Play-Off Finals Weekend...

So it's the playoff finals weekend...and as i type, the Giants are in their semi-final game. I really hope they make it through to the final against Cardiff. Personally i think we've been handed the team no one wanted to play...the Play-Offs being held in Nottingham...we're playing Nottingham, so they have an advantage of home ice, good team morale etc. Hopefully we can pull through...i'm really excited about this because even though we didn't retain the league title, it'd be nice to bring home SOMETHING from this season.

More in Giants news...i have a few ideas in the pot for the new website, i've been thinking about compiling a list of features that would be nice on their website and then forwarding them to the new GM.

I'll give an update tomorrow on the game.

A Giant Update...

So now the season is over...we didn't win...but we're in the playoffs and the big weekend is this coming weekend. I would have loved to have been there...it would have been great to see the last few games but luckily i made it to the last home game (and of course Todd Killer Kelmans last home game) at the big O. It's been a great season...really enjoyable, unfortunately we didn't win but it's been great getting more and more in to ice hockey and i can honestly say i cannot wait until september for the new season.



I plan to keep you all (who ever is reading) updated over the summer with returning players etc and who's new to the team, who's staying and who's going and what the new shirt looks like. I'll maybe even start up a blog dedicated to reviews of all the home and away games. It'll be good, i'll give an update on that later in the week so stay logged on.

Giants back on fire…

The Giants were happy to be back at the odyssey for the first home game in a LONG time...after signing a new netminder Philippe DeRouville we've been on top form...he only signed the other day and tonight was only his second game. .............Spectacular game, we hammered the Edinburgh Capitals 7 - 0...probably our best win of the whole season! Reminded me of the kinda games we were seeing last season, only thing missing was Theo Fleury. The game was a little rough too, i was almost expecting a fight from Shawn Skiehar after someone knocked his helmet off, he followed them for a bit but gave up when they didn't want to fight.

The man of the match call was a tricky decision, after Ed Courtenay stepping down from the bench to join his team on the ice for the first time since last season (on home ice) and scoring 2 goals and an assist....it made it tough...also with our new netminder who's only been with the team for 3 days now who doesn't know any of the team tactics, plays, barely knows the lines and hasn't even trained with them....and he made a shutout on his second game with the team and first time in the odyssey! ...Personally i think he should have got MOM.

The team played really well, with Minard (current netminder) out with an injury the team had a bit more confidence knowing their goalie wasn't in pain. I'm still in awe :D

Belfast Giants...

So i have to admit...i'm a pretty big Belfast Giants fan!! For ages i haven't been in to any sport what so ever...i used to skate(board) an awful lot but i've pretty much ruined my back in doing so and i became a bit too lazy to keep doing it...so for a few years i haven't been in to much sport at all. Last season (05/06) Lauren took me to one of the games, the game that was the debut for Theo Fleury for the Belfast Giants (i'll ramble about him in another post soon ;-) but give him a look on wikipedia if you want) and ever since i've been hooked. I've been following the league this season more than ever and i have to say...it's a great sport. Unlike football, what attracts me to this, is the lack of sectarianism...i HATE hearing about sectarianism within football!!

From now on on the blog for the last month of this season i plan to give regular updates on the team and how we're doing in the league, who we're playing etc. and i hope to do the same next season as well.

We're 3rd in the league right now after the team have unexpectidly lost interest all together recently and we've hit an all time low for our team, we won so well last year and now this year we've messed up so badly that it's unlikely we'll win the league. Coventry are first in the league, Sheffield second. Belfast are playing right as we speak so lets hope we can win tonight!! and that sheffield lose putting us back up to 2nd place...with some recent changes to the line up i know we can do it...the pressure is increased, but we can still try our best to defend the title.