Park woo-sang

Park woo-sang
Date of birth	May 30, 1985
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	191 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2002-2004	Kyungsung High School
2004-2008	Yonsei University
2008-2011	Anyang Halla
2011–2012	Coventry Blaze
2012-2013	Anyang Halla
2013-2014	Daemyung Sangmu
2014-2019	Anyang Halla

Park Woo-sang (born May 30, 1985 in Seoul ) is a former South Korean ice hockey player who, among other things, played for Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey during his active career .

Career

Park Woo-sang in Anyang Halla's jersey

Korean spelling
Hangeul	박우상
Revised Romanization	Bak U-sang
McCune- Reischauer	Pak Usang
See also : Korean name

Park Woo-sang began his career as a hockey player on the Kyungsung High School team . At the age of 19, he moved to Yonsei University for four years . Through his appearances in the national team, the Anyang Halla , one of the two South Korean teams in the Asia League Ice Hockey , became aware of him. Both in 2010 and 2011 he was able to win the championship with his team. He then moved to the British Elite Ice Hockey League at Coventry Blaze . In 2012 he returned to Anyang Halla, but a year later he switched to Daemyung Sangmu , the newly formed third South Korean team in the Asia League Ice Hockey. Due to his good performance, he was elected to the first team of the Asia League in 2014. Park then went back to Anyang Halla and was able to win the main round of the Asie League in 2015 with his team, which he also led as captain on the ice. The playoff final was then lost against the Tōhoku Free Blades from Japan smoothly with three defeats. A year later they won the Asia League for the third time, when the Russian tram was beaten by HK Sakhalin with a 3-2 winning streak in the playoff finals. In 2017 Park won the Asia League again with Anyang Halla against the same opponent.

International

For South Korea Park Woo-sang took part in the 2003 U-18 World Cup in Division II. After he was noticed in Division II of the U-20 World Cup in 2005 with twelve goals in five games, he was nominated for the subsequent Men's World Cup in 2005 (also Division II) and made his debut there in the senior national team of the Asian country . With the South Koreans, Park managed to jump into Division I at the 2007 World Cup . However, in 2008 Park and the South Korean team suffered immediate relegation. Two years later, Park's team managed to stay in Division I for the first time in the 2010 championships. In 2011 and 2012 , Park again represented his country at the World Championships. After rising 3-2 against hosts Poland , South Korea played for the first time in the A group of Division I at the following World Cup in 2013. He was also active there in 2014 , but had to accept relegation to the B group with his team. At the 2015 World Cup , however, the Asians managed to return to the A group immediately with Park as team captain, where he played again in 2016 and 2017 , when he made his first jump to the top division.

At the Winter Asian Games in 2007 and 2011 , he won the bronze medal with the South Korean team behind Kazakhstan and Japan . At the Winter Asian Games 2017 he finished second with the South Koreans behind Kazakhstan. He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournament for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , in which the South Koreans were directly entitled to participate as hosts.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2011 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2014 First Team of the Asia League Ice Hockey
• 2016 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2017 win the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla

International

• 2007 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2007 bronze medal at the Winter Asian Games
• 2011 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	268	99	180	279	210
Playoffs	6th	40	15th	18th	33	32

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Park Woo-sang at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Park is the family name here, Woo-sang is the first name.