Toshiyuki Sakai

Toshiyuki Sakai
Date of birth	3rd September 1964
place of birth	Tomakomai , Japan
size	184 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1988-2003	Kokudo Ice Hockey Team

Toshiyuki Sakai ( Japanese 坂 井 寿 如 , Sakai Toshiyuki ; born September 3, 1964 in Tomakomai , Hokkaidō ) is a former Japanese ice hockey player .

Career

Toshiyuki Sakai spent his entire career as a hockey player with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team , for which he was active in the Japan Ice Hockey League from 1988 to 2003 . With his team he won the Japanese championship title nine times (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003). He then ended his career at the age of 38.

International

For Japan , Sakai took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . In addition, he was in his country's squad at the C-World Cup in 1987 , the B-World Cup in 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 and 1993, and at the A-World Cup in 2002 .

Achievements and Awards

1989 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 1992 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 1993 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 1995 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 1998 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team

1999 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 2001 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 2002 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team 2003 Japanese champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team

Web links

• Toshiyuki Sakai at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Toshiyuki Sakai in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )