Wang Dahai

Wang Dahai
Date of birth	June 18, 1976
size	184 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1997-2007	Harbin (2006/07 = Hosa)
2007–2012	China Dragon (until 2009 = China Sharks)

Wang Dahai ( Chinese  王大海 , Pinyin Wáng Dàhǎi ; born June 18, 1976 ) is a former Chinese ice hockey player and current coach, who was last under contract with China Dragon in the Asia League Ice Hockey until 2012 .

Career

Wang Dahai began his career as a hockey player in the local hockey team in Harbin, for which he played in the Chinese ice hockey league from 1997 . From 2004 he played with the team, which has called itself Hosa Ice Hockey Team since 2006 , in the Asia League Ice Hockey . In 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005 he became Chinese champions with the team. In 2007, Hosa joined forces with Changchun Fu'ao , the second Chinese team in the Asia League, to form the China Sharks , for which Wang then played and who renamed themselves China Dragon in 2009 . There he ended his active career in 2012.

International

For China , Wang was initially on the squad for the C-World Championships in 1998 , 1999 and 2000 . After the conversion to the current division system, the defender played at the World Championships in Division I in 2001 , 2002 , 2005 and 2007 as well as in Division II in 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 and 2012 . He also represented his colors in the Olympic qualification for the Winter Games in Turin 2006 .

Coaching career

Before the end of his active career, Wang was the assistant coach of the Chinese U20 team at the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia . After taking care of the U18 team from China as assistant coach at the World Cup in Division III in 2013 , he also held the same position for the men's national team in Division II in 2013 and 2016 .

At the club level, Wang was assistant coach at China Dragon in the Asia League Ice Hockey from 2012 to 2014 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 Chinese champion with the team from Harbin
• 2000 Promotion to Division I at the C World Championship III
• 2002 Chinese champion with the team from Harbin
• 2003 Chinese champion with the team from Harbin
• 2004 Promotion to Division I at the World Cup Division II, Group A.
• 2005 Chinese champion with the team from Harbin
• 2006 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2013 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the U18 World Championship Division III, Group A (as assistant coach)

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	8th	249	25th	62	87	379
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Wang Dahai at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Wang is the family name here, Dahai is the first name.