The Giants had entered the Christmas break sitting pretty at the top of the Elite Ice Hockey League. But tonight, as the Teal Army re-emerged from a turkey-haze and filed into the SSE Arena, they found themselves leapfrogged by the Cardiff Devils; who had been chipping away at their games in hand and finally drew... Continue Reading →
The leadup to Belfast v Manchester Round 2 came with the news from the EIHL's Department of Player Safety that the Storm would be without #9 Luke Moffatt- suspended for two games following his encounter with Patrick Dwyer on Friday night. More specifically- his swinging helmet's encounter with Patrick Dwyer's head. The puck dropped with... Continue Reading →
The Manchester Storm rolled into Belfast on Friday night for game one of a Christmas Double Header- and it was almost a cert that it was going to get physical. A huge roar went up for the returning Patrick Dwyer, who helped the Belfast Giants along to a dominant first period. Dominant everywhere, that is,... Continue Reading →
On a night where the only nervous faces in the SSE Arena were people who had bet three figures on the over (I extend my sympathy, by the way) the defending Champion Belfast Giants ran out comfortable 4-2 winners over the Dundee Stars to advance to the Semi-Finals of the Challenge Cup once more. Adam... Continue Reading →
17:05- That's going to do it for game 1 of the day, Zagreb just too much for the young Italians. 3-1 the final score. The stage is now set for a huge showdown between Poland's Katowice and your Belfast Giants. Faceoff at 7pm. 16:53- We are in the final minutes of a game which Zagreb... Continue Reading →
FINAL SCORE: Manchester 3-4 Belfast (OT) _______________________________________________________ Audio: Patrick Smyth / AVFTB Image: Manchester Storm
Belfast Giants 6-1 Nottingham Panthers As far as early season games go, it didn’t get much bigger for the Belfast Giants than Sunday afternoon’s encounter with the Nottingham Panthers at the SSE Arena. A rejuvenated Giants had returned home from breaking Glasgow hearts in the Challenge Cup the night before, looking to continue their surge... Continue Reading →
For the third time in three nights, the Belfast Giants took to the ice looking to run the EIHL league table from rock bottom. This time, home comforts were replaced by the notoriously difficult Coventry Skydome- and a Blaze team looking for redemption having been shut out 3-0 by the Nottingham Panthers the night before.... Continue Reading →
A pivotal weekend for the slumping Belfast Giants began on Friday night with the first of a home double header against league table neighbours the Milton Keynes Lightning. From the puck drop you could sense that the Giants, clad in their black alternate unis, felt the urgency to turn things around. The home side were... Continue Reading →
Todd Dutiaume would be the first to admit that his career in British hockey has been something of a rollercoaster. The well respected Winnipeg native- who found himself in Kirkcaldy as a 24 year old in 1998 before taking the reigns behind the bench in 2005- has battled highs, lows, triumph and tragedy both personally... Continue Reading →
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