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Indian Army Ice Hockey Team Wins Inaugural Challengers' Cup
Two ice hockey teams played a very important game on ice in a town called Leh, which is in Ladakh, India.
The teams were the Indian Army Ice Hockey Team and the Leh Kings, and this was the final match of the very first Challengers' Cup.
The Leh Kings scored the very first goal, but the Army team fought back and was winning 2-1 after the first part of the game.
The two teams kept tying the score over and over, so everyone watching was very excited.
A Leh Kings player named Stanzin Angchok scored three goals all by himself, something called a hat-trick.
That made the Leh Kings lead 5-4, but then the Army team scored again to tie the game.
With the end of the game very close, an Army player named Padma Namgail scored the final goal.
His teammate Phuntsog Namgail passed him the puck to help him do it.
The Army team won the game 6-5 and became the champions of the very first Challengers' Cup.
The Indian Army Ice Hockey Team won the inaugural Challengers' Cup, beating Leh Kings 6-5 in the final at the NDS Stadium in Leh.
Padma Namgail netted the match-winning goal in the closing moments off a pass from Phuntsog Namgail.
Leh Kings' Stanzin Angchok scored a hat-trick, putting his side ahead 5-4 in the third period before the Army rallied.
Leh Kings struck first, but the Army led 2-1 after the opening period and the teams were tied 4-4 after two periods.
Leh Kings represented the best emerging talent from the Ice Hockey League in the tournament.
- Who
- The Indian Army Ice Hockey Team and the Leh Kings, who represented the best emerging talent from the Ice Hockey League.
- What
- The Indian Army Ice Hockey Team defeated Leh Kings 6-5 to win the inaugural Challengers' Cup, with Padma Namgail scoring the match-winning goal.
- Where
- Nawang Dorjay Stobdan (NDS) Stadium in Leh, Ladakh.
- When
- Not specified in the article.
- Why
- To decide the winner of the inaugural Challengers' Cup ice hockey tournament.
Key facts
- Event
- Inaugural Challengers' Cup final
- Winner
- Indian Army Ice Hockey Team
- Runner-up
- Leh Kings
- Final Score
- 6-5
- Venue
- Nawang Dorjay Stobdan (NDS) Stadium, Leh
- Location
- Leh, Ladakh
- Match-Winning Goal
- Padma Namgail, assisted by Phuntsog Namgail
- Hat-Trick
- Stanzin Angchok (Leh Kings)










