The Belfast Giants are playing their only home game qualifier of the playoffs in Dundalk, Republic of Ireland. The blog, Giants-history.com doesn’t spell out all of the problems with this setup, one of them is that many of the supporters of the hockey club are Orange and won’t travel 60 miles into the Republic of Ireland for any reason.
“The Giants are not all to blame here. The league has refused to budge to accommodate one of its ‘arena’ teams that the league should fully understand is always battling to gain availability. I think the league has realized the Giants had an out with Dundalk and therefore refused to meet them halfway like they have done in previous years,” the blog says, “only this morning were we made aware that this was to be our final… night watching the Giants in the Odyssey... And I’m not even thinking about the possibility that we could end up moving down there.”
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Belfast Giants to play in Dundalk
Monday, February 25, 2008
Courtenay to leave Giants post
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Courtenay to leave Giants post
Belfast Giants GM Todd Kelman assured fans that player-coach Ed Courtenay will play through the end of the season according to the Belfast Telegraph. Courtenay had announced he was stepping down as Giants coach following a defeat Friday night at the hands of the Sheffield Steelers. Under Courtenay, the Giants had won the British Elite League title three seasons ago. That was also the season Theo Flury was aboard the team.
Ten games remain in the regular season for the Giants and a search for a new coach is underway, according to the paper. Kelman said a new coach would be announced after the season ends. The Giants loss to the Steelers mean the Giants can’t win the League this season, the paper said. The league is led in points by the Coventry Blaze with six points over both the Steelers and the Giants. The Steelers have three games in hand over the Giants.
