When: Sundays; spring season (Feb. -June); fall season (Aug.-Dec.)

Registration: A month before each season

Player selection: Draft is held each season

How much: Spring (160,000 won); fall (140,000 won)

Where: Next to Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Who: Co-ed

Online: cbhk.info@gmail.com, robgibs@gmail.com, cbhk.org

“The Canada Ball Hockey Korea league is competitive, but it is also provides a very social platform,” said Rob Gibson, 41 years old, and a 10-year resident of Korea.

They hold keg parties at the rink and have events at sponsors’ bars and restaurants. The league website (cbhk.org) is used for some good (and bad) natured chirping, but also for buying and selling used goods, job advertising, and exchanging info about living in Korea. 

A hockey stick is all that’s needed, but the league encourages players wear mouth guards, hockey gloves, shin guards and cups. Goalie gear is provided for goaltenders. The league sells composite one-piece sticks for 70,000 won and there are sports shops nearby that sell wooden sticks for 40,000 won.

They play on Sundays from noon to 8 p.m. Each team plays two 45 minute games in two hour blocks. Every week, teams play in one of the following time slots: 12-2 p.m., 2-4 p.m., 4-6 p.m., or 6-8 p.m.

Saturdays are open to anyone. 

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