Rais Francis joined us on the latest episode of StormCast for an in-depth discussion about his life and career and how he's gone from hometown, Nottingham to Manchester the long way round.
In this edition recorded at the start of the season, he discusses moving to North America at a young age, the players he watched at a young age, his obsession with hockey and spending Covid in Norway.
01:45 - The chance to come home
02:50 - Learning on the job
05:05 - No place like…
05:52 - Scoring that first goal
06:59 - Learning from the coaches
07:52 - Being hard to miss
09:14 - Playing at the AO
09:47 - All about Rais
10:21 - First experiences of hockey
12:06 - Other sports?
12:53 - Pursuing the hockey dream
14:22 - A stranger in a foreign land
14:56 - Styles
16:28 - NCAA
17:55 - GB aspirations
18:31 - Looking forward
19:42 - What would be success?
20:31 - Wanting to be the best
21:20 - Fun with Rais
23:02 - Covid in Norway
27:16 - Wrap up
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23 Oct 2026
One for the Road
Manchester Storm have only game and one mission this weekend when they take on in-form Fife Flyers on Saturday in Kirkcaldy.
We'll take a look back at last weekend's exertions as Storm were edged out in Saturday's Challenge Cup tie against Guildford Flames then in Sunday's home league encounter against Belfast Giants, despite a late stirring comeback.
Ahead of the game in Fife, we're joining by Fife Free Press editor Allan Crow, who gives us the lowdown on what's going right this season so far for the Flyers and what kind of challenge Cameron Critchlow and his team can expect.
Plus forward Anton Karlsson joins us as he gets ready to return to Fife Ice Arena for the first time since joining from Flyers in the summer and reflects on the season so far.
01:28 - Weekend recap
07:14 - Fife Free Press editor Allan Crow gives the Fife view ahead of the weekend
26:15 - Anton Karlsson joins StormCast to look ahead to Saturday’s game in Fife
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16 Oct 2026
Locke-d in on the weekend
Manchester Storm are looking ahead to another tricky weekend of fixtures as they prepare to face Guildford Flames in the Challenge Cup for crucial points before hosting Belfast Giants for the first time this season at AO Arena.
These fixtures come on the back of the end of a four-game road trip and two consecutive home games at the AO Arena, which we'll look back on and get the views from head coach Cameron Critchlow, captain Chase Harrison on his return to action after injury as well as defenceman Drydn Dow, who talked about going back to Dundee for the first time.
We also hear from Storm TV's webcast commentator Max Artis about life in the gantry while defenceman Kyle Locke joins us to look ahead to those fixtures coming up.
01:02 - Recap of the week
07:54 - Cameron Critchlow
13:27 - Chase Harrison
16:35 - Drydn Dow
21:35 - A view from the gantry - Max Artis
41:28 - Kyle Locke previews the weekend
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