Korea rallied past China for the bronze medal in men's ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games in China on Friday, while the women's team settled for fourth place after a loss to Kazakhstan.
Korea fell to Japan 6-0 for its second consecutive loss in the final round of the women's hockey tournament at the Asian Winter Games in China on Thursday.
Captain Kim Sang-wook scored twice as Korea overcame an early deficit to beat rivals Japan 5-2 in the men's hockey tournament at the Asian Winter Games in China on Friday.
Team Korea will be targeting medals at the Asian Winter Games across several sports, with strong contenders in skating, curling and ice hockey in Harbin, China.
Team Korea started its Asian Winter Games campaign on a positive note on Tuesday, beating both China and Hong Kong in the first games of the preliminary rounds of the men’s and women’s ice hockey competition.
Ice hockey “had that charisma,” said Shin Sang-yoon, the marketing director for ice hockey club Rockets. “Those kinds of things that people could be attracted to.”
A Korea JoongAng Daily sports reporter-turned-first-time hockey player puts Newton's laws of motion to the test in a Friday night "hobby hockey" group class with Rockets in Gangnam.
It was a sweet victory for Team U.S.A., who earlier dropped a game — their only loss of the tournament — to the Czechs 6-5 during a preliminary round in a penalty shootout.
Korea beat Turkey 4-1 in women’s 3x3 ice hockey at the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics on Monday, taking their third win in a row in front of a packed home crowd at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, Gangwon.
Korea beat Kazakhstan 2-1 at the 2023 Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group B on Sunday to win the tournament with 14 points and become the first Korean side ever to earn promotion to Division I Group A.
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