All posts tagged "jim paek"

  • The coach of the men's national ice hockey team, Jim Paek, poses after an interview with The Korea Times at the Korean Olympic Committee headquarters in Songpa District, Seoul, Feb. 25. 
(Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk)
    Jim Paek dreams of a hockey nation

    By Nam Hyun-woo Last summer, the Korean ice hockey community was thrilled by the news that two-time Stanley Cup champion Jim Paek was going to coach the national team that will compete in the 2018 PyeongChang Games....

    • Posted March 4, 2015
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  • Csaba Kovacs, left, falls as he exchanges blows with Ahn Junghyun of South Korea during their ice hockey Four Nations Tournament first round match in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/MTI, Tamas Kovacs)
    Ex-Stanley Cup champ makes successful debut as national coach

    By Nam Hyun-woo Jim Paek effect? Maybe. Korea’s national men’s ice hockey team under the two-time Stanley Cup champ’s leadership exceeded expectations in their Euro Ice Hockey Challenge (EIHC) tournament outing during the past weekend, winning against...

    • Posted November 10, 2014
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  • Richard Park played his final season with the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Korea Times file)
    Ex-NHLer Richard Park to Join Jim Paek’s Korean National Team Staff

    (Yonhap) — Richard Park, the second South Korean native to play in the National Hockey League (NHL), will serve as an assistant coach to Jim Paek, the first Korean-born NHL player who was named the head coach of...

    • Posted August 11, 2014
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  • (INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION PHOTO)
    [HOT LINKS]Ex-NHLer Jim Paek eyes Korean miracle on ice

    When Jim Paek’s family left South Korea for Toronto in 1968, it was to pursue a better life. While Canada provided that, it also stoked Paek’s passion for hockey. So now the tables are turning....

    • Posted August 2, 2014
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  • (INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION PHOTO)
    You can go home again

    Korean ice hockey, in danger of becoming the first host nation to miss its own Winter Olympics, hired Jim Paek, who won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, as its head coach.    By Lee Kyutae...

    • Posted July 24, 2014
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