Masahito Suzuki (ice hockey player)

Masahito Suzuki
Date of birth	7th December 1983
place of birth	Tomakomai , Japan
size	172 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 14
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2006-2009	Ōji Eagles
since 2009	Tohoku Free Blades

Masahito Suzuki ( Japanese 鈴木 雅 仁 , Suzuki Masahito ; born December 7, 1983 in Tomakomai , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tohoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2009 .

Career

Masahito Suzuki began his career as a hockey player with the Ōji Eagles , for which he was active in the Asia League Ice Hockey from 2006 to 2009 . In the 2007/08 season, the attacker and his team won the Asia League championship in the playoff final against Nippon Paper Cranes . For the 2009/10 season, the Japanese moved to the league newcomer Tohoku Free Blades , for whom he scored nine goals in 33 games and gave 15 templates. In the 2010/11 season, which ended prematurely due to the Tōhoku earthquake , he won the championship title of the Asia League Ice Hockey for the first time with the Free Blades and for the second time in his career.

International

For Japan , Suzuki took part in the 2011 Asian Winter Games , where he and his team won the silver medal. He was also in his country's squad for the 2012 Division IA World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

• 2008 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Ōji Eagles
• 2011 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Tohoku Free Blades

International

• 2011 silver medal at the Asian Winter Games

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	6th	193	55	82	137	82
Playoffs	4th	14th	2	0	2	4th

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Masahito Suzuki at eliteprospects.com (English)