Shin Sang-woo 1 goal and 2 assists, Lee Chong-min scoring the winning goal and key goal explosion

Lee Chong-min (left), who scored two goals

HL Anyang won both games of the 2023-2024 Asia League Ice Hockey Finals held in enemy territory and came close to winning its 8th championship.

HL Anyang, led by coach Baek Ji-seon, played against Red Eagles Hokkaido at the Nepia Ice Rink in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan on the 31st with Lee Chong-min, who scored two goals, in the second game of the 2023-2024 Asia League Ice Hockey Finals (3 wins out of 5). They won 5-2 thanks to the performance of Shin Sang-woo, who had a goal and 2 assists.

HL Anyang, who won 4-3 the previous day after a fierce battle that went into the third overtime period, kept the momentum and even took the game today.

If HL Anyang wins just one of the 3rd to 5th games to be held at Anyang Ice Rink, it will win the Asian League Ice Hockey Finals trophy for the second consecutive time and the eighth time in total.

Veteran Shin Sang-woo, who is scheduled to retire at the end of this season, created the victory, and Lee Chong-min, who became the first player in Asian league ice hockey history to receive the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in his debut season, scored two goals.

Lee Chong-min, the protagonist of the victory in the second game of the finals

Shin Sang-woo assisted Ahn Jin-hwi’s equalizer by cutting off the opponent’s pass in a short-handed situation (outnumbered due to a penalty) at 5 minutes and 1 second in the second period when the score was tied at 0-1. They scored a comeback goal with a surprise shot from the zone.

Lee Chong-min, who took over the baton from Shin Sang-woo, defeated his opponent by scoring the winning and key goals in succession.

Lee Chong-min, who shot 8 effective shots, the most of both teams, scored the winning goal at 3 minutes and 30 seconds of the third period when they were ahead 2-1, and scored again with an assist from Kim Sang-wook at 14 minutes and 52 seconds when the opponent was up 3-2. Scored a goal.

The Red Eagles removed their goalkeeper and added an additional striker at the end of the game, but HL Anyang put an end to the game with Kang Yun-seok’s empty-net goal (scored in a situation where there was no opponent’s goal) with 52 seconds left in the game.

HL Anyang will play the third game at Anyang Ice Arena at 6 p.m. on the 4th of next month. 섯다