PHL ice hockey team makes history after winning 1st ever SEA Games gold

The Philippines made SEA Games history on Thursday after winning the first ever ice hockey gold medal in the biennial multi-sport event.

The Philippine ice hockey team trumped Thailand, 5-4, in the finals at the Empire City Mall in Damansara Perdana in host country Malaysia.

According to the SEA Games website, the Philippines finished the round robin competition with 11 points while Thailand took silver with nine points.

Malaysia settled for the bronze by defeating Singapore 8-2.

Ice hockey, along with cricket, is introduced in the SEA Games program for the first time.

#SEAGames2017 #IceHockey Men's Team (last night) pic.twitter.com/xYpJGDMl2W

— SEA Games 2017 (@SEAGames2017) August 25, 2017

With the ice hockey team's victory, the Philippines now has 15 gold medals, 18 silver medals, and 31 bronze medals.

The Philippines remains in sixth place with a total medal haul of 64 medals.

Gold medals

So far, these are the other Filipino athletes who have won gold medals in the 2017 SEA Games:

• Mary Joy Tabal — Women's marathon
• Nikko Bryan Huelgas — Men's triathlon
• Marion Kim Mangrobang - Women's triathlon
• Reyland Capellan — Men's gymnastics (floor)
• Kaitlin de Guzman — Women's gymnastics (uneven bars)
• Agatha Wong — Women's wushu (taijiquan)
• Brennan Wayne Louie — Men's fencing (foil individual)
• Eric Cray — Athletics - Men's 400-meter hurdles
• Aries Toledo — Athletics - Men's decathlon
• Trenten Anthony Beram — Athletics - Men's 200 meters
• Philippine team — Men's lawn bowl (Fours)
• Eumir Felix Marcial — Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg)
• Marvin John Nobel Tupas — Men's Light-Heavyweight Division (81 kg)
• Beram — Athletics — Men's 400 meters

— MDM, GMA News