Michio Hashimoto

Michio Hashimoto
Date of birth	April 4th 1977
place of birth	Hachinohe , Japan
size	181 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 31
Career stations
1996-1999	Snow Brand Sapporo
2001-2002	Sapporo Polaris
2003-2009	Nikko Ice Bucks
since 2009	Tohoku Free Blades

Michio Hashimoto ( Japanese 橋本 三千 雄 , Hashimoto Michio ; born April 4, 1977 in Hachinohe , Aomori Prefecture ) is a Japanese ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Tohoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2009 .

Career

Michio Hashimoto began his career as a hockey player with the Snow Brand Sapporo , for which he was active in the Japan Ice Hockey League from 1996 to 1999 . Then the goalkeeper stood in the 2001/02 season for the city neighbor Sapporo Polaris between the posts. From 2003 to 2009 he played for the Nikkō Ice Bucks in the multinational Asia League ice hockey , before he received a contract with the league newcomer Tohoku Free Blades for the 2009/10 season . In these, the Japanese stood as a regular goalkeeper in 36 games and had a catch rate of 89.6% with a goalscoring average of 3.71. In the 2010/11 season, which ended prematurely due to the Tōhoku earthquake , he and his team won the championship title of the Asia League Ice Hockey for the first time.

Achievements and Awards

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

Web links

• Michio Hashimoto at eliteprospects.com (English)