HL Anyang Defeats Kobe behind Kim Sang-yeop's Multiple Goals for 2nd Straight Win

HL Anyang, led by head coach Robert Halkidis, extended its winning streak in the Asia League Ice Hockey to two games, powered by a heated scoring touch.

HL Anyang defeated Stars Kobe 7-4 in the seventh game of the 2026-2027 Asia League Ice Hockey regular season away match held today (the 17th) at the Kobe Port Island Sports Center in Japan.

This follows their home victory against Red Eagles Hokkaido on the 6th (a 6-1 win), marking their second consecutive win.

With a season record of 4 wins and 3 losses (12 points), HL Anyang maintained fourth place in the intermediate standings.

In particular, the team has hit a full-fledged upward trajectory, boasting a formidable offense by pouring in a massive 17 goals over their last three games (2 wins, 1 loss).

HL Anyang seized early control by netting three goals in the first period alone.

Just 1 minute and 23 seconds into the game, Kim Sung-jae exchanged passes with Shin Sang-hoon, surged toward the front of the net, and scored the opening goal. Then, at 6 minutes and 14 seconds, defenseman and playing coach Lee Don-ku added another goal with active offensive participation.

Although they immediately conceded a goal to Kobe, they widened the gap again at 14 minutes and 12 seconds with a scoring shot by Kim Sang-yeop.

HL Anyang, which was chased to a one-goal margin after allowing Kobe to catch up with a goal at 6 minutes and 20 seconds of the second period, immediately struck back with three unanswered goals to crush the opponent's will to chase.

Just 16 seconds after conceding, former National Hockey League (NHL) defenseman Joe Morrow fired a powerful slapshot into the net, followed by consecutive goals from Kim Sang-yeop at 9 minutes and 52 seconds and Ahn Jin-hui at 16 minutes and 27 seconds.

After giving up a goal right before the end of the second period, HL Anyang sealed the 7-4 victory when Jeon Jeong-woo, receiving a pass from Shin Dong-hyun, executed a clean one-timer shot 2 minutes and 8 seconds into the third period.

Kim Sang-yeop, who scored multiple goals on this day and extended his scoring streak to four consecutive games, recorded his 7th goal of the season, surpassing Toshiyuki Ito (Nikko IceBucks, 6 goals) to rise to the sole lead in league scoring.

Kim Sung-jae, Shin Dong-hyun, Kwon Min-jae, and Kim Geun-woo also contributed to the landslide victory by recording multi-points side by side.

HL Anyang will challenge for its third consecutive win in the 8th regular season game against Kobe, to be held at the same venue tomorrow at 1 PM.

(Photo courtesy of HL Anyang, Yonhap News)
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