There are certain pairings that just define Christmas: turkey and ham, mistletoe and wine, Santa and Rudolph... …the Belfast Giants and the Glasgow Clan. The latest festive instalment of the Irish Sea rivalry began at the SSE Arena with with good Giants pressure on goaltender Joel Rumpel. An early Power Play (Craig Peacock, hooking, 1.31)... Continue Reading →

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 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 →

A mixed weekend from the Belfast Giants who had a tough night in Braehead against the Glasgow Clan before bouncing back in Manchester where Darcy Murphy put four goals by the Storm in a 6-4 victory. The Clan took the spoils on Saturday night hot off an OT victory in Cardiff that knocked last season’s... 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 →

Following their shock defeat to the Dundee Stars mid-week, the Belfast Giants bounced back in league action to take a maximum 4 points from the weekend and retain their position at the top of the Elite Ice Hockey League. Saturday night witnessed the Giants make their third and final league visit to the Spectrum and... Continue Reading →

The Belfast Giants remain top of the Elite League standings following a split weekend against the Sheffield Steelers. Both teams will walk away relatively happy wit their efforts, yet the frustration will lie more with the Belfast Giants whose defeat on Sunday is the first in domestic competition since mid-October. For Sheffield, a victory over... Continue Reading →