Asian Tournament - Day 5

The tournament ended with an exciting contest in which we tied Kazakhstan, 2-2. Both teams had leads during the game, and it was great game up and down the ice. There was also a very spirited hometown crowd. The tie placed us in third place in the tournament with a 2-1-1 record. This is a very good result considering the key injuries we were battling and the two missing players still playing in the Finnish women’s league.

The tournament awards were given out to the top three teams and the most improved team, South Korea. Tomorrow morning, N. Korea faces S. Korea in a battle of two teams who have yet to win a game in the tournament (each 0-3). It should be a spirited game in spite of the fact that both teams showed up and cheered for each other at all games throughout the week.

Tomorrow night we leave Beijing for Harbin on the late overnight train. Below is the interesting buildings that we see out the front door of our hotel, that Tim has named the “Jetson’s roof”



Good night for the final time from Beijing!