As the Guildford Flames arrived in town for a Fri/Sat Double Header, the points gap at the top of the Elite Ice Hockey League remained at 3 between the leading Cardiff Devils and the trailing Belfast Giants. It's the cut and paste statement at this time of the year, but as the Giants faced another... Continue Reading →
FC Hockey Media's Noel Gillespie brings you a deep dive into this weekend's Belfast Giants opposition, the Guildford Flames. Smarten up on everything from systems, style of play and projected lines ahead of game time! I tried out a couple of titles for this one, what with going mainstream and all. "Here's What I've Seen,... Continue Reading →
Paddy might be away but as Freddy Mercury (not Black) said, "The Show Must Go On" Davy, Simon & Joel are joined by Jonathan Boxill & Andrew Dickson, plus there are interviews with Jonathan Ferland & AVFTB POTM Josh Roach. We dissect the previous weekends games v Coventry & Nottingham, have a very quick look... 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 →
Four games in five days is a challenge for the Belfast Giants, but with 3 wins in 3 they set up the Semi Final with the Glasgow Clan the right way. AVFTB looks back at the weekend's result and the achievement by Colin Shields to become the leagues leading points scorer. We are also joined... Continue Reading →
The Belfast Giants, thankfully unaffected by the overnight storm, had arrived safely in Milton Keynes for their third in three. Waiting for them was a fresh Lightning squad, playing their first of the weekend and backstopped by a gifted goaltender in Patrick Killeen despite his league high GAA of 3.42. Meanwhile, Adam Keefe favoured Stephen... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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