In a night of high drama the Belfast Giants have achieved their 5th league title following the Cardiff Devils 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Coventry Blaze. The Giants finish the season on level points with the Cardiff Devils but take the title on the tie breaker of most wins. Adding a 3rd trophy,... Continue Reading →
Hockey can be a complicated game. Once you delve into systems and tactics, seedings and scratches, you uncover a whole world of complexity beyond what you see on a game night. But, sometimes, it couldn't be more simple. The Belfast Giants needed to defeat the Dundee Stars Saturday night to keep any hopes of a... Continue Reading →
And so, it comes down to this. In order for the Belfast Giants to retain any hope of Elite League silverware, they must win out over the Fife Flyers and Dundee Stars this weekend. Everything else is out of their hands. Adam Keefe's side, clad in black tonight and missing Dustin Johner (day to day),... Continue Reading →
FC Hockey Media's Noel Gillespie breaks down a thrilling climax to the EIHL's regular season- which is going right to the wire at both ends of the table. It should have been over. The Belfast Giants and the Cardiff Devils both went into this past weekend knowing that any loss could hand the 2018/19 Elite... Continue Reading →
A View From The Bridge LIVE returns to McCools at the SSE Arena this TONIGHT, following the Belfast Giants v Fife Flyers game, the one of the final games of the regular season. Patrick Smyth, Simon Kitchen and Joel Neill will be joined on stage by a number of special guests to reflect on what has been a successful... Continue Reading →
In a very special edition of A View From The Bridge, Patrick, Davy Simon and Joel are joined by a whole host of guests to pay tribute to the remarkable career of Colin Shields. On the announcement of Shields impending retirement from the game, we hear from friends and family of the All Time Top... Continue Reading →
From the moment I first put on a pair of skates and picked up a hockey stick all I wanted to do was play ice hockey. I loved the game, the training, the practices, everything about skating on that ice. However, at some point it has to come to an end and for me that... Continue Reading →
There's good news and there's bad news. Good news? Sunday's visit from the Sheffield Steelers was #BannerNight at the SSE, as the Belfast Giants unveiled the 10th Championship banner to hang from the rafters following a successive Challenge Cup win a few weeks ago. And the bad. The now six point gap between the trailing... Continue Reading →
The Storm are a good team. But the Giants are a better one. Is that arrogant? Maybe a little, but with 29 points separating the two sides going into tomorrow night’s game, you’d be hard pushed to find any reasonable hockey fan who would honestly believe the contrary. Will I regret that opening line tomorrow... Continue Reading →
The final weeks of the EIHL season are rapidly falling upon us. In a matter of 10 days the destination of the 2018-19 EIHL Title will be certain, but that team is yet to be determined. In this weeks A View From The Bridge we look back at a 4 point weekend against the Coventry... Continue Reading →
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