Zuo Tianyou

Zuo Tianyou
Date of birth	July 7, 1997
place of birth	Harbin , People's Republic of China
size	174 cm
Weight	68 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2012-2014	Beijing Ice Hockey
2014-2015	Chengde
2016-2018	Hampton Roads Whalers
since 2018	KRS-ORG Beijing

Zuo Tianyou ( Chinese  左 天佑 , Pinyin Zuǒ Tiānyòu ; born July 7, 1995 ) is a Chinese ice hockey player who has been under contract with KRS-ORG Beijing in the Russian Wysschaja Hockey League since 2018 .

Career

Zuo Tianyou began his career as an ice hockey player with Beijing Ice Hockey, where he made his debut in the Chinese ice hockey league at the age of 15 . After two years, he moved to the team from Chengde in 2014 . From 2016 to 2018 he played in the United States for the Hampton Roads Whalers in the United States Premier Hockey League, which he won with his team in 2018. He was then signed by KRS-ORG Beijing , the Kunlun Red Star farm team founded in 2017 as KRS Heilongjiang , from the multinational Wysschaja Hockey League .

International

For China, Zuo Tianyou took part in the junior division at the U18 World Championships in 2013 , when he became the tournament's top scorer and thus made a decisive contribution to the promotion of his team, in Division III and in 2014 in Division II and in the U20 World Championships in Division II in 2014 and the Division III 2015 , when he was the best assists and after his compatriots Liu Qing and Li Hang, the third best scorer of the tournament. He also represented his colors at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain .

The attacker made his debut for the men's national team at the World Cup of Division II in 2018 when he scored the 1-0 opening goal in a 5-2 win over Belgium .

Achievements and Awards

• 2013 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the U18 World Championship of Division III, Group A.
• 2013 top scorer at the U18 World Cup in Division III, Group A.
• 2015 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the U20 World Championship Division III
• 2015 Most assists in the U20 World Cup in Division III
• 2018 United States Premier Hockey League win with the Hampton Roads Whalers

Web links

• Zuo Tianyou at eliteprospects.com (English)

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