Hockey Dreams

Janne Niskala
2022-02-09


6
104 min

As the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea’s national ice hockey team was automatically given a spot in the Olympic hockey tournament. The team would play at the highest level for the first time, facing the top countries in the sport. The skill gap between them and their opponents was huge, as South Korea had just 180 professional hockey players. Failure and defeat weren’t acceptable results, as losing face is considered the worst thing that could happen in Korean culture. But how to avoid humiliation, when defeat seems certain?

Cast

Name Character Team
Jim Paek Self Unowned
Seung-Jun Yang Self Unowned
Mong-Won Chung Self Unowned
Juhani Tamminen Self Unowned
Kalervo Kummola Self Unowned
Pekka Kangasalusta Self Unowned
Sangwoo Shin Self Unowned
Yunhan Shin Self Unowned
Chonghyun Lee Self Unowned
Matt Dalton Self Unowned
Sanghoon Shin Self Unowned
Moon Jae-in Self Unowned
Mike Testwuide Self Unowned
Eric Regan Self Unowned
René Fasel Self Unowned
Sarah Murray Self Unowned