Lee Young Jun
 Lee Young Jun 
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| Date of birth | January 3, 1991 |
| size | 184 cm |
| Weight | 75 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 2005-2006 | Kyung-gi high school |
| 2009–2012 | Yonsei University |
| 2012-2014 | Anyang Halla |
| 2014-2015 | High1 |
| 2015-2017 | Daemyung Sangmu |
| since 2017 | Daemyung Killer Whales |
| Korean spelling | |
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| Hangeul | 이영준 |
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Revised Romanization |
I Yeong-jun |
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McCune- Reischauer |
I Yŏngjun |
Lee Young-jun (born January 3, 1991 ) is a South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Daemyung Killer Whales in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2017 .
Career
Lee Young-jun began his career as a hockey player on the Kyung-gi High School team . At the age of 18, he moved to Yonsei University for three years . In 2012 he was signed by Anyang Halla , one of the two South Korean teams in the Asia League Ice Hockey , and in 2014 he was elected “Young Player of the Year” in the Asia League Ice Hockey. He then moved to Korean league rivals High1 for a year . From 2015 to 2017 he played for the third Korean ALIH club Daemyung Sangmu and then switched to the new league Daemyung Killer Whales .
International
For South Korea, Kim Sang-wook took part in the junior division at the U18 World Championships 2009 and the U20 World Championship 2010 in Division II. With the South Korean student selection , he took part in the Winter Universiade 2011 in Erzurum , Turkey .
He made his debut in the Asian country's men's national team in the 2012/13 season. So far, he has participated in the World Championships in 2014 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 , when the East Asians made it into the top division for the first time by finishing second behind Austria . In 2018 he played in the top division of the world championships as well as at the Olympic Winter Games in his own country.
Achievements and Awards
- 2009 Promotion to Division I at the U18 World Championship of Division II
- 2014 “Young Player of the Year” of the Asia League Ice Hockey
- 2015 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship of Division I, Group B
- 2017 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I, Group A.
Asia League statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 5 | 156 | 36 | 94 | 130 | 44 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)
Web links
- Lee Young-jun at eliteprospects.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lee Young Jun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 이영준 (Korean spelling, Hangeul); I Yeong-jun (revised romanization); I Yŏngjun (McCune Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1991 |