Back to break up the long summer, A View From The Bridge brings you an exclusive interview with the Belfast Giants new netminder, Shane Owen. Patrick, Davy, Simon and Joel return to cast an eye over all the Belfast Giants off season talking points. From the departures, new arrivals, Champions Hockey League and more. The... Continue Reading →
With another EIHL Championship hanging from the rafters, Stephen Smeeth reflects on one topsy turvy season. Another hockey season gone and firmly placed in the memory. I know this is very much cliché but it really does only seem like last week when we all came back from our summers refreshed and ready for a... Continue Reading →
Time to vote for the Kingdom of the Giants Most Valuable Player Award 2019. Since it was won in 2001 by Shane Johnson the KotG MVP has been presented every year to the most outstanding member of the Belfast Giants squad, as voted for by YOU. Polls for the 2019 Award are now OPEN. E-mail:... 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 →
The Belfast Giants sit three points behind the game-in-hand Cardiff Devils heading into this weekend's double header in Belfast- and with the potential differential being 5, the allocation of the points on offer this weekend could very likely make or break one side's season. Belfast iced without ace Patrick Dwyer in addition to Guillaume Gelinas.... Continue Reading →
by Davy McGimpsey When Hunter Bishop signed for the Belfast Giants back in August I was quick to mark him down as the Belfast Giants MVP for the coming season! 'The Bish' as he was fondly known by the Teal Army won many’s an admirer with his speed and lack of quit on a play.... Continue Reading →
As if a chaotic 6-5 win over the Coventry Blaze on Friday night wasn't enough drama heading into a huge Sunday showdown with the Nottingham Panthers- the news broke early morning that the Belfast Giants had signed 6'3" Forward Jordan Smotherman from Iserlohn in Germany's DEL. Well... he had technically been signed for a week;... Continue Reading →
The Belfast Giants were 2 and 0 on the series as the Coventry Blaze made their first trip across the Irish Sea- complete with new import goaltender and former NHLer Matt Hackett. Despite the Giants clean record thus far- the pressure remained firmly on as the men in Teal and Andrew Lord's Cardiff Devils continued... Continue Reading →
A scintillating weekend of European ice hockey at the SSE Arena concluded in a pulsating battle between the Belfast Giants and Arlan Kokshetau culminating in the Kazakstan team lifing the IIHF Continental Cup title. In a special A View From The Bridge we look back at the tournament with audio taken from the weekend. We chat... Continue Reading →
By this point, Belfast is a city synonymous with ice hockey firsts in this part of the world. But even with that said, today feels special. For the first time ever, the NCAA's women bring Division 1 ice hockey overseas for a two game series between the defending champion Clarkson Golden Knights and Northeastern Huskies.... Continue Reading →
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