2017 World Para ice hockey Championships, KOR v NOR, Game Highlights
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Game Highlights of the South Korea versus Norway in the 2017 World Para ice hockey Championships, Gangneung, South Korea.
The last of the day’s three preliminary round games at the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, on Friday (April 14) came down to the closing minutes, as the host nation escaped with a stunning 2-1 victory over Norway to remain undefeated in the tournament.
Dong-Shin Jang, a three-time medallist in wheelchair fencing at the Asian Para Games, scored the winning goal with 1:51 remaining in the contest as the crowd erupted.
“I’m so excited, I cannot even explain how I feel right now,” Jang said after skating off the ice. “The head coach changed my position from defense to offense recently, so I knew all the staff believed in me to score. I had patience on the ice and waited for the right pass to shoot, and when I got it, I scored.”
South Korea’s king of speed and hero from the opening night of the tournament on Wednesday (12 April), forward Seung-Hwan Jung, scored the first goal for the home team just 42 seconds into the game. He nicked the puck tightly past the post off a pass from Jong-Kyung Lee.
Rolf Pedersen, competing in his eighth World Championships, levelled the score for Norway when he dished the puck into the net 3:48 into the second period.
Both sides increased their aggressiveness on defense in the final frame until Jang found an open crack to give South Korea the deciding score.
South Korea’s 21-year-old Jaewoong Lee was the winning goaltender with 12 saves over 45 minutes of play, while Norway’s Kjell Christian Hamar tallied five saves on the day.
The 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships are taking place from 11-20 April in Gangneung, South Korea, which is the ice sports venue city for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The tournament also serves as the Paralympic Test Event, with the top five finishers automatically qualifying for the PyeongChang 2018 Games.
All games from the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships are being streamed live, alongside live statistics at www.Gangneung2017.com
Photos will be made available for media to download throughout the tournament on the IPC’s Flickr account.
The last of the day’s three preliminary round games at the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, on Friday (April 14) came down to the closing minutes, as the host nation escaped with a stunning 2-1 victory over Norway to remain undefeated in the tournament.
Dong-Shin Jang, a three-time medallist in wheelchair fencing at the Asian Para Games, scored the winning goal with 1:51 remaining in the contest as the crowd erupted.
“I’m so excited, I cannot even explain how I feel right now,” Jang said after skating off the ice. “The head coach changed my position from defense to offense recently, so I knew all the staff believed in me to score. I had patience on the ice and waited for the right pass to shoot, and when I got it, I scored.”
South Korea’s king of speed and hero from the opening night of the tournament on Wednesday (12 April), forward Seung-Hwan Jung, scored the first goal for the home team just 42 seconds into the game. He nicked the puck tightly past the post off a pass from Jong-Kyung Lee.
Rolf Pedersen, competing in his eighth World Championships, levelled the score for Norway when he dished the puck into the net 3:48 into the second period.
Both sides increased their aggressiveness on defense in the final frame until Jang found an open crack to give South Korea the deciding score.
South Korea’s 21-year-old Jaewoong Lee was the winning goaltender with 12 saves over 45 minutes of play, while Norway’s Kjell Christian Hamar tallied five saves on the day.
The 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships are taking place from 11-20 April in Gangneung, South Korea, which is the ice sports venue city for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The tournament also serves as the Paralympic Test Event, with the top five finishers automatically qualifying for the PyeongChang 2018 Games.
All games from the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships are being streamed live, alongside live statistics at www.Gangneung2017.com
Photos will be made available for media to download throughout the tournament on the IPC’s Flickr account.