Levente Zsók

Levente Zsók
Date of birth	October 21, 1983
place of birth	Miercurea Ciuc , Romania
size	179 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2001-2002	Dinamo Bucharest
2002-2010	SC Miercurea Ciuc
since 2010	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov

Levente Zsók (born October 21, 1983 in Miercurea Ciuc ) is a Romanian ice hockey player who has been playing at ASC Corona 2010 Brașov in the Romanian Ice Hockey League and the MOL League since 2010 .

Career

Club

Levente Zsók, who belongs to the Hungarian-speaking Szekler minority in Romania , started his career in the ice hockey department of the capital city club Dinamo Bucharest . In 2002 he returned to his hometown and joined SC Miercurea Ciuc . With the traditional club of the Szekler he won the Romanian championship title in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010 and in 2004 also the Pannonian league . In 2003 , 2007 , 2008 and 2010 he also won the Romanian cup competition with his club. After these successes, he left Miercurea Ciuc in 2010 and switched to ASC Corona 2010 Brașov , with which he won the national cup in 2013 and the championship title a year later. In the 2013/14 season he also reached the playoff final with Brașov, which was lost with 2: 4 wins against HK Nové Zámky from Slovakia. Zsók was the best scorer in the playoffs with six goals and five assists. In 2015 he and his team were able to win the cup competition again and in 2017 the championship title again.

International

In contrast to other Szeklers who compete for Hungary , Zsók plays internationally for his native Romania . He was already active in the junior division at world championships: He played in Division III of the U-18 World Championship in 2001 , as well as in the U-20 World Championships in 2001 , 2002 (each in Division III) and 2003 in Division II.

Zsók made his debut in the men's national team at the 2007 World Cup when the Romanians had to accept relegation to Division II. He then played in Division II in 2008 , 2010 and 2015 and in Division I in 2009 , 2012 , 2014 and 2016. In addition, he represented his colors at the Olympic qualifying tournaments for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and Pyeongchang in 2018 , in which the Romanians each after three defeats eliminated goalless and pointless.

successes

2001 Promotion to Division II at the U-18 World Championship, Division III 2003 Promotion to Division II at the U-20 World Cup, Division III 2003 Romanian cup winner with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2004 Romanian champion with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2004 Winning the Pannonian League with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2007 Romanian champion with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2007 Romanian cup winner with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2008 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group A. 2008 Romanian champion with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2008 Romanian cup winner with SC Miercurea Ciuc

2009 winner of the MOL league with the HSC Csíkszereda 2010 Romanian champion with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2010 Romanian cup winner with SC Miercurea Ciuc 2013 Romanian cup winner with the ASC Corona 2010 Brașov 2014 Romanian champion with the ASC Corona 2010 Brașov 2014 best scorer of the playoffs in the MOL league 2015 Romanian cup winner with the ASC Corona 2010 Brașov 2015 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the World Championship of Division II, Group A. 2017 Romanian champion with the ASC Corona 2010 Brașov

MOL league statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	10	323	67	102	169	335
Playoffs	8th	40	7th	15th	22nd	20th

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Levente Zsók at eliteprospects.com (English)