to attract better players, who are interested in studying as well here in Manchester and we look forward to continuing this great partnership.”

Notable players who have studied at the University of Salford whilst playing for the Manchester Storm are Matt Beca, Mike Clemente, Shane Bakker, Luke Moffatt, Dane Byers and Gerard Hanson. Current Manchester Storm Captain and Team GB defenceman Dallas Ehrhardt, now in his fourth season with the club, also studied at the University whilst playing for the club.

Manchester Storm Ice Hockey Club would like to thank the University of Salford for their on-going support.

Shirt Off The Back: You will have the chance to win FOUR jerseys this evening at the Storm Shelter as part of the SOTB raffle!

1st Winner: Finlay Ulrick
2nd Winner: Cody Thompson
3rd Winner: Adam Long
4th Winner: Jacob Lutwyche

You can purchase SOTB raffle tickets from our match night sellers around the rink this evening!

TICKETS: Your Goodwin Group Manchester Storm welcome the Nottingham Panthers on Wednesday the 12th February here at Planet Ice Altrincham in Elite League action! Tickets can be ordered online, by calling 0161-926-8782, or in person at the box office. Face-off is 19:30.