So, you’ll need to win over people who just think, “Well, is it good for the environment or is it good for my cousin who’s gay or is it good for me as a feminist or a socialist?’” How a hockey team comes into play “All of these people will be much more important in the future because there’s not going to be a clear nationalist or unionist majority. “They’re not nationalist or unionists, or they’re a bit of both,” he said. McLoughlin also said the election may indicate the increasing power of a growing and younger group exhausted by sectarianism. In this corner of the United Kingdom, bitterly split for so long between predominantly Catholic nationalists and Protestant pro-British unionists, the nationalist party Sinn Féin - which supports unification with the Republic of Ireland - became the largest party in Northern Ireland’s Assembly last weekend for the first time since the partition that officially split Ireland in two in 1921. There was no bitterness.” The political backdrop It was fast, it was violent, it was entertaining,” he said from the packed lobby of the SSE Arena. “It grabbed me because it was just something completely new. “I didn’t do sports,” said Craig Kane, who went on to explain how he nonetheless became an instant supporter after being “dragged” to a game by his wife, Michele.
In the just-completed 2021-22 season, they lifted the Challenge Cup in March, the trophy for winning the Elite Hockey League’s regular season in April, and fell just short of “ the treble” earlier this month when they lost to the Cardiff Devils in the championship game of the playoffs, with the prize being the league’s third and final cup. The Giants have won five of the last 10 trophies on offer. Last week about 2,000 people paid to attend not a game, but an awards night at the team’s home arena, where long lines of fans waited patiently for a meet-and-greet with the players.