Zhang Cheng

Zhang Cheng
Date of birth	December 29, 1994
size	172 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2009–2012	Qiqihar
2012-2017	China Dragon
since 2017	Qiqihar

Zhang Cheng ( Chinese  张 诚 , Pinyin Zhāng Chéng ; born December 29, 1994 ) is a Chinese ice hockey player who has been playing for the amateur team from Qiqihar again since 2017 .

Career

Zhang Cheng began his career as a hockey player on the Qiqihar amateur team , with which he won the 2010 Chinese Ice Hockey League . From 2012 to 2017 he played for China Dragon , then the only professional team in the country with whom he played in the multinational Asia League ice hockey . When the team was disbanded in 2017, he returned to Qiqihar.

International

For China , Zhang Cheng competed in the junior division at the 2010 U18 World Championships in Division III and 2011 and 2012, and the 2011 and 2014 U20 World Championships in Division II and 2012 , when he was named the best striker of the tournament, and 2013 in the Division III part. At the U18 World Cup in 2012 and the U20 World Cup in 2014, he not only acted as the team captain of the team from China, but was also voted the best player on his team. He was also on the ice for his colors at the IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia in 2012 .

In the senior division, the striker was part of China's squad at the Division II World Championships in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 . He also represented his colors at the Winter Asian Games 2017 and in the Olympic qualification for the Games in Pyeongchang 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Promotion to Division II at the U18 World Championship Division III, Group A.
• 2010 Chinese champion with the team from Qiqihar
• 2012 Best striker at the U20 World Cup in Division III
• 2013 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the U20 World Championship Division III
• 2015 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Cup Division II, Group B
• 2017 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Cup Division II, Group B

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	147	15th	12	27	323
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Zhang Cheng at eliteprospects.com (English)

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