Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former)

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defunct ice hockey team professional sports team

Manchester Storm was a professional ice hockey team based in Manchester, England that competed in the British Ice Hockey Superleague during the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Manchester Storm 1
Manchester Storm (EIHL) 1
Original Manchester Storm 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct ice hockey team ⓘ
professional sports team ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) ⓘ
surface form: Original Manchester Storm
city Manchester ⓘ
competitionLevel top tier of UK ice hockey ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 2002 ⓘ
eraOfActivity early 2000s ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ
fanBaseRegion Greater Manchester ⓘ
foundedAsExpansionTeamIn 1995 ⓘ
governingBody Ice Hockey UK ⓘ
homeArena Manchester Arena ⓘ
homeArenaCapacityApprox 17000 ⓘ
homeArenaFormerName Nynex Arena ⓘ
homeArenaLaterName Manchester Evening News Arena ⓘ
homeColours black ⓘ
purple ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
homeCountry England ⓘ
homeGamesVenue Manchester Arena ⓘ
inception 1995 ⓘ
league British Ice Hockey Superleague ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
notableAchievement attracted some of the largest crowds in European ice hockey at the time ⓘ
notableRival Nottingham Panthers ⓘ
Sheffield Steelers ⓘ
participatedIn domestic cup competitions in UK ice hockey ⓘ
playedHomeGamesAtIndoorArena yes ⓘ
playedIn British Ice Hockey Superleague ⓘ
Ice Hockey Superleague seasons 1996–97 to 2002–03 ⓘ
playedRegularSeasonGamesIn British Ice Hockey Superleague ⓘ
professionalStatus fully professional ⓘ
reasonForDissolution financial difficulties ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
setAttendanceRecordForUKIceHockey yes ⓘ
shortName Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manchester Storm
sport ice hockey ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorTeamInception 2015 ⓘ
successorTeamLeague Elite Ice Hockey League ⓘ
successorTeamNameReuse Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manchester Storm (EIHL)
teamBasedInMetropolitanArea Greater Manchester ⓘ
teamType men's ice hockey team ⓘ
wonTitle British Ice Hockey Superleague regular season championship ⓘ
wonTitleInSeason 1998–99 BISL regular season ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) → alsoKnownAs → Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Original Manchester Storm
Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) → shortName → Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Storm
Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) → successorTeamNameReuse → Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester Storm (EIHL)
Manchester Arena → tenant → Manchester Storm (ice hockey, former) ⓘ