Britain edge past Korea at ice hockey Worlds

PHIL Hall and Jason Hewitt scored as Great Britain maintained their unbeaten start to the ice hockey World Championships in Ljubljana with a 2-1 win over South Korea.

BLOCK: Great Britain's defence needed to be at their best against a determined South Korea team in Ljubljana (Iztok Novak)

Hall pounced on the puck after Ben O'Connor's slap shot had been partially saved in the 27th minute.

But Dong Hwan Song equalised for the newly-promoted Koreans in the Division One Group B clash and after Paul Thompson's team killed three minor penalties in the final period, Hewitt fired into the top corner with just over ten minutes remaining. 

Thompson's men - who beat Croatia 4-1 in their tournament opener - are next in action against the hosts on Tuesday before further games against Hungary and Poland.