Asia Rising

The Hong Kong Amateur Hockey Club just finished it’s most exciting and successful tournament in its history. The BOCI-Prudential Asset Management 2015 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament ended with a very exciting final game between Pilipinas (Philippines) and Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) with Pilipinas taking the Gold Cup 3-1. Pilipinas scored all their goals early after a sluggish start from the Japan team, but then had to weather a very intense offensive the rest of the game in order to come away with the victory.

In the Silver Plate Final, it was another Japanese team suffering defeat, in which HAMA club fell just short against the Taipei Sharks 3-2. Taipei was led by the Tournament MVP and a high powered offense that was just too much for HAMA.

The Bauhinia Final saw tournament new comer Qatar fall short of a division championship from Macau 2-1. The two teams played early in the playoff round with Qatar winning 2-1 but could not repeat a second time. This was the second Bauhinia championship in 3 years for Macau.

The BOCI-Prudential Asset Management 2015 HKAHC Invitational Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament was the most closely contested tournament in its history, with three ties in the preliminary round, and then four games that went into sudden death overtime or shootout in the playoff rounds. The new teams to come into the tournament saw success and left a positive impression on the tournament. The new format with younger players representing Asia was a clear success and each team played with the same philosophy as all high profile international tournaments hold which is fair play and respect.