The Belfast Giants Scottish weekender continued Sunday, following a season opening 4-2 victory over the Dundee Stars the night before. Tonight, it was the turn of the Fife Flyers to play host to Adam Keefe’s men in Challenge Cup group action. Fans in Kirkcaldy were treated to a feisty first period of hockey which saw... 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 →
Rivalry Obesssions
Over the years rivalries have been a key aspect int he tribal nature of all sports. James Trotman explores that in the context of the modern day Belfast Giants. Rivalries in sport are natural. The very definition “competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field” highlights what sport is all about.... Continue Reading →
It’s Not You, It’s Your Team
In our Friday Special Feature we have another piece from the stands. Dr TB gives his well articulated thoughts on whether it is ever acceptable to cheer on anyone but your own team. There's nothing that grinds my gears more than seeing one of our own singing the songs of another team or wearing their... Continue Reading →
Just Can’t Give It Up!
Today's piece comes form Damien Currie, who, as he goes into his 7th season with the Giants, cant give the game up! Over the years I've seen people write that they have either fallen out of love with hockey or with the Giants. I've been through several periods (excuse the pun) where I thought that... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Eighty Eight Kilos?
Pre-Season has been and gone. Two victories for the Belfast Giants and A View From The Bridge cast an eye over the stand out players in those games. Jeff Mason joins the lads to talk of his career, his Elite Prospect stats and decision to hang up the skates. Colin Shields pops in to talk over... Continue Reading →
GR: Giants Take Pre-Season Series With Tight Victory
Belfast Giants 5 , University of Manitoba Bisons 4 Second game of this two game series and the visiting Bisons were looking to make amends for the 6-1 thumping they took the night before. And it was the Univeristy team who opened the scoring, while Matt Towe sat in the box, the powerplay unit of... Continue Reading →
GR: Bisons Hit For Six As Giants Take Victory
Belfast Giants 6, University of Manitoba Bisons 1 The University of Manitoba Bisons returned to the SSE Arena recalling the split series that the teams undertook 12 months ago. The visitors arguably leaving Queens Island the happier given their 6-4 victory on the Saturday and the smash and grab Spiro Goulakos goal that was needed... Continue Reading →
