FIRST PERIOD Not content with opening their season with an electric 3-1 win on Saturday night, the Belfast Giants came out of the traps with venom on an early Sunday faceoff- their second meeting of the weekend with Swedish Mora IK in pre-season exhibition action. The majority of the action in the first ten minutes... Continue Reading →
The hours leading up to the puck dropping on a new season on Saturday almost felt longer than the Summer itself. All over Northern Ireland, Giants fans desperately searched for ways to spend their nervous energy, counting down the minutes until they took their seats at the SSE Arena once more. Waiting for them upon... Continue Reading →
To a certain extent, the Belfast Giants came into the 2018/19 Playoff Final with little to prove. Their trophy haul so far this season has included a second successive Challenge Cup, the Erhardt Conference Trophy and the Elite League Championship. But as Adam Keefe’s men took to the ice one final time, in front of... Continue Reading →
The Belfast Giants arrive in Nottingham for 2018/19’s Playoff Finals Weekend with three of four available domestic trophies. After disposing of the Coventry Blaze in emphatic fashion, Adam Keefe’s men faced a Challenge Cup Final rematch against the side who took them to overtime, the league’s new boys, the Guildford Flames. The Giants were once... Continue Reading →
The Belfast Giants booked their place at the PredictorBet Playoff Finals in emphatic fashion at the Skydome Arena in Coventry. A 7-2 victory over a hapless Coventry Blaze sealed a 12-2 aggregate success in a game that at times seemed more like a testimonial than a Playoff quarter final. The pace was due to the... Continue Reading →
A virtual sell out was on hand to welcome the Elite Ice Hockey League Champions onto home ice for one final time in 2018/19. And what an ovation they received. The latest addition to Adam Keefe's silverware haul this year would be presented post game- but first, a Playoff Quarter Final 1st leg lay in... 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 →
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 →
It's Saint Patrick's weekend, and the Belfast Giants took to the ice at the SSE arena for Saturday's sequel against the Coventry Blaze wearing specially commissioned jerseys. But before thoughts could turn to revelry, there was the small matter of another crucial night in the Elite League. As the teams took to the ice in... Continue Reading →
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