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The Ice Hockey Asian League, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak, has resumed after three years.
HL Anyang, the only Korean team, is fighting spirit to dedicate the championship cup to the memory of captain Jo Min-woo, who passed away recently.
By Kim Hyung-yeol, staff reporter.
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Fans who visit Anyang Ice Rink write a greeting card and hang it on a tree, and the jersey number 87 is hoisted at the top of the rink.
It is a permanent retirement event for the captain of the national ice hockey team and the HL Anyang team, and the late Minho Jo.
In honor of the deceased who loved hockey more than anyone else, his colleagues and fans all shed tears.
[Baek Ji-seon / HL Anyang Director: Jo Min-ho is always with us.
He tells me, 'Director, stop crying']
The main character who scored the first goal in Korean ice hockey history at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and who surpassed 400 points in his career in the Asian league, even after the league was suspended due to the corona crisis, he waited only for the day he would meet with fans, but
[ The late Minho Jo / Captain of HL Anyang (October 2020): I just want to see (the fans) soon as the corona calms down as soon as possible.]
After suddenly being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in November of last year, in June of last year, at the age of 35, became the star of
And when the league that Jo Min-ho so desperately wanted to play in resumed last month, his teammates are fighting more than ever.
As the only Korean team, HL, who won seven straight wins at the beginning of the season despite the tight march away from Japan, promised to run even stronger to dedicate the trophy to the captain who left for the sky.
[Nam Hee-doo / HL Anyang defender: (Minho hyung!) We will always play together, so I hope you will watch it until the end.]
(Video coverage: Lee Byung-joo, video editing: Oh Young-taek, CG: Im Chan-hyuk)