Lee Chong-min, the first Korean male ice hockey player to advance to the NCAA 1 in the US college 1 division, gave up his dream of NCAA by disbanding the team.

The University of Alaska, Anchorage, Canada, where Lee Chong-min confirmed admission, said it would disband the men's ice hockey team due to financial problems following the state government's cuts in subsidy funds.

Anchorage University president Casey Sandin said he plans to save $2.5 million annually by dismantling the men's and women's ski and women's gymnastics teams along with the men's ice hockey team.

The Anchorage University Ice Hockey Team, founded in 1979, is a men's ice hockey NCAA 1 member with only 60 college teams, and has competed in the NCAA tournament for the top 16 teams for three consecutive years since 1990 and produced 9 NHL players. It has been sluggish recently, with only 11 wins in 3 seasons.

Choong-min Lee, who chose Anchorage University, who received full scholarships and guaranteed participation time, after receiving an offer from five NCAA 1st division colleges, decided to close his dream of advancing to the NCAA for the time being, as the outbreak of Corona 19 became difficult. .

Lee Chong-min is planning to search for Daemyung and other domestic unemployment teams.