Pattaya Ice Hockey Association - PIHA

Some low level rumblings from BKK hockey community, really just rumors at this point. With new arenas under construction in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, both men and women’s Thai hockey is on the rise. Thai figure skating is also very popular.
It makes sense that the Pattaya area, with its large expat community and loads of International schools, could certainly support a multi-sport training facility featuring hockey & figure skating. Let’s hope the rumors are true and that we can someday soon have a venue to play and support the game we love.

It’s with sadness we’d like to inform everyone in our hockey community of the recent death of Kevin Mingoia.
Kevin had a heart attack in his hotel room in Pattaya the day after competing in a hockey tournament in Bangkok. He was a great supporter and organizer of ice hockey in Pattaya, Bangkok & Okinawa. He will be sorely missed by all who knew and played with him.
Condolences to his family, his fiancee Nui, and all who knew him.

4 years ago Gabe took a shot that rode right up his stick into his eye. He leaked blood for awhile, got stitched up and came back and played the rest of the games, including our group championship win!!

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Brad Marchand is the ultimate employee in this old commercial 🤣 (🎥: @purehockey/YouTube)

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Boston Bruins on Twitter “Never gets old. https://t.co/zl5Ihqx4UZ”

RIP

RIP Tay Nell
Sadly, today at around 12:30om Tay Nell, the wife of longtime Flying Farang and Thai Stix player Kirk Nell, passed after a long fight with cancer.
Tay put up a valiant fight but in the end, the cancer was too strong to fight. Kirk was able to carry her to the seaside last week to see some final beautiful sunsets.
Tay was full of energy and full of life and it was only a scourge like cancer that could dim that light and colorful personality. She was the life of every party she organized and attended; and rest assured she's probably already organizing an event in heaven right now.
Tay's body will lay in the Buddhist temple beside Ekamai BTS, the same spot where Jason Cotsmire's funeral was held.
Details to follow about when is best to visit this week, but please do pass on condolences to Kirk and support him in any way you can.

Gabriel Roško had a tough last shift at the end of our opening game in the LOS Tourney. A 2-2 tie against a very talented Russian team. For some crazy reason he decided to block a shot with his eyebrow!!

PIHA SHINNY HOCKEY ROUND-UP WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7th

It was a close call this Wednesday, as it appeared we had a solid group signed in on our Line group. 2 goalies and more than enough skaters for a full lineup.

A late cancellation by our primary goalie Igor (due to business obligations) led to a bunch of of guys backing out.

Luckily we had just enough players to suit up and play and have a good game and a hell of a workout!!

Mike, Artune & Adareak were the Men in Black. Alexander Finance , Naka and myself were the White hats.
Badass Alex was the solo goalie and faced a lot of rubber.

We played 3 on 3 with nobody getting off the ice. Everybody worked up a good sweat. The teams were evenly matched with both sides getting their fair share of scoring chances and goals.

Players of the Game (POG)
#1. Alex Without at least 1 goalie it’s just not as much fun playing. Thanks to Alex, Igor, DJ, Gabor, Tomas and all our guys that have showed up and put on the pads since we’ve been playing here in Pattaya.

#2. Artune the Russian sniper abused our #1 POG by going top shelf glove side with at least 5 laser beams that Alex never had a chance on.

#3. Alex Finance led the White team with end to end skating, countless 5-holes on the Tutor Shooter and as always the spectacular jean shorts.

PIHA SHINNY ROUND-UP FRIDAY JULY 5th, 3019

It was a pretty frustrating night of hockey. It appeared by the online sign-up that we had plenty of players. 2 late cancellations and a no-show later, left us shorthanded, with only 7 skaters and 1 goalie. Yours truly was further annoyed when Dennis, while admiring my skates, noticed that one of my blades was cracked all the way through.

We split up into two undermanned teams. DJ was the loan goalie. Team Black had 3 players, made up of Mike, Clint and Bomb. Team White had 4 skaters consisting of Dennis, Naka, Adiraek and myself.

Team White’s extra man should have given them a significant advantage in the 3 on 3 action, as we had the spare skater, and were able to get some rest while Black had nobody on the bench.

Mike obviously had some tricks up his sleeve. The earlier mentioned broken skate blade may not have been an accident!! After the game we also checked Naka and Adiraeks sticks. We discovered 2-way hinges had somehow been installed on the blades of both, explaining why every single pass to the tape to both of them had slipped straight thru!!

The game was an absolute slaughter as Black destroyed the White team, which could not overcome the handicaps imposed on them by the crafty German.

Naka brought the crowd to its feet with numerous fancy circular skating moves always in the opposite direction of play. While Adiraek showed gritty determination by trying to stickhandle thru the whole Black team every time he touched the puck. Impressive but annoyingly futile for a hockey beginner.

Anyway we’ll be doing a pre-game equipment check from now on. Hopefully we’ll have a better turnout next Monday.

Player/Saboteur of the Game: Michael Nakvachara Devious manipulation of the opponents equipment led to an easy lopsided victory. Well played sir!!