The SSE Arena crew had an impressive turnaround overnight, going from a sensational sold out, beer soaked, Gerry Cinnamon gig Friday to a clean sheet of ice and tonight's clash between your Belfast Giants and the Coventry Blaze. In fact, they had done such a good clean up job that the only remnant of Gerry... Continue Reading →

It was a welcome return to #HockeyWeather on Friday night at the SSE Arena, as fans filed in out of a cold, wet and dark Belfast night for the Belfast Giants annual Halloween game. True to form, the home crowd was littered with witches hats, devil horns, skeletons, sombreros, batman, a corpse bride, a baby... Continue Reading →

The big news ahead of Sunday's rematch between the Belfast Giants and Manchester Storm was that Stephen Murphy had been given the nod in goal for the home side, ahead of usual starter Shane Owen. To his credit, the veteran Murphy had put in a good showing after coming off the bench in the second... Continue Reading →

The Belfast Giants returned home from the conclusion of their CHL campaign in Sweden with an opportunity to renew their focus. Not only was the CHL in the books, but they had squeaked into the knockout stages of the Challenge Cup- in what was otherwise a Glasgow weekender to forget. What mattered now, especially in... Continue Reading →

Things the Swedish are good at: Flat-pack furniture Meatballs Disco Things the Swedish are EXTREMELY good at: Ice Hockey Let me illustrate the point by taking a quick look at the winners of the Champions Hockey League to date: 2014-15: Lulea [SWEDEN] 2015-16: Frolunda [SWEDEN] 2016-17: Frolunda [SWEDEN] 2017-18: JYP [FINLAND... quite close to SWEDEN]... Continue Reading →

[AVFTB Post Game with Ben Lake, Liam Morgan and Adam Keefe below] The voices and drums of a standing section rang out through the SSE Arena as puck dropped for league action against the Guildford Flames. The standing section (named "Boomerang Corner" and in existence since 2015) presumably cobbled together at short notice to compete... Continue Reading →

The Belfast Giants and Fife Flyers sat with 2 points a piece, and 2 games in hand each heading into this weekend's Challenge Cup home and away series. Todd Dutiaume's Flyers have enjoyed an electric start to their league campaign, taking notable scalps including the Nottingham Panthers and sitting atop the standings. A team not... Continue Reading →

On AVFTB this week, I asked Omar Pacha what he thought about the common perception among the EIHL fan base that he is capable of assembling and coaching competitive teams on a comparatively smaller budget than most of the league. Where he had his reservations, and spoke of Dundee's growing spending power- one part rings... Continue Reading →

Less than 24 hours following their domestic opener and Challenge Cup group win over Glasgow, the puck dropped on the Belfast Giants League Campaign in Manchester. Adam Keefe's men were still without Liam Reddox, Jesse Forsberg and Patrick Mullen for the fairly tall task of going into Altrincham's notoriously small ice pad and coming away... Continue Reading →