Rudi Ying

Rudi Ying
Date of birth	August 16, 1998
place of birth	Beijing , People's Republic of China
size	185 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2012-2013	Boston Junior Bruins
2013-2014	Beijing Ice Hockey
2014-2015	Connecticut Nighthawks Phillips Exeter Academy
2015-2016	Valley junior warriors Toronto Patriots
2016-2017	Kunlun Red Star
2017-2018	KRS Heilongjiang
since 2018	KRS-ORG Beijing

Rudi Ying ( Chinese  英 如 鏑  /  英 如 镝 , Pinyin Yīng Rúdí ; born August 16, 1998 in Beijing ) is a Chinese ice hockey player with US citizenship who has been under contract with Kunlun Red Star in the Continental Hockey League since July 2016 and has been playing in the Wysschaja Hockey League for its farm team KRS-ORG Beijing since 2018 . He is the grandson of Ying Ruocheng .

Career

After learning to play ice hockey in the People's Republic of China , Ying moved to the United States at the age of nine . He returned to China in the summer of 2016 when he signed a two-year contract with the newly formed Kunlun Red Star team from the Continental Hockey League . He had previously been drawn in the GMHL draft by the Bradford Rattlers in the twelfth round as a total of 326th player, but without signing a contract there. He is the first Chinese to sign a KHL contract. In the 2017/18 season he played for KRS Heilongjiang , Kunlun Red Star's second team, in the Wysschaja Hockey League , but was also used in the KRS Junior youth team in the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja League . In 2018 the farm team moved from Heilongjiang Province to Beijing and was renamed KRS-ORG Beijing .

International

On the international stage, Ying represented the People's Republic of China at the U18 World Junior Championships in 2014 , 2015 when he was named the best player of his team, and in 2016 in Group B of Division II and the 2017 U20 World Junior Championships when he was named best striker and leader in all offensive categories was also elected the best player of his team, and in 2018 , when he was both second-best scorer and second-best goalscorer (this together with the Bulgarian Daniel Dilkow behind the Israeli Mark Revniaga ), each in Division III .

For the Chinese men's selection , he played for the first time at the 2017 World Cup , when he was promoted from the B to the A group of Division II.

Achievements and Awards

• 2017 Best striker, top scorer, top scorer, most assists and best plus / minus balance at the U20 World Junior Championship in Division III
• 2017 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Cup Division II, Group B

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2016/17	Kunlun Red Star	KHL		25th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	KRS Heilongjiang	WysHL		42	2	0	2	18th
2017/18	KRS Junior	MHL		6th	1	3	4th	20th
2018/19	KRS-ORG Beijing	WysHL		51	4th	16	20th	79
2018/19	Kunlun Red Star	KHL		2	1	0	1	0
KHL total				27	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented the People's Republic of China at:

U18 World Junior Championship 2014 Division II, Group B U18 World Junior Championship 2015 of Division II, Group B U18 World Junior Championship 2016, Division II, Group B

U20 Junior World Championship 2017 of Division III World Championship 2017 Division II, Group B Division III U20 World Junior Championship 2018 World Championship 2018 Division II, Group A. World Championship 2019 Division II, Group A.

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2014	People's Republic of China	U18 World Championship Div. IIB	5th place		5	5	2	7th	12
2015	People's Republic of China	U18 World Championship Div. IIB	5th place		5	6th	1	7th	12
2016	People's Republic of China	U18 World Championship Div. IIB	6th place		4th	2	1	3	33
2017	People's Republic of China	U20 World Cup Div. III	2nd place		5	9	10	19th	0
2017	People's Republic of China	WM Div. IIB	1st place		5	1	3	4th	18th
2018	People's Republic of China	U20 World Cup Div. III	2nd place		5	8th	6th	14th	4th
2018	People's Republic of China	WM Div. IIA	4th Place		2	0	0	0	2
2019	People's Republic of China	WM Div. IIA	5th place		5	1	2	3	4th
Juniors overall					24	30th	20th	50	61

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Rudi Ying at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sunaya Sapurji: Rudi Ying follows family tradition, opens doors to China through hockey. In: sports.yahoo.com. August 19, 2015, accessed August 8, 2017 .