18 long months finally come to an end this Friday night when the Belfast Giants return to the SSE Arena to take on the Dundee Stars following a 4 point weekend on the road. https://youtu.be/o3klbYAsCTw Patrick, Davy, Simon and Joel are reunited to look at the victories in Scotland. We hear from Jordan Boucher, Ciaran... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Incy Wincy
The 2021-22 EIHL Season is days away for the Belfast Giants, with a new look team, new look logo and a fresh looking arena. https://youtu.be/a6f0tu8iUrY Patrick, Davy and Simon return to be joined by a wealth of guests as they cover everything from the rebrand to the TV deal. Steve Thornton and Sinead Doyle chat... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Still Game
20 Years to the day when the Belfast Giants first took to the ice at the then Odyssey Arena, and despite the game being suspended through the pandemic, Patrick, Day, Simon and Joel return to discuss the legacy that team left behind them. https://soundcloud.com/avftb/avftb-still-game We also look at the current scenario on the table, the... Continue Reading →
A View From The Bridge – 15 Years of Podcasting
On the 15th Anniversary of the podcast's debut, long time host Patrick Smyth looks back at how the show has endured this long When Aaron Kernohan approached me in 2005 with the idea of starting a podcast, I only had a vague idea what one was. The technology was in its infancy. You could only... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Twenty Twenty Vision
Back to work for A View From The Bridge after an extended Christmas break, and 7 games to consider as the Giants battled to strong victories over Glasgow, Fife and Dundee. However they were also eliminated from the Challenge Cup by Cardiff and suffered a humiliating home defeat to Omar Pacha’s Stars. Plenty for Davy,... Continue Reading →
Devils Spoil Christmas Party Despite Late Giants Rally
Despite the Christmas cheer on display, and despite the full-on brass band playing fans into the building- tonight's visit of the Cardiff Devils comes at the tail end of another turbulent week on and off-ice for the Belfast Giants. Following their shut out Challenge Cup exit against tonight's opponents last weekend, it emerged that well... Continue Reading →
Giants Bury Home Scoring Woes With Six Goal Clan Thrashing
After failing to find a goal in two successive home games, the Belfast Giants finally clawed their way back into form on Friday night on the road to Omar Pacha's Dundee Stars, claiming two points in a 4-2 victory before high tailing it back home across the Irish Sea before Saturday's forecasted storms rolled in.... Continue Reading →
Belfast Giants 20 Year Roster
Long time Giants fan Aaron Kernohan uses the 20th season to reflect on the great players to pull on the teal. Twenty years since the Belfast Giants took to Odyssey Arena ice. Twenty different rosters have been constructed. As the 20th anniversary of that very first game in the Odyssey Arena passes I have decided... Continue Reading →
Cardiff Cup Win Leaves Giants Shut Out In Back To Back Home Games
The Giants crusade for a Challenge Cup 3-peat kicked back into gear Wednesday night, as the Cardiff Devils rolled into Belfast for the first tilt in a two game aggregate series. Ahead of face off, former Giant Matt Towe was recognised by the OSC as part of his surprise Fan Appreciation Night, and received a... Continue Reading →
Colgate Stamp Their Ticket In Second Friendship Four Appearance
If you've just joined us... it's worth repeating: The Friendship Four is special. It just is. There are just no other words to describe it. Okay, there are. Exciting, exhilarating, dramatic, positive, feel-good, unifying… and for some, the highlight of the hockey calendar in Belfast. Mayor of Boston Marty Walsh was in town to drop... Continue Reading →