Asian Tournament - Day 1

We had the first day of competition and things went as expected. We defeated S. Korea 8-1, in a game that was as unbalanced as the score implies. It took the team a little while to get over the nerves and jitters that are to be expected of such a young team, but in the end we made some strides. The anthem lineup is below...



The exciting game was the Japan vs. Kazakhstan game which found Kazakhstan coming from behind in the third period to win 2-1. Japan was a slightly better team, but the Kazakhstan goalie played well and they out-muscled the Japanese in the end.

After the game, Tim and I went out with my cousins, Tracy and Butch, for some “meat-on-a-stick.” We walked down the merchant street next to our hotel and found a great outside place on a warm evening in Beijing



Next, we face a much better North Korean team, good night again from Bejing!