The O2 Belfast

That's right.

At the renamed O2 Arena Belfast.

Yes.

We're going to host a lineup of funny comedians.

And Nick, like, you know, when, when we were talking about at the end of last season, obviously, you know, when you knew you were coming back and, uh, very quickly, and obviously we knew that, um, well, we knew, um, that, uh, Patrik would've had the opportunity to come to Belfast, um, you know, having your brother alongside you, uh, and you've played, so far you've played most games alongside each other, um, what's ahead? You know, obviously you, we've, we've got a, a big game on Saturday at home.

Uh, it looks like it's gonna be sold out, um, at the O2.

Uh, and then obviously on the road to Manchester.

What, what's ahead for you? Your personal goals? Obviously, you know, you wanna win more silverware.

I th- I think I can do even more than what I've done so far, even though I think I've played some good hockey.

But yeah, my goal is just going out there, giving my best every weekend, and I, I think I've done that, so I'm gonna keep on doing that.

Patrik, I was going to ask you whether the, whether the, the crowds or the setup at the O2 in Belfast has surprised you, but did you come over last season to watch your brother play at all?

Uh, no, I didn't have any time last year, uh, even for, like, for, like, Christmas and stuff.

So don't, uh, be upset if I'm not coming to where you are right now.

I'll be in Belfast on June 7 at the SSE Arena.

I'll be in Dublin on June 8, uh, at the 3Arena.

Manchester, UK on June 13, and London, UK on, um, June 15.

Do you remember those days of Snapchat? I must ask him actually, is he still using Snapchat? About 10 years ago.

And now he's selling out the SSE Arena for five plus nights in a row.

What a man.

I loved my call with him already to find out all about that journey.

So my mum had been going to different parts of Spain for many years, many moons, even with my dad, Victor, before Sydney.

So they always, you know, my mum always loved food she was a great cook but she always loved the idea of sharing food bringing people together that was always her belief so like you know and also loved her wine you know so plenty of wine few nibbles Sidney loved his wine so they had been they had been to Spain a few times and I think at the time there was La Tasca in the Odyssey yeah Yes, I remember that.

And it was a tapas bar.

And I think Sid was working on the Odyssey.

You know, so I would love to turn back time and write a book of the stuff Sidney and my mum knew.

Yeah, yeah.

So I did a few years in the restaurant and sort of worked my way up.

And then I decided, I think it was 23, I decided I needed to travel.

We really do appreciate your time, Morten.

You've had a couple of games now at the O2 in Belfast in front of that big crowd.

Has it surprised you?

Yes, it has.

If you're making a trip over there, that's at 7.30, I think.

Is it 7.30 p.m.? There it is, popped up there.

7.30 p.m., Dundee Ice Arena, and you get that on Starz TV before coming back to the O2 in Belfast for the Game Challenge Cup on the 4th of October, 5 p.m. And if you're not making it down for that game, Giants TV.

Any other business, boys? I'm going to start with a bit of any other business.

Um, the Belfast Giants are taking, uh, part in two games this weekend at home against the Fife Flyers and then away against the, um, Glasgow Clan.

You can get the, the home game is at the O2, and the away game away at Braehead Arena on Sunday.

Um, right.

Any other business? I'm gonna start with a photograph of Simon Kitchen with a mate of his called Stanley.

The first one we'll do, get out of the way, a slight travel delay for the stars.

There's no amateur operations from the O2, however, so a boatload of problems for Dundee, and do you think that affected the result?

you've got to think about it, the amount of time that they would have been waiting on the bus to get over again by no fault of their own or any of the teams.

Again, it's just technical difficulties happen sometimes, but I think it's hard, isn't it? Because you really don't want the game rearranged of how late the cup can run, especially how many times they're playing each other in the Scottish league group.

From Dundee Ice Centre to the Guildford Spectrum, it is 486 miles.

Okay? Now, to add clarity to the O2 in Belfast, it's 222 as the crow flies, roughly.

East and west, because Tulsa's in the central of America, east and west, the service one.

From the Bock Centre, where Tulsa play, they went on the west coast to the Tahoe Blue Event Centre, and that was a mere 1,664 miles.