The Belfast Giants faced their first defeat as Augsburger Panther took an Overtime victory in the second game of Group C. the result leave Belfast level with Lulea and Augsburg on 4 points in Group C prior to an adventure into Europe this forthcoming week. In a 5 goal thriller at the SSE Arena, Matt... Continue Reading →
Giants Top Group With Opening CHL Victory
The Belfast Giants sit on top of Group C of the Champions Hockey League as they opened their account with a 5-4 victory over Czech Extraliga Regular Season winners, Bílí Tygři Liberec. In a game fraught with physicality the Giants upset the odds and took all 3 points on offer. Bobby Farnham opened the scoring,... Continue Reading →
Mora The Same: Giants Complete Swedish Pre Season Double
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 →
Winner Takes It All As Giants Down Swedish Opposition In Pre Season
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 →
Emphatic Victory Puts Giants In Final Four
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 →
Podcast: Murphy’s Law
Five points from six available for the Belfast Giants over the weekend and a cracking week ahead with 3 games against Glasgow and Stephen Murphy's Testimonial next Tuesday. So with that, A View From The Bridge chats to the man of the moment Stephen Murphy and of course there's a cameo from his partner in... Continue Reading →
Giants Edge Flyers 2-1 In Saturday Nail Biter
The sequel to Friday night's 6-3 victory over the Fife Flyers was to take place under a yellow weather warning- with an approaching storm already wreaking havoc with the travel plans of both the Fife flyers fans and team. Inside the confines of a packed SSE Arena however, it was business as usual. Hunter Bishop... Continue Reading →
Belfast Spoils Burns Night Party With 6-3 Win Over Fife
After two weeks of heartbreak, the unspoken truth around the SSE Arena on Friday evening was that it was do or die time for the Belfast Giants. An agonising Continental Cup final loss on sudden death penalty shots had given way to a 0 point weekend in Cardiff. The reigning Champion Devils now held a... Continue Reading →
Continental Cup Game 6: Heartbreak for Belfast as Arlan Take Title in Shootout
Arlan Kokshetau are the 2019 IIHF Continental Cup Champions after an astounding game at the SSE Arena over the Belfast Giants. In a game in whcih both sides held their own over periods of the game it was the Kazakstan team who ultimately triumphed on the 6th round of penalty shots. The Giants had the... Continue Reading →
Continental Cup Final Game 4: Pulsating Giants Victory Sets Up Take All Clash
Belfast Giants went into the game against GKS Katowice looking revenge for defeat in the Semi Final, but also in the knowledge that a victory would set up a "Winner Takes All" final game against Arlan Kokshetu on Sunday night. A fernetic opening 10 minutes was punctuated by an unbelivable save on the penalty kill... Continue Reading →