Yin Kai

Yin Kai
Date of birth	November 8, 1976
size	178 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-2007	Harbin / Hosa
2007-2010	China Sharks / China Dragon

Yin Kai ( Chinese  尹 凯 , Pinyin Yǐn Kǎi ; born November 8, 1976 ) is a former Chinese ice hockey player who played, among other things, with China Dragon in the Asia League Ice Hockey .

Career

Yin Kai began his career as an ice hockey player with the regional team in Harbin, for which he competed in the Chinese ice hockey league since 1996 and was national champion there in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005. Since 2005 he has played with the team that was renamed Hosa Ice Hockey Team in 2006 in the Asia League Ice Hockey . When his team merged with the Beijing team Changchun Fuao , Fu also received a contract for the fusion product China Sharks in Shanghai . He also played there after the team was renamed China Dragon until he retired in 2010.

International

Yin first took part in the C-World Championships in 1997 , 1998 , 1999 and 2000 for China . After switching to the current division system, he played at the World Championships in Division I in 2001 , 2002 and 2007 and in Division II in 2004 , 2006 and 2010 . He also represented his colors in the Olympic qualification for the 2006 Winter Games in Turin .

At the U20 World Cup , he was assistant coach of the Chinese team in Division II.

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 Chinese champion with the team from Harbin
• 2000 Promotion to Division I at the C World Championship
• 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

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	135	7th	9	16	329
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2009/10 season)

Web links

• Yin Kai at eliteprospects.com (English)

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