Saturday 2nd December 2000, Odyssey Arena, Belfast. 7,300.

The first ever game in the Odyssey Arena. The Giants lost the game but the arena sold out and the start of hockey in Belfast began.

Scoring:
1-0 BEL, Schulte (J.Bowen, Searle) 6:29
1-1 AYR, Gordon (Weaver) 18:16
1-2 AYR, Young (Wynne, Courtenay) 13:41

Penalties:
Belfast: J.Bowen 2, Schulte 29, Wright 2, Ferone 2.
Ayr: Byram 4, Doyle 25, Young 6, Mikel 2.

Shots on Goal: Belfast 21 6 16 – 43, Ayr 11 19 2 – 32.
Powerplay: Belfast 0-4, Ayr 0-2
Man of the Match: BEL – Todd Goodwin. AYR – Phil DeRouville.
Referee: D. Cloutman. Linesemen: A. Craig, A. Allsop.

Teams:

Belfast: Cavallin, Searle, S.Johnson, Ferone, Karlander, Ward, Riehl, Stewart, Keefe, Hoad, Goodwin, Wright, Stevens, Schulte, J.Bowen, Kelman, Wilkinson.

Ayr: DeRouville, Doyle, Young, Weaver, Hand, Montanari, Bristow, Wynne, Byram, Harding, Mikel, Courtenay, Hillistrom, Eberle, Gordon, Ryder.

Notes:
— First ever game at the Odyssey Arena
— First ever goal at the Odyssey scored by Paxton Schulte.
— First penalty minute at the Odyssey by Jason Bowen.
— Paxton Schulte fought Trevor Doyle at 16:56 of the first period.
— Future Giants, Ed Courtenay, Philippe DeRouville and Colin Ryder were all in the Eagles team for the game.

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