Kim Ki-sung
Kim Ki -sung (born 14 May 1985 in Seoul) is a South Korean professional ice hockey player who stands since 2013 in Daemyung Sangmu in the Asia League Ice Hockey under contract.
Career
Kim Ki -sung began his career as a hockey player in the team Kyungsung High School. The age of 19, he moved for four years to Yonsei University. The Anyang Halla, one of the two South Korean teams in the Asia League Ice Hockey became aware of him through his appearances in the national team. In both 2010 and 2011, he was with his team win the championship. He subsequently transferred to the U.S. Central Hockey League Tulsa Oilers to. There, however, he did not come into play and only played three times. Consequently, he left the team from Oklahoma after one year and joined in 2012 the Finnish second division HC Keski- Uusimaa. 2013 he returned to South Korea and plays since then for Daemyung Sangmu, the newly formed South Korean third team in the Asia League Ice Hockey.
Internationally
For South Korea, Kim Ki -sung already took part in the U-18 World Cup. After he had noticed in the Division II of the U -20 World Championship in 2005 with eleven goals in five games, he was for the subsequent men's World Cup 2005 ( also Division II) nominated and gave there his debut in the senior team of the Asian country. After his team missed the rise in the following year, although Kim with ten goals in five games played a great tournament, the South Koreans of the South Korean team jump to Division I. Kim and 2008 had, however, succeeded at the 2007 World Cup suffered immediate relegation. But a year later Kim contributed six goals to a rebirth. This time it went better for the Asians, which was achieved by 5-2 in the final game against Croatia, which also includes Kim contributed a goal at the championships in 2010 for the first time the league in Division I. In 2011 and 2012 represented his country Kim again at the World Championships. After climbing through a 3-2 win over hosts Poland South Korea played at the next World Cup in 2013 for the first time in Division IA. There, Kim was with four goals and two assists third-best scorer behind the Kazakhs Startschenko and the Italian Iannone, two players that rose with their teams in the top group in the world championships. He scored two of his four goals in the match against Hungary, that the South Koreans after a 1:4 residue after two -thirds still 5-4 to win after a penalty shootout. He scored the winning penalty.
In the Asian Winter Games in 2007 and 2011, he won with the South Korean team behind each of Kazakhstan and Japan the bronze medal.
Awards and achievements
- 2007 Promotion to Division I at the World Championships Division II with South Korea
- Bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Winter Games in 2007 with South Korea
- 2009 Promotion to Division I at the World Championships Division II with South Korea
- 2010 profit of the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
- 2011 profit of the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
- Bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games in 2011 with South Korea
- 2012 promotion to Division IA in the World Cup of IB Division with South Korea
Asia League statistics
(End of season 2012/ 13)