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Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who is a famous war hero in Korea, was best known for dominating the Japanese navy in the late 1500s. The IOC considered the illustration to be a little too political for Pyeongchang, so now the South Korean equipment staff is scrambling to cover up the artwork before the Olympic hockey tournament starts.

“We’re going to fix it so I can wear it,” Dalton told reporters, via Yoo Jee-ho of Yonhap News Agency, after a practice on Friday in Incheon, near Seoul. “It’s disappointing. I wanted to keep it the way it was, obviously.”

According to the news agency, he was inspired to put the admiral on his mask after he saw the famous bronze statue honouring the commander in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Plaza.

Dalton signed an entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins in 2009, but later took his career to South Korea, where he is now a naturalized citizen.