Son Ho-sung

Son Ho-sung
Date of birth	November 23, 1982
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	180 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1999-2003	Posing
2004-2007	Kangwon Land
2007-2010 2012-2016	Anyang Halla

Korean spelling
Hangeul	손호성
Hanja	孫浩成
Revised Romanization	Son Ho-seong
McCune- Reischauer	Son Hosŏng
See also : Korean name

Son Ho-sung (born November 23, 1982 in Seoul ) is a former South Korean ice hockey goalkeeper and current coach , who last played until 2016 for the Anyang Halla team in the Asia League Ice Hockey . Since 2016 he has been working as a goalkeeping coach at his ex-club and in the South Korean national team.

Career

Son Ho-sung began his career in the Posung team, for which he played in the South Korean ice hockey league. From 2004 to 2007 he played for Kangwon Land, initially also in the South Korean league and from 2005 in the Asia League ice hockey . With the team he won the Korea Domestic Championship in 2006 and 2007 . He then moved to Anyang Halla , where he - with a two-year career break - played until his retirement in 2016. With Anyang Halla he won the Asia League Ice Hockey in 2010 and 2016.

He then switched to the coaching staff of his ex-club and also looked after the national team at the World Cup of Division IA 2017 as an assistant.

International

On an international level, Son Ho-sung represented his home country in the junior division at the U18 World Cup in 2000 in Asia-Oceania Division 1.

For the men's selection of South Korea , he first took part in the 2002 World Cup in Division I. After the relegation suffered there, he played in 2003 , 2005 , 2006 when he achieved the best conceded goal of the tournament, and in 2007 , when he again had the best conceded goal, and in 2009 , when he again had the best conceded goal and the second best catch rate behind the Belgian Björn Steijlen was also chosen as the best goalkeeper of the tournament, in Division II. In 2008 and 2014 , however, he played again in Division I. In addition, he represented his colors at the Winter Asian Games 2007 , when the bronze medal was won behind Japan and Kazakhstan .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Korea Domestic Championship won with Kangwon Land
• 2007 Korea Domestic Championship won with Kangwon Land
• 2010 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2016 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla

International

• 2006 Best goals against goals against at the World Cup in Division II, Group B
• 2007 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2007 Best goals against goals against at the World Cup in Division II, Group B
• 2007 bronze medal at the Winter Asian Games
• 2009 Promotion to Division I at the World Cup Division II, Group B
• 2009 Best goalkeeper and best counter goal at the World Cup of Division II, Group B
• 2017 Promotion to the top division at the World Cup of Division I, Group A (as assistant coach)

Web links

• Son Ho-sung at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Son is the family name here, Ho-sung is the first name.