Lee Yong-jun
Date of birth | 4th February 1985 |
place of birth | Seoul , South Korea |
size | 177 cm |
Weight | 81 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
2001-2003 | Kyung Bok High School |
2003-2006 | Yonsei University |
2006-2011 | High1 |
2011-2013 | Anyang Halla |
2013-2014 | Daemyung Sangmu |
2014-2016 | Anyang Halla |
since 2017 | Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs |
Korean spelling | |
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Hangeul | 이용준 |
Revised Romanization |
I Yong-jun |
McCune- Reischauer |
I Yongjun |
Lee Yong-jun (born February 4, 1985 in Seoul ) is a South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in the Southern Professional Hockey League since 2017 .
Career
Lee Yong-jun began his career as a hockey player on the Kyung Bok High School team . From 2003 to 2006 he played for the team at Yonsei University , with which he won the 2004 South Korean Cup . In 2006 he moved to High1 (then still Kangwon Land ) in the Asia League Ice Hockey . With the team succeeded in 2007 and 2008 victory in the South Korean cup competition. In 2011 he left the Chuncheon team and joined Anyang Halla for two years . He spent the 2013/14 season with Daemyung Sangmu , the newly formed third South Korean team in the Asia League Ice Hockey. After only a year he returned to Halla in Anyang . Since 2017 he has played with the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in the Southern Professional Hockey League , a minor league in the southern United States.
International
For South Korea, Lee Yong-jun took part in the U18 World Cup in 2002 , which the South Koreans won undisputed with four double-digit wins in four games, in Division III and a year later in Division II, when promotion was also unbeaten, as well as U20 World Championships in 2004 and 2005 in Division II.
At the 2006 World Cup of Division II, Lee made his debut in the South Korean men's team . A year later he rose with the team at the home tournament in Seoul in Division I. In 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , when he led his team onto the ice as captain, and in 2015 , when he was voted the best striker of the tournament, he represented South Korea in Division I. After relegation in the meantime, he was in 2009 for the East Asians once again in Division II on the ice.
At the Winter Asian Games in 2007 and 2011 , he was able to win the bronze medal with South Korea behind Japan and Kazakhstan .
Achievements and Awards
- 2002 Promotion to Division II at the U18 World Cup of Division III
- 2003 Promotion to Division I at the U18 World Cup, Division II, Group A.
- 2004 South Korean cup winner with Yonsei University
- 2007 bronze medal at the Winter Asian Games
- 2007 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
- 2007 South Korean cup winner with High1
- 2008 South Korean cup winner with High1
- 2009 Promotion to Division I at the World Cup Division II, Group B
- 2011 bronze medal at the Winter Asian 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
- 2015 Best Forward of the World Championship Division I, Group B
Asia League statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 10 | 272 | 49 | 152 | 201 | 290 |
Playoffs | 7th | 23 | 6th | 7th | 13 | 34 |
(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)
Web links
- Lee Yong-jun at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lee, Yong-jun |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 이용준 (Korean spelling); I Yong-jun (revised romanization); I Yongjun (McCune-Reischauer) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |