Shin Sang-woo

Shin Sang-woo
Date of birth	December 12, 1987
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	175 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2004-2005	Gwang Seon High School
2005-2009	Korea University
2009-2013	Anyang Halla
2013-2015	Daemyung Sangmu
since 2015	Anyang Halla

Korean spelling
Hangeul	신상우
Revised Romanization	Shin Sang-u
McCune- Reischauer	Shin Sangu
See also : Korean name

Shin Sang-woo (born December 12, 1987 in Seoul ) is a South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2015 .

Career

Shin Sang-woo began his career as a hockey player on the Gwang Seon High School team . At the age of 17, he moved to Korea University for four years . There 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. From 2013 to 2015 he played for Daemyung Sangmu , the newly formed third South Korean team in the Asia League Ice Hockey, then he returned to Anyang Halla and was able to win the Asia League title again with the club in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

International

For South Korea, Shin Sang-woo already took part in Division II of the U18 World Cup in 2005 .

For the men's national team he was nominated for the first time in Division I of the 2008 World Cup . Also in 2011 and 2012 Shin represented his country again at the World Championships of Division I. After the promotion by a 3-2 against hosts Poland , here Shin managed the goal to equalize 2-2 at the beginning of the second third, he played with South Korea at the following World Championship in 2013 for the first time in the A group of Division I, where he also competed at the World Championships in 2016 and 2017 , when the East Asians were promoted to the top division for the first time. He played there in 2018 , but couldn't keep relegation with his team.

At the Winter Asian Games 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 took part with the South Korean team in November 2012 in the qualifying tournament for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . He also played at the 2018 Winter Olympics in his own country.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2011 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2016 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2017 win the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2018 win the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla

International

• 2011 bronze medal at the Winter Asian Games
• 2012 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship 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	9	289	93	136	229	140
Playoffs	7th	42	10	18th	28	12

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

family

His six-year-old brother Shin Sang-hoon is also a South Korean national ice hockey player and is also under contract with Anyang Halla .

Web links

• Shin Sang-woo at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Shin is the family name here, Sang-woo is the first name.