Anyang Halla

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ANYANG HALLA
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

Contents 1 Team history 1.1 Media 2 Looking forward 2008' - 2009' <New Dream New Hopes> 3 Current Roster (2008-09 season) 4 Leaders 4.1 Team captains 4.2 Head coaches 5 Year-By-Year Record 5.1 Anyang Halla (AL Hockey 2003-2008') 6 Import players of Note 7 Retired Numbers 8 External links 9 References and notes

[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		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

[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

• (Korean)ANYANG HALLA Offical Homepage
• Asia League Offical Homepage

[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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