Team members of Turkmenistan and China's Hong Kong competing during the men's ice hockey group C match at 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Feb 9, 2025. - Xinhua
HARBIN: Hong Kong on Monday (Feb 10) demanded Turkmenistan be punished for a "deliberate attack" that left two ice hockey players needing hospital treatment after a post-match brawl at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin.
"Several" Hong Kong men's hockey players were knocked down in a fight that broke out on the ice after they beat Turkmenistan 5-1 on Sunday (Feb 9), according to Chinese state media.
