Samrong Ice Hockey Challenge 2020

Over the two days of November 21, 2020 and November 22, 2020, there was a hockey tournament held at Imperial Samrong ice rink.

The teams involved in this tournament were Chiang Mai, Warriors A & B, Old Timers, Southern Wolf, Ice Breakers, Lion State Flying Farangs.

2020 Imperial Samrong Ice Hockey Challenge bracket

The Flying Farangs for this tournament were Alasdair Fawcett (F), Bruno Severin (D), Janne Kankaanpaa (F), Jari Eerikainen (D), Jason Bitter (F), Lance Parker (G), Luc Maurice (F), Mark Huskins (F), Matt McGovern (F), Ono Nutdanai (D), Ralf Dittmer (D), Tommi Hakkinen (D), Toni Andersson (F), Top Rutthapong (F/D), Gary Cosby (F/D), Dom Dumais (D/F), Adam Simpson (F).

Sadly, for the Flying Farangs, the first day of games didn’t go so well for them. They lost their first game to the Warriors B teams 5-0. In the second game, they did manage to score two goals, one from Jari Eerikainen and one from Janne Kankaanpaa, but they lost this game to Chiang Mai 9-2.

The third game was against Lion State, and it was a much closer 7-5 game, with the goals coming from Mark Huskins, Toni Andersson, Top Rutthapong and two from Tommi Haakinen.

Losing the first three games put the Flying Farangs in the Recreational Division for the second day of games.

The first game of the day for the Flying Farangs was against Southern Wolf. The Flying Farangs started to come together as a team in this one and they beat Southern Wolf 2-1. The goals for the Flying Farangs came from Mark Huskins and Gary Cosby.

The second game of the day was against the Old Timers. This was another close for the the Flying Farangs, but they hold things together and won this one 1-0 with the game winning goal going to Mark Huskins.

Winning these two games on November 22 gave the Recreations Division cup to the Flying Farangs.