Kim Hyeok

Kim Hyeok
Date of birth	April 7, 1987
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	185 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2004-2005	Kyung Bok High School
2010-2011	Tōhoku Free Blades
2011-2014	High1
2014-2016	Daemyung Sangmu
2016-2018	High1
since 2018	Daemyung Killer Whales

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김혁
Revised Romanization	Gim Hyeok
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Hyŏk
See also : Korean name

Kim Hyeok (born April 7, 1987 in Seoul ) is a South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Daemyung Killer Whales in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2018 .

Career

Kim Hyeok began his career as a hockey player on the Kyung-bok High School team . He later played for the Japanese team Tōhoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey . With the team from Hachinohe he was able to win the championship of this league in 2011 with teams from China, Japan and South Korea. In the same year he moved back to South Korea and joined High1 . After reaching the playoff semi-finals in 2014, he left the team from Chuncheon and played for Daemyung Sangmu , the newly formed third South Korean team in the Asia League Ice Hockey , for two years . In 2016 he returned to High1 for two years before joining the Daemyung Killer Whales .

International

For South Korea, Kim Hyeok first took part in the U-18 World Cup in 2005 in Division II, when the East Asians were promoted to Division I. Despite this success, to which he contributed two goals, he was not nominated for either the U20 or the men for world championships in the next few years.

At the Asian Games 2011 Kim made his debut in the South Korean men's team and won the bronze medal with her behind Kazakhstan and Japan . In the same year he represented his home country for the first time at the World Cup in Division I, where he was also on the ice in 2012 , 2013 , 2015 and 2016 . He also participated in the in November 2012 in Nikko discharged the Olympic qualifying first round for the games in Sochi in part, 2014. There the South Koreans succeeded in kicking off a 5-4 win after penalty shootout against Great Britain . The British reached the next round, however, as South Korea suffered a 2-3 defeat after extra time in their second game against Asian opponents Japan .

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Promotion to Division I at the U18 World Championship Division II, Group A.
• 2011 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Tōhoku Free Blades
• 2011 bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
• 2012 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2015 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship of Division I, Group B

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	8th	283	53	98	151	292
Playoffs	1	5	0	0	0	0

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Kim Hyeok at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Hyeok is the first name.