63rd All-Korea Ice Hockey Championships Finals

The 63rd All-Korea Ice Hockey Championship concluded in Seoul last week with the semifinals and the final after playing its group round the previous week.

Semifinals (2008.11.6)

14:30 High1 4 (0-0, 3-3, 1-0) 3 Korea U

17:30 Anyang Halla 3 (0-0, 3-2, 0-0) 2 Yonsei U

Both university teams gave the pros a run for their money, but the pros managed to squeak into the finals to face each other the very next day.

Final (2008.11.7)

18:00 High1 3 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0) 0 Anyang Halla

35:42　High1　Brent Gauvrearu (Ryan Haruo Kuwabara) +1
41:30　High1　Ryan Haruo Kuwabara (Tae-An Kwon) EQ
56:15　High1　Ryan Haruo Kuwabara (Chi-Young Benedict Song, Brent Gauvreau) +1

High1 took home its 3rd straight All-Korea title.

Individual awards

MVP: Hyun-Seung Eum (High1 G)

VP: Ho-Seung Son (Anyang Halla G)

Fine Play: 조민호 (Korea University) and 정병천 (Yonsei University)

Most Points: Chi-Young Benedict Song and Ryan Haruo Kuwabara (both High1 F)

Best Coach: Hee-Woo Kim (High1)

Best Referee: 이병철

(I studied Korean for a bit, but I was no good at it, so I’m not going to transliterate the transliteration of Korean names into Japanese.)