It's been a heavy week. As you will no doubt know by now, Northern Ireland suddenly and unexpectedly lost beloved BBC Radio Ulster DJ, and former Giants game night announcer, Stephen Clements this week. Moreover, in the years following his involvement with the club, Clements became a close friend of your Head Coach Adam Keefe.... Continue Reading →
The Giants had a battle on their hands against the Coventry Blaze this weekend, but still problems in scoring flare up. A View From The Bridge returns to assess what went right and what went wrong over the weekend at the SSE Arena. Patrick, Davy and Joel chat to D-Man, Ryan Lowney about his move... Continue Reading →
The Belfast Giants took to the ice on Sunday with the opportunity to take six points out of a possible eight since Monday, something that many in the arena would have bitten your hand off for at the conclusion of the week's first game of four- a home loss to the last placed Dundee Stars.... Continue Reading →
The energy in the SSE Arena was cranked up to 11 with the surprise return of talisman Defender Kevin Raine to the starting lineup- his name and image on the big screens met with thundering cheers and applause from the Teal faithful. Let's be honest. We didn't have fun last time around. Losing to the... Continue Reading →
FC Hockey Media's Noel Gillespie previews a critical weekend for the Belfast Giants, and talks... er... pig racing? Please be aware that there might be a recent spoiler in this one, though you will likely know the result by now anyway. It was far from certain for the most part, but a late push claimed... Continue Reading →
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 →
Regular KotG Contributor, Gary Jackson, gives us his mid-term report as the business end of the season approaches. Back in August I wrote a piece previewing the league on the eve of the first faceoff. Confidence was high in Belfast, having won all the pre-season games in some style. CHL did little to dampen the... Continue Reading →
A Christmas four pointer over the struggling Glasgow Clan had the Teal Army in high spirits, as they arrived for the final Belfast Giants game of the decade Monday night. Standing in their way, for what felt like the 50th time this season, was Omar Pacha's Dundee Stars. Dundee themselves are a side struggling for... Continue Reading →
Denying that a "rivalry" exists between two clubs is one of the easiest chirps in the EIHL. The dismissal of another team's hatred towards you has long been used to get one up over opposition fan bases. And to be fair, despite being unoriginal, it works. It riles people up. But set down your cold... Continue Reading →
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 →
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