Giants News | Monday 28 August 2006 by Richard Blayney
It appears the Giants official site is in the process of adding the complete fixture list for the season. Click below to view them, I’ll add them to the site here when I next get the chance.
http://www.belfastgiants.com/app/FixtureList.asp
It will be interesting to see how the opening month pans out with so many back to back games through each weekend.
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Signings | Tuesday 22 August 2006 by Richard Blayney
I certainly couldn’t be much happier with the two final import slots that Ed has filled today. Returning for a second season is Shawn Skiehar who added the physical as well as defensive aspect to the Giants forward lines last year and joining him is an ex-team mate of his and a new player to the Giants line-up, defenseman, J.P. Morin.
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Challenge Cup 2006/07 | Monday 21 August 2006 by Richard Blayney
After sitting out of the challenge cup last season, for the first time in history, due to fixture congestion, the Giants will be back in the tournament this season it seems. According to the Elite League the tournament takes a very odd shape this season seeing the 10 teams playing across 4 different groups. Yes it doesn’t make much sense to me either but here’s how it looks…
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Giants News | Thursday 17 August 2006 by Richard Blayney
Today the EIHL released initial fixtures for the new season, giving the Giants first 7 home games. As reported late last week, the fixtures where due for release on Monday past, however another delay has seen them set back until next week.
On the next page is a list of the Giants first 7 home games of the season:
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Signings | Tuesday 15 August 2006 by Richard Blayney
The rumours have been there for a while now but as time went on I’m sure I wasn’t the only one starting to wonder what was taking so long, but finally it was announced today on belfastgiants.com that Mike Minard has re-signed with the Giants for the new season.
Mike is coming off the back of an excellent first season with the Giants in which he helped lead the team to the league championship and the playoff semi-finals. He was one of the best goalies in the league throughout the season, a season that seen a league full of top netminders. It will be the first time in the history of the team that they have retained their starting goalie for back to back seasons.
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