Oh hyon-ho

Oh hyon-ho
Date of birth	October 29, 1986
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	175 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2003-2004	Kyung-gi high school
2005-2008	Yonsei University
2009-2013	High1
2013-2015	Daemyung Sangmu
2015-2016	High1
since 2016	Daemyung Killer Whales

Korean spelling
Hangeul	오현호
Revised Romanization	O Hyeon-ho
McCune- Reischauer	O Hyŏnho
See also : Korean name

Oh Hyon-ho (born October 29, 1986 in Seoul ) is a South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Daemyung Killer Whales from Incheon in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2016 .

Career

Oh Hyon-ho started his career as a hockey player on the Kyung-gi High School team . From 2005 he played for the team at Yonsei University . In 2009 he moved to High1 in the Asia League Ice Hockey . After four years with the professional team from Chuncheon, he moved to Daemyung Sangmu , the newly formed third South Korean team in the Asia League Ice Hockey, where he was on the ice for two years. In 2015 he returned to High1, but switched to the newly founded Daemyung Killer Whales from Incheon in 2016 .

International

For South Korea Oh Hyon-ho took part in the 2004 U18 World Cup in Division I and the 2006 U20 World Cup in Division II.

Oh made his debut in the South Korean men's team at the 2008 Division I World Cup . In 2010 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 he also represented South Korea in Division I. At the 2018 World Cup , he played with South Korea in the top division for the first time.

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 . At the 2018 Winter Games in his own country, he then played for the first time in an Olympic final. At the Winter Asian Games 2007 he won the bronze medal with the East Asians behind Japan and Kazakhstan . At the Winter Asian Games 2017 he finished second with the South Koreans behind Kazakhstan.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 bronze medal at the Winter Asian Games
• 2012 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2015 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship of Division I, Group B
• 2017 silver medal at the Asian Winter Games
• 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
Regular season	8th	279	25th	71	96	308
Playoffs	2	7th	1	2	3	2

(Status: end of the 2018/19 season)

Web links

• Oh Hyon-ho at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Oh is the family name here, Hyon-ho is the first name.