People often ask me what my favourite Giants moment of all-time is. Now the Giants have been going for Eight seasons now so it is difficult to give a straight answer of one particular moment without some serious thought. But usually I just give one of many moments I have enjoyed watching the Giants over the years and that one of many moments changes each time I answer the question depending on what moment springs to mind first. But with my impending move to live in Canada only three days away and the fact that I am going to miss the start, middle and likely the end of the Giants season for the first time in their history I have been starting to think of the good times myself and wondering what some of my favourite moments ever have been between 2000 and 2008? The next lot of days are likely to be busy ones for me but if I have the time and if I can over the coming days or possibly weeks, I will count down my own personal favourite 10 moment as a Giants fan starting at 10.

Last year I done a season preview of each team but to be honest I just don’t have the time right now as well as the knowledge of each team. It has been such a busy summer that I have only really been able to follow the Giants progress and if other teams is anything like the Giants, their line-up’s will have changed so much that any honest assessment would be useless until I had seen them all play. Teams who finished bottom last year could well be near the top this time out and vise-versa. That is the beauty of ice hockey though. The standings are never easy to predict and especially with the Elite League where the majority of teams are on one-year contracts teams can change so much between seasons. So the following is just a flash guide to the season with just a little bit on each team and what you MIGHT expect to see from them. Of course in 7-months time you could read back on this and see it as nothing more than rambling gibberish. Read More»

One of the Giants most popular players of all time and one of the original Giants of 2000 is back on the payroll of the Giants and this time as assistant coach. Rob will patrol the Giants bench while coach Steve Thornton continues to ice and so Rob will provide an extra pair of eyes on the ice for Thornton and assist him at practice. Stewart will also provide a link to the history of the Giants for what has become a new era of Belfast Giants players with so many changes in this off season. Read More»