Tonight the 2018/19 Belfast Giants undertake their first competitive match at the SSE Arena against the Dundee Stars. Last Sunday the Giants defeated the Stars in the DIA and will be hoping to continue that success as the quest to retain the Challenge cup continues. Since that game the Stars have themselves picked up a... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Know When To Fold Them
Four Points in the Challenge Cup for the Belfast Giants, and AVFTB is back to look across all the action. Darcy Murphy is front and centre as guest on this weeks A View From The Bridge. Sunday's Hat-Trick Hero answers YOUR questions on The Fan Agenda. Simon, Davy, Joel and Patrick look at the wins... Continue Reading →
Dundee See Stars As Giants Start Cup Defence With A Win
Dundee Stars 2, Belfast Giants 4 - Challenge Cup The Belfast Giants started their defence of the Challenge Cup with a trip to face Omar Pacha's Dundee Stars. The same fixture that opened last years season was a convincing win for the Stars, this time the Giants exacted revenge. Giants started on the front foot... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Peterborough Petes Special
Liam Kirk, Derrick Walser, Rob Wilson and Andrew Verner are all guests in a special A View From The Bridge. Patrick attended Liam Kirk's first home game in the OHL for the Peterborough Petes at the Memorial Centre as they took on local rivals, the Oshawa Generals. He chatted with him and the coaching team.... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Off Season Special – August 2018
It's the final Off Season Special of the summer and with hockey firmly on the near horizon the lads are getting excited. Steve Thornton, Colin Shields and Dustin Johner are the guests as Patrick, Davy, Simon and Joel contemplate, among other things, the new names on the roster, the fixtures, the TV deal and the... Continue Reading →
‘Bout Ye: Matt Towe
Matt Towe has put to bed a summers worth of speculation as to his future in the game by signing a new contract with the Belfast Giants. The Coffee Baron of Bangor will return in teal for another season. However, his new job as a father will take centre stage in his life as Matt’s... Continue Reading →
‘Bout Ye: Andrew Dickson
Andrew Dickson, proud son of Ballymoney, once again adds his name to the roster of the Belfast Giants for the 2018/19 season. The one time Sheffield Steeler is to enjoy his 9th season in teal as Adam Keefe adds his name to create a strong netminding threesome with Beskorowany, Stephen Murphy. While Dicko’s appearances on... Continue Reading →
‘Bout Ye: Guillaume Gélinas
The old team-sports clichés include "Attack starts at the Back". This cliche is none more suited than to the latest name on the defensive roster of the 2018/19 Belfast Giants, Guillaume Gélinas. The 5'9" d-man arrives on Queens Island off a championship year with HC Banska Bystrica of the Slovakian Tipsport Liga. A quick skater,... Continue Reading →
‘Bout Ye: Francis Beauvillier
Speed, skill and youth seem to be at the heart of this season’s Belfast Giants side, and with the addition of Francis Beauvillier from the AHL’s Manitoba Moose, all three should be on show when he lines up in teal come September. 24 year old Beauvillier is a product of the Major Junior system in... Continue Reading →
‘Bout Ye: Kyle Baun
In order to understand someone fully, you must understand where they've come from. From 1956 until 1973 the great Bobby Baun played 17 seasons in the NHL, earning himself no less than four Stanley Cup rings with the Maple Leafs, along with the hearts of the people of Toronto. The Belfast Giants today announced their... Continue Reading →
