Challenge Cup Final - Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils

Summary

Belfast Giants 4-0 Cardiff Devils (Result)

Live Reporting

Nigel Ringland and Ruairi Cunningham

GOAL! Giants lead against the run of playpublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Belfast Giants 1-0 Cardiff Devils
Giants haven’t had a shot in the first six minutes and then from nothing a loose puck is swatted into the roof of the net by Ciaran Long at 6.35
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Giants celebrate opening goal against Devils
Devils with the better startpublished at 19:07 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Belfast Giants 0-0 Cardiff Devils
Jackson Whistle called into action on a few occasions as the Devils with the better start and plenty of offensive zone time
The game is on…published at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Belfast Giants 0-0 Cardiff Devils
Tonight’s starting netminders are Jackson Whistle for the Belfast Giants and Mac Carruth for the Cardiff Devils.
Both sides are pretty much at full strength.
Strap yourselves in because this could be a classic.
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Giants Bobo Carpenter ready to go in the Challenge Cup Final
The prize at the end of the nightpublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Challenge Cup Final - Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils (19:00 GMT)
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2025 Challenge Cup Trophy
Home advantage for the Giantspublished at 18:51 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Challenge Cup Final - Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils (19:00 GMT)
Can the Giants make their home advantage count?
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Challenge Cup Final - Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils (19:00 GMT)
It’s 2025 Challenge Cup Final Day from Belfastpublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Challenge Cup Final - Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils (19:00 GMT)
Belfast Giants host Cardiff Devils at the SSE Arena in Belfast in the one-off Final, with the winners being crowned Challenge Cup Champions and claiming the first silverware of this season.
The Giants go into this Final in interesting form.
Adam Keefe’s side have won just one of their last five games, ending their losing streak on Sunday in Guildford with a late winner.
That said, they face a team that they’ve not lost to at all this season, having beaten the Devils five times and shut them out at the SSE Arena twice in three games.
Cardiff are one of the league’s form teams as they get back to full strength. The Devils have won four of their last five games, and overcame an aggregate differential of two against defending champions Sheffield to get to this Final.
The Devils arrived in Belfast on Tuesday afternoon. Both teams skated at the SSE Arena on Tuesday, and both had morning ice on Cup Final Day.
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Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils
Keefe and Russell with their pre-game thoughtspublished at 18:09 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Giants Adam Keefe and Devils Pete Russell were at the morning skate and gave us their views on tonight’s big game
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Coaches Keefe and Russell preview the Challenge Cup Final
Challenge Cup Final - Live text commentarypublished at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March
Challenge Cup Final - Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils (19:00 GMT)
Live text commentary of the Belfast Giants versus Cardiff Devils in the 2025 Challenge Cup Final will begin here at 18:30 GMT
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Challenge Cup Final - Belfast Giants v Cardiff Devils (19:00 GMT)