Blades vs. Anyang Halla in the Asia League finals

06 Mar 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

Tohoku Free Blades beat Nippon Paper Cranes in the fifth game to win the Semi Final series 3-2. In the finals the Japanese team will face Korea´s Anyang Halla who eliminated Oji Eagles (3-1).

Anyang Halla was the first team to qualify for the Asia League finals when they managed to beat the regular season winner Oji Eagles 3-1.
Anyang started with three away games of which they won the first two 4-3 and 2-1. Oji won game 3 3-2, but Anyang Halla secured the series win with a 5-4 victory in their only home game.

Tohoku Free Blades needed five games to knock out Nippon Paper Cranes (7-3, 2-6, 1-2, 4-1, 4-1).

The finals start on the 11th. Blades will begin with three home games.

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