Lee Yu-won

Lee Yu-won
Date of birth	September 22, 1984
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	175 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2001-2002	Kyung Gi High School
2003-2006	Yonsei University
2006-2011	Anyang Halla
2011-2013	High1
2013-2014	Daemyung Sangmu
2014-2017	High1
since 2017	Anyang Halla

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이유 원
See also : Korean name

Lee Yu-won (born September 22, 1984 in Seoul ) is a South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2017 .

Career

Lee Yu-won began his career as a hockey player on the Kyung Gi 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 Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey . With the team he was able to win the championship of this league in 2010 and 2011 with teams from China, Japan and South Korea. He also won the South Korean cup competition in 2009 and 2010. After the second Asia League title, he left Anyang Halla and joined High1 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, where he acted as team captain. After only a year he returned to High1 in Chuncheon . Since 2017 he has played again for Anyang Halla.

International

For South Korea Lee Yu-won took part in the U18 World Cup in 2002 , which the South Koreans won undisputed with four double-digit victories in four games, in Division III and in the U20 World Cup in 2004 in Division II.

At the 2007 Division II World Cup in Seoul , home , Lee made his debut in the South Korean men's team and rose to Division I with her. In 2008 , 2010 and 2012 he represented South Korea in Division I. After relegation in the meantime, he was once again on the ice for the East Asians in Division II in 2009 . 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

• 2002 Promotion to Division II at the U18 World Cup of Division III
• 2004 South Korean cup winner with Yonsei University
• 2007 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2009 South Korean Cup winner with Anyang Halla
• 2009 Promotion to Division I at the World Cup Division II, Group B
• 2010 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2010 South Korean cup winner with Anyang Halla
• 2011 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2012 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship Division I, Group B

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	11	307	62	79	141	209
Playoffs	6th	31	2	7th	9	20th

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Lee Yu-won at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Yu-won is the first name.