Local hockey strikers a force to be reckoned with


KLHC's Muhammad Razie Abd Rahim attempt to score the winning goal during the final of the TNB MHL cup 2011 at Bukit Jalil. M. AZHAR ARIF/The Star.

EVEN though it was a foreign player who came out with the highest number of goals in the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL), local strikers have been a force to be reckoned with too – something that should put a smile on the face of national coach S. Arul Selvaraj.

In the league that concluded on Feb 21, Terengganu’s South Korean defender Jang Jong-hyun, 36, ended the league with a whopping 23 goals from 17 matches.

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