Anyang Halla

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ANYANG HALLA
League Asia League Ice Hockey
Founded 1994
Home Arena Anyang Ice Arena
City Flag of South Korea Anyang, Republic of Korea
Colours Blue, white, gold and black
Media OBS, afreeca.com
Head coach Flag of South Korea Eue-Sik SHIM
Assistant coach Flag of South Korea Young-Ho Bae
Scout/Interpreter Flag of Canada Samuel H. Kim
Equipment Manager Jin-Young Cheon
Trainer/Doctor Sung-Nam Kim
Captain Flag of South Korea Woo-Jae Kim
General Manager Flag of South Korea 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
# Country Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
30 Flag of South Korea Ho-Sung Son L 2007 Seoul, Korea
32 Flag of South Korea Sun-Ki Kim L 2007 Seoul, Korea
Defencemen
# Country Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
4 Flag of South Korea Jong-Moon Jang L 2003 Seoul, Korea
5 Flag of South Korea Woo-Jae Kim -C R 2002 Seoul, Korea
7 Flag of South Korea Seung-Yup Lee R 2006 Seoul, Korea
15 Flag of South Korea Byung-Hee Ko R 2006 Seoul, Korea
24 Flag of South Korea Sung-Min Park L 2004 Seoul, Korea
27 Flag of Canada Brad Fast L 2008 Fort St. John, B.C., Canada
37 Flag of South Korea Sang-Hyun Jeon L 2006 Seoul, Korea
44 Flag of South Korea Kwon-Joon Lee L 2003 Seoul, Korea
79 Flag of South Korea Kyung-Won Yoon -A L 2004 Seoul, Korea


Forwards
# Country Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
1 Flag of South Korea Ki-Sung Kim LW L 2008 Seoul, Korea
2 Flag of South Korea Geun-Ho Kim RW/LW R 2006 Seoul, Korea
6 Flag of South Korea Hong-IL Kim C R 2003 Seoul, Korea
8 Flag of South Korea Won-Jung Kim RW R 2006 Seoul, Korea
9 Flag of South Korea Yen-Taek Jung RW R 2008 Seoul, Korea
11 Flag of South Korea Yu-Won Lee C/LW R 2006 Seoul, Korea
16 Flag of South Korea Kwon-Jae Lee RW/LW R 2007 Seoul, Korea
17 Flag of South Korea Kyu-Hun Kim C/W L 2007 Seoul, Korea
18 Flag of South Korea Jin-Ho Jeon C/LW R 2003 Seoul, Korea
25 Flag of Canada Brock Radunske C/LW L 2008 Kitchener, ONT, Canada
36 Flag of South Korea Woo-Sang Park C R 2008 Seoul, Korea
43 Flag of the Czech Republic Patrick Martinec C L 2005 Jilemnice, Czech Republic
81 Flag of South Korea Hong-IK Kim C/W L 2006 Seoul, Korea
89 Flag of South Korea Han-Sung Kim C/W R 2004 Seoul, Korea
96 Flag of South Korea 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

[edit] Retired Numbers

[edit] External links

[edit] References and notes