For the men’s team, they recruited several North Americans playing on one of the three South Korea-based teams in the Asia League. They offered naturalization to a handful of players from the United States and Canada — none of whom have any Korean ancestry. It took considerably longer for him to feel comfortable in his dual role as hockey ringer and proselytizer of puck. She was born in South Korea and adopted by an American family. In the summer of 2015, she traveled to Korea for the first time since her adoption to attend a hockey camp and was transformed.

Source: New York Times February 23, 2017 17:26 UTC