Anyang Halla
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| League | Asia League Ice Hockey |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Home Arena | Anyang Ice Arena |
| City |  Anyang, Republic of Korea |
| Colours | Blue, white, gold and black |
| Media | OBS, afreeca.com |
| Head coach | Eue-Sik SHIM |
| Assistant coach | Young-Ho Bae |
| Scout/Interpreter |  Samuel H. Kim |
| Equipment Manager | Jin-Young Cheon |
| Trainer/Doctor | Sung-Nam Kim |
| Captain | Woo-Jae Kim |
| General Manager | Seung-Jun Yang |
| Owner | The Halla Group |
| AL Champion | None |
The ANYANG HALLA (Korean: 안양 한라, Hanja: 安養 漢拏) is an Asia League Ice Hockey Club based in Anyang City in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
- Logo design: A filled black triangle, pointed downwards with slightly larger unfilled black triangle as a border that has a growling polar bears face coming out of the top, the name 'Winia' in gold trimmed and underlined in black across the center, and the word "Halla" in white in a blue banner at the bottom point of the triangle.
- Korea Ice Hockey League champion: 5 Times (95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 2000-01, 2003)
- Asia League champion: None
- Mascot: A white, anthropomorphic polar bear with skates, stick, and a blue Halla jersey
- Offical Team Website: www.anyanghalla.com
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[edit] Team history
Formed in 1994, the original name of the team was "Mando Winia", named after a sub-company of the Halla Group. It changed its name in 1998 to "Halla Winia", and was a powerhouse in the Korea Ice Hockey League, winning the league championship five times.
Once the Korea League folded, Halla Winia was the only company team that survived, absorbing talent from one of their rivals, the Dong-Won Dreams as they joined the Asia Ice Hockey League as a founding member.
With the expiry of a sponsorship contract, the Anyang Halla Winia removed the Winia (the name of an air conditioner) from their name for the 2005-2006 year.
In the spring of 2008, the head coach Otakar Vejvoda Sr. resigned and the former all time point leader Eue-Sik SHIM took over the position. Shim becomes the 4th head coach in team history. The team also fired the long time former coach & the Vice G.M. Sae-Il Kim in March of 2008. G.M Seung-Jun Yang is now in full charge of the hockey club.
The team also hired National Hockey League commentator of SBSsports(Cable TV), Samuel H. Kim for the Front. Kim is in charged with North American players scout. Kim's first project was C/LW Brock Radunske, Edmonton Oilers' 3rd round pick of 2002 entry draft. Radunske becomes a first North American born player to sign with the club. Kim's second project was Defenceman Brad Fast, a former teammate of Brock Radunske at Michigan State University. Fast was selected by Carolina Hurricanes 3rd round(84 overall) in 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
[edit] Media
The ANYANG HALLA Hockey Club launched a new radio broadcast deal in 2007 with Afreeca.com --It was the first time in Aisa League Hockey history and first team to do the radio show for home game event. Former Halla forward Sang-Wun Bae calls the play-by-play, he is joined with colour commentary by Samuel H. Kim, who has been with the broadcasts with SBSsports(cable) since 2006. The games air across South Korea. In addition to Cable TV broadcasts on OBS the ANYANG HALLA have arrangements to air home games (as of 2008-09 season). Former hockey player Sol-Gil OH is currently the main TV commentator for the ANYANG HALLA on OBS TV Station.
[edit] Looking forward 2008' - 2009' <New Dream New Hopes>
The "KOREAN ROCKET" Dong-Hwan Song(28) is coming back after 2 year of military service. The club signed 3 prospects from Yeon-Sea University(Korea) and two of them are currently playing for the National team.(Ki-Sung Kim, Woo-Sang Park) Both Kim and Park have attended the prospect camp for the New York Islanders in 2005. Former ECHLer Han-Sung Kim is still with the club. Former No.1 High1 golie Ho-Sung Son and a former star winger Ku-Hyun Kim is looking forward to rebound from the horrible slump last season. 'Super Rookie' Yu-Won Lee is ready for the next level. As a first year pro, he finished 4th in AL scoring race with 16 goals.(best in club) With the additions of Radunske & Fast, the club is looking for the first AL Championship title in franchise history.
Dong-Hwan Song (Born Feb. 4 1980) (# 96) Scored 33 goals in one game vs Thailand in 1998 World Jr. Championship. (Final result: 91-0 W KOREA) Helds all time leading goal scorer in one game for International event game. His jersey is currently in Hall of Fame, Toronto ONT, CANADA
99-00' seasaon MVP, Point leader
01-02' Won the Championship title with Korea University
02-03' signed with DONG WON Club, MVP, Best 6
03-04' Signed with ANYANG HALLA, played in Asia League All Star game (4 Goals), MVP
05-06' 38 games, 31G 31A 62 pts
[edit] Current Roster (2008-09 season)
| Goaltenders | |||||
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| # | Country | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth |
| 30 | |
Ho-Sung Son | L | 2007 | Seoul, Korea |
| 32 | |
Sun-Ki Kim | L | 2007 | Seoul, Korea |
| Defencemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Country | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 4 | |
Jong-Moon Jang | L | 2003 | Seoul, Korea | |
| 5 | |
Woo-Jae Kim -C | R | 2002 | Seoul, Korea | |
| 7 | |
Seung-Yup Lee | R | 2006 | Seoul, Korea | |
| 15 | |
Byung-Hee Ko | R | 2006 | Seoul, Korea | |
| 24 | |
Sung-Min Park | L | 2004 | Seoul, Korea | |
| 27 | |
Brad Fast | L | 2008 | Fort St. John, B.C., Canada | |
| 37 | |
Sang-Hyun Jeon | L | 2006 | Seoul, Korea | |
| 44 | |
Kwon-Joon Lee | L | 2003 | Seoul, Korea | |
| 79 | |
Kyung-Won Yoon -A | L | 2004 | Seoul, Korea | |
| Forwards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Country | Player | Position | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth |
| 1 | |
Ki-Sung Kim | LW | L | 2008 | Seoul, Korea |
| 2 | |
Geun-Ho Kim | RW/LW | R | 2006 | Seoul, Korea |
| 6 | |
Hong-IL Kim | C | R | 2003 | Seoul, Korea |
| 8 | |
Won-Jung Kim | RW | R | 2006 | Seoul, Korea |
| 9 | |
Yen-Taek Jung | RW | R | 2008 | Seoul, Korea |
| 11 | |
Yu-Won Lee | C/LW | R | 2006 | Seoul, Korea |
| 16 | |
Kwon-Jae Lee | RW/LW | R | 2007 | Seoul, Korea |
| 17 | |
Kyu-Hun Kim | C/W | L | 2007 | Seoul, Korea |
| 18 | |
Jin-Ho Jeon | C/LW | R | 2003 | Seoul, Korea |
| 25 | |
Brock Radunske | C/LW | L | 2008 | Kitchener, ONT, Canada |
| 36 | |
Woo-Sang Park | C | R | 2008 | Seoul, Korea |
| 43 |  |
Patrick Martinec | C | L | 2005 | Jilemnice, Czech Republic |
| 81 | |
Hong-IK Kim | C/W | L | 2006 | Seoul, Korea |
| 89 | |
Han-Sung Kim | C/W | R | 2004 | Seoul, Korea |
| 96 | |
Dong-Hwan Song | RW | R | 2003 | Seoul, Korea |
[edit] Leaders
[edit] Team captains
- Dong-Ho Lee, 1994-1998
- Jung-Won Rho, 1998-2000
- Eue-Sik SHIM, 2000-2002
- Chang-Bum Kim, 2002-2004
- Sung-Min Park, 2004-2006
- Woo-Jae Kim, 2006- present
[edit] Head coaches
- Sae-Il Kim, 1994–2004
- Sun-Wook Byun, 2004–2005
- Vejvoda Otakar, 2005-2008
- Eue-Sik SHIM, 2008- Present
[edit] Year-By-Year Record
[edit] Anyang Halla (AL Hockey 2003-2008')
| Year | GP | W | W(OT) | T | L(OT) | L | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 86 | 12 | 3th/5 | Out of Playoffs |
| 2004-05 | 42 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 152 | 140 | 59 | 5th/8 | Out of Playoffs |
| 2005-06 | 38 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 164 | 100 | 78 | 2nd/9 | Lost in Semifinals |
| 2006-07 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 146 | 117 | 51 | 5th/8 | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| 2007-08 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 93 | 92 | 44 | 5th/7 | Lost in Quarterfinals |
[edit] Import players of Note
Esa Tikkanen 2004-2005, W /Coach (Former Oilers/Rangers/Canucks)- Vesa Ponto 2004-2005, D
- Patrik Martinec 2005-present, C
- Jaroslav Nedved 2005-2007, D (Brother of Petr Nedved)
- Zdenek Nedved 2005-2007, C/W (Former Leafs)
- Patrik Hucko 2007-2008, D
- Brock Radunske 2008-present, C/LW
- Brad Fast 2008-present, D
[edit] Retired Numbers
- 91 Eue-Sik SHIM (1994~2006)
[edit] External links
[edit] References and notes
- "Blasting Halla Gear Up for Asian Ice Hockey Playoffs", The Korea Times, February 15, 2006.
- "Esa Tikkanen's indecipherable hockey journey continues in South Korea", The Asian Pacific Post, December 9, 2004.
- "Asia League: Korean clubs aim to break Japanese dominance" NHL article, Dec 19, 2007.
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