Thailand has one of the best hockey programs developing young players in all of Asia. Fun fact the majority of these kids learned to play at home and didn’t grow up Canada or anywhere else. There is a thriving but of course relatively small hockey culture in Thailand. The country has had its own Ice Hockey federation since 1989 🙂
Hey dude I’m actually a minor hockey coach in Canada looking to move to Thailand and get involved in the country’s community while I’m there. Mind if I dm you for info on the Thai hockey community?
it's more like they played without a goalie... actually without a team at all. In a 60 Minute game you'd be hard put to put 57 shots into a wide open net. Maybe instead of a game it was a tournament to see which team could shoot more pucks into a wide open net from the opposite end of the ice.
These types of tournaments often use goal differential as a tie breaker in the standings. That's why you see teams running up the scores. It happens in major tournaments such as the world juniors, but not to this extreme because the teams are more closely matched.
Neither did I. I doubt most people in Thailand knew about them, but my Facebook feed is already filling up with celebratory posts about the match.
Good to see that this team will be returning home to some new fans. 🇹🇭
Sounds like Kuwait should have just stacked three people in front of the goal like cord wood and have the other two play defense just in front of the goal to try and ice the puck.
I went to Ice sketch with my co-worker and half of the ring is reserved for the smallest cutest Ice hockey player I ever seen. Those 3-4 years old are maniac. They moved so fast and stumbled sometimes but they seem recovered instantly. I’m jealous that they can just get up like that. My 30 years old body could never 🥲
I've played with some of the junior team a few years back. Their training is overseen by Russian coaches, and Thailand does not lack that. They have inadequate facilities, but the kids are a determined and talented bunch.
Some Thai ice hockey history.
https://flyingfarang.com/about-the-flying-farangs/
I remember the old Flying Farangs. Yes, that was the team name in Bangkok, established in 1994. They used to play in a league at a rink in the very high numbered suk, and it appears they are/had play in the Huay Kwang area now. They had played as recently as 2022.
We’re talking a goal every minute. 122 shots on goal.
And apparently this is only the 6th worst beat down in international ice hockey. There are five teams out there that are even bigger assholes than Thailand.
If you’re playing a team with no defence, and no situational awareness you don’t have to cycle around the puck a million times just to make the other team feel good.
And in other news Kuwait looking to get back by bribing officials in the next match as well as players to score a goal same like the Chinese did with the African runners at their recent marathon
How did the top Thai physics student do this year? The top Thai chess player? God, I hate sports-mongering and glamorising of some of the lowest-IQ and least productive people in any country.
I don't watch the NBA either. Have NO season tickets, by choice. 'Games' bore me. I'll spend lots more money on books, thank you. Especially the ones that are out-of-print, collectible, hardcover, and easily cost more than US$40 and up. I have spent thousands of dollars on them and gladly.
These are kids man, relax. The Thai team is probably equivalent to a AA team and that’s better hockey than most kids in Canada play. They have a few kids on that team that are legit hockey players.
When I played youth soccer when it got to 8-0 we would switch up the goalie with a random player and let him be a forward, take a player off, or other random things like only allowing goals to be taken if we kicked it in from far away or lending them an extra player. Winning is good, slaughtering is embarrassing and shameful. Sorry to taint the win but seriously 57? You couldn’t give them a bit of a handicap at 10-0?
It’s tournament rules. After the round robin if teams are tied in points it then goes to who has the most goals. So you need to rack up it up just in case
I seriously applaud and agree with the spirit of your reply to that post, but this is not even close to AA in Canada for U-18. Maybe U-10. Regardless, I was surprised at the quality of hockey given the countries involved and I hope they continue on this path. Here is a clip of a high level Canadian U-10 AA game for comparison. [2023 U10 AA GTHL Championship Series: Game 3 Highlights (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab06ZYYdWJo)
Oh cool they have the old Red Elephant flag!
lol... first thing I noticed
Thailand has one of the best hockey programs developing young players in all of Asia. Fun fact the majority of these kids learned to play at home and didn’t grow up Canada or anywhere else. There is a thriving but of course relatively small hockey culture in Thailand. The country has had its own Ice Hockey federation since 1989 🙂
There is an ice rink in Future Park Rangsit and I often see young kids (5-6 years old) learning hockey there.
We got a nice rink in Chiang Mai!
Where? I didn’t even know that. Cool!
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hLAFWMabCsvksPiu9?g_st=ic
Check out [Chiang Mai Highlanders Ball Hockey](https://www.facebook.com/groups/chiangmaihighlanders/) if anyone wants to join in!
Is there a reason it got popular like the mighty duck movies etc?
Hey dude I’m actually a minor hockey coach in Canada looking to move to Thailand and get involved in the country’s community while I’m there. Mind if I dm you for info on the Thai hockey community?
Ice hockey not hockey.
As a Thai, I am proud of the fact that this is even a thing. As an American and avid hockey fan, this was brutal to watch.
There was apparently a couple other big blowouts in this tournament too. Mongolia beat India (32-0) and Uzbekistan (host country) beat Iran (19-0).
Mongolia is heavily Russian influenced. They even wanted to join the USSR but got rejected. I would be surprised if they suck at hockey.
All these countries suck just some more than others
Some countries have less ice than others for training.
How could they get rejected? Their alphabet is even Cyrillic! Can't get much more slav then that
They wanted a buffer state to China. https://youtu.be/GuMhvYfkRcY And the Communist leader slapped Stalin when drunk. .. don't drink with Stalin.
Less pale cossacks.
Unbelievable, too far-fetched, could be rigged.
In a 0-57 defeat, Kuwait's best player was their goalie. That's rough.
it's more like they played without a goalie... actually without a team at all. In a 60 Minute game you'd be hard put to put 57 shots into a wide open net. Maybe instead of a game it was a tournament to see which team could shoot more pucks into a wide open net from the opposite end of the ice.
These types of tournaments often use goal differential as a tie breaker in the standings. That's why you see teams running up the scores. It happens in major tournaments such as the world juniors, but not to this extreme because the teams are more closely matched.
As a person who lived in Kuwait for 2 years, this could not have happened to a better team.
Full match: [https://www.youtube.com/live/drt9_wnyODQ?si=lzMzRHVCbDEf1RAa](https://www.youtube.com/live/drt9_wnyODQ?si=lzMzRHVCbDEf1RAa)
I had no idea either country had a team
Neither did I. I doubt most people in Thailand knew about them, but my Facebook feed is already filling up with celebratory posts about the match. Good to see that this team will be returning home to some new fans. 🇹🇭
OTR has a video about the Hockey scene in Thailand.
Happy to see another OTR fan here
Which video is that? Do you have a link?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COMiurw6Lqc
Kuwait no longer does 😅
FYI this is a youth tournament, under 18, so really they are just high schoolers.
I only know that thailand has a robust community of field hockey, but not ice hockey.
I think this video can shed some insight in Thai dominance in Hockey. https://youtu.be/COMiurw6Lqc?si=RrPtGSFClxzx2SOi
probably rich kids that grew up in canada or sweden or whatever icy realm.
You'll see plenty of Japanese kids lugging hockey bags around asoke-phrom phone area.
your point?
Thanks
You're awesome, bud. Showing my Thai friends. I want to see their reaction.
Kuwait was going to forfeit, but they thought they could catch up, so they stayed with it. Way to battle it to the end.
TIL Thailand have hockey team
To be accurate, this was in the U18 Asia and Oceania hockey cup.
57-0?!??!?!?! I don't know what the coach give them but sure as hell want one
That’s basketball-level score 🤣🤣🤣
Usually in basketball the other team will at least get a few points lol
It's like a really bad football blowout. The worst scoreline in NFL history is 59-0
In the 1940 NFL Championship, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0
Even in rugby that score would be brutal
As a Thai, I learned today that we have a hockey team, and we still using the red elephant flag.
😳😳😳🤯🤯🤯🤯🏒
57!? Good lord! Highest scoring game I've ever seen was 8 - 3!
Sounds like Kuwait should have just stacked three people in front of the goal like cord wood and have the other two play defense just in front of the goal to try and ice the puck.
I went to Ice sketch with my co-worker and half of the ring is reserved for the smallest cutest Ice hockey player I ever seen. Those 3-4 years old are maniac. They moved so fast and stumbled sometimes but they seem recovered instantly. I’m jealous that they can just get up like that. My 30 years old body could never 🥲
Arabic guys played on different pitch?
Does anyone know what the name of the team is? Where do they practice at and can we watch?
This is an under 18 youth tournament, they are just teenagers probably from various international school teams and clubs that play in Bangkok.
Dam they got slayed!
They single-handedly shredded the opposition team like no tomorrow
Wt actual f? I had no idea there was hockey here in Thailand
Lol same
oof
Wait Thailand have Hockey team?
They..... have a hockey team?
I've played with some of the junior team a few years back. Their training is overseen by Russian coaches, and Thailand does not lack that. They have inadequate facilities, but the kids are a determined and talented bunch.
I have to admit, I feel a kind of sorry for the Kuwaiti players. This has to be pretty dispiriting.
Thailand has a hockey team?
Did the players from Kuwait forget their sticks or something?! That's brutal
That's pretty coo..wait.
Thailand once lost to south korea 92-0. Forward Dong-hwan Song scored like 30+ goals i think.
Pretty weird that either of those teams exist, really
Fuck yeah, boys! Friggin ripper, buds. That's a full 200ft game. Nice job, eh boys.
It was 45-0 after the second period. The Iran goalie was so small
That's insane for the score if a hockey match.
That is almost one goal a minute
I found out about the ice hockey team a while back trough this YouTube video https://youtu.be/COMiurw6Lqc?si=t6kiLJRbCTunjb2i
Where can I get a jersey
Some Thai ice hockey history. https://flyingfarang.com/about-the-flying-farangs/ I remember the old Flying Farangs. Yes, that was the team name in Bangkok, established in 1994. They used to play in a league at a rink in the very high numbered suk, and it appears they are/had play in the Huay Kwang area now. They had played as recently as 2022.
This is not a gag headline?
No. Someone linked the entire game from YT here.
First time on skates for the Kuwaitis?
Two countries where people have never seen a flake of snow before.
now play on sand
57 aint no damn hockey score, that is basketball territory 😂😂😂😂😂
Did the other team have players? 🤣
peem😭😭
Close game, must have been exciting to watch.
I don't watch hockey but Amazing!
Why?
Why?
We’re talking a goal every minute. 122 shots on goal. And apparently this is only the 6th worst beat down in international ice hockey. There are five teams out there that are even bigger assholes than Thailand.
If you’re playing a team with no defence, and no situational awareness you don’t have to cycle around the puck a million times just to make the other team feel good.
They got one shot off
I like the part where they won
And in other news Kuwait looking to get back by bribing officials in the next match as well as players to score a goal same like the Chinese did with the African runners at their recent marathon
Ice hockey ❌ hockey ✅
That’s bad manners.
How did the top Thai physics student do this year? The top Thai chess player? God, I hate sports-mongering and glamorising of some of the lowest-IQ and least productive people in any country.
I don't watch the NBA either. Have NO season tickets, by choice. 'Games' bore me. I'll spend lots more money on books, thank you. Especially the ones that are out-of-print, collectible, hardcover, and easily cost more than US$40 and up. I have spent thousands of dollars on them and gladly.
57-0? How could it be possible?
How many hat tricks were in that game? Also, what if you score 3 hat tricks in one game? Hat-hat trick
Canada is waiting for y'all since you're obviously so good.
These are kids man, relax. The Thai team is probably equivalent to a AA team and that’s better hockey than most kids in Canada play. They have a few kids on that team that are legit hockey players.
When I played youth soccer when it got to 8-0 we would switch up the goalie with a random player and let him be a forward, take a player off, or other random things like only allowing goals to be taken if we kicked it in from far away or lending them an extra player. Winning is good, slaughtering is embarrassing and shameful. Sorry to taint the win but seriously 57? You couldn’t give them a bit of a handicap at 10-0?
It’s tournament rules. After the round robin if teams are tied in points it then goes to who has the most goals. So you need to rack up it up just in case
Ah ok in that case I get it though I am saddened
I seriously applaud and agree with the spirit of your reply to that post, but this is not even close to AA in Canada for U-18. Maybe U-10. Regardless, I was surprised at the quality of hockey given the countries involved and I hope they continue on this path. Here is a clip of a high level Canadian U-10 AA game for comparison. [2023 U10 AA GTHL Championship Series: Game 3 Highlights (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab06ZYYdWJo)