Ah ha. For the first time since the days of Mel Angelstad the Giants will be starting with an out-and-out enforcer in the ranks. Sean McMorrow, the self declared new sheriff in town, has been recruited as the latest police man on the Giants squad and going by the size of the man and the penalty minutes he has racked up over a glittering career of pugilism, he could very well be as tough as they come. Suffice to say he racked up a meager 527 penalty minutes in one season alone a few years back.

There have been rumors of McMorrow signing for a few years now but it never came to pass but finally the Giants top brass have got their man. It should spell the end of the rumours of what will happen to Jason Rushton as I seriously cannot see him returning now that McMorrow is in the fold. The guy is loaded with minor league experience from the NHL’s top affiliate league the AHL to the fighting league of Quebec the LNAH. He even cracked the show for a single game on 22 March 2003.

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Tom Walsh’s dreams of cracking the NHL might be behind him now but for one lost dream stems the realisation of another . . . Tom Walsh will not only get to play for the Belfast Giants, but he will also be studying at the University of Ulster.

The 26-year old defenseman is the first import signing by Steve Thornton this off season. Here is what the G-Org had to say about it. . . . Read More»

With a new Brit signed up last week it was time to continue putting together the British core of the team and Thronton did that by bringing back his best two British players from last years team; Colin Shields and Dave Phillips. Signing on Shields was a formality given that last year he inked a two year deal, though with Lyle leaving his two year contract to sign in Cardiff this past weekend, nothing in British hockey is literally a formality.

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With Thornton back as coach and with Shields and Lyle on two year contracts all the was left to set the off season in full motion was some new players. A few days ago, we finally got one. Craig Peacock a 20-year old forward from the EPL will be joining up. A highly talented young player, Peacock will be looking to shine with the Giants after a short spell at the EIHL level with Basingstoke last year.

While Manchester City rock the footballing world by closing in on the signing of Kaka, the Belfast Giants have shook the hockey world by signing one Jason Rushton. The headline on the Giants official website proclaimed that the Giants had signed a ‘Showman’. Within hours of the announcement the message board on KotG was crammed with posts coming in so fast that the reading eye could hardly keep up. Oh, nothing raises the debating juices quite like a new signing — especially when he comes to play with his fists. Read More»