Song Dong-hwan

Song Dong-hwan (born February 4, 1980 in Seoul, South Korea) is a retired professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed "Asian Rocket", he won the scoring title with 31 goals in the 2005-2006 regular season for Asia League Ice Hockey.[1] Song was the first Korean player to do so. Song spent his entire professional career in Asia League Ice Hockey.

In this Korean name, the family name is Song.
Song Dong-hwan
Born (1980-03-09) March 9, 1980
Seoul, South Korea
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Anyang Halla
Nikko Icebucks
High1
National team  South Korea
Playing career 2002–2016

Song was originally drafted by 'Dong-Won Dreams' (the club operation folded in 1998 from IMF Asia crises) 1st overall. He won the Rookie of the year trophy, Best6, 10-10 club. After the Dong-Won Dreams closed their operation, he signed with Anyang Halla in 2003, where he played 3 seasons from 2003 to 2006 before taking a leave of absence from hockey to serve his 2-year mandatory service in the South Korean military. Song returned to hockey in 2008 to play for Anyang Halla for another 3 seasons. Song played a lone season for the Japanese team Nikko Icebucks in 2011-12 before playing his final 4 seasons for Japanese team High1 from 2012 through 2016.

He started playing hockey when he was grade 4, the former Korea University forward won the scoring title and was voted as MVP for 99-00' Korean League. He also led the team to the championship title for 01-02' season.

Career highlights

During a 1998 junior international game against Thailand, Song scored a record 31 goals in Korea's 92-0 victory. This feat was commemorated by the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, where his game jersey was displayed.[2]

99-00' season MVP, Point leader

01-02' Won the Championship title with Korea University

02-03' signed with Dong Won Club, MVP, Best 6

03-04' Signed with Anyang Halla, played in Asia League All Star game (4 Goals), MVP

05-06' 38 games, 31G 31A 62 pts

2006 won the AL scoring

Career statistics
    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Korea University KL 14 18 10 28 - - - - - -
1999-00 Korea University KL 14 22 4 26 - -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Korea University KL 12 12 9 21 - -- -- -- -- --
2001-02 Korea University KL 14 14 3 17 - - - - - -
2002-03 Dong Won KL 14 11 10 21 - - - - - -
2003-04 Anyang Halla ALH 16 10 7 17 4 - - - - -
2004-05 Anyang Halla ALH 42 16 17 33 28 - - - - -
2005-06 Anyang Halla ALH 38 31 31 62 28 4 2 0 2 2
2008-09 Anyang Halla ALH 35 19 26 45 38 7 4 1 5 10
2009-10 Anyang Halla ALH 36 19 17 36 41 8 2 3 5 2
2010-11 Anyang Halla ALH 27 5 12 17 14 3 0 2 2 2
2011-12 Nikko Icebucks ALH 36 17 28 45 8 9 2 5 7 4
2012-13 High1 ALH 37 21 53 74 8 - - - - -
2013-14 High1 ALH 42 14 35 49 10 3 1 1 2 0
ALH Totals 309 152 226 378 163 31 9 12 21 18

References
  1. "2005-2006 Regular season points leaders". ALhockey.com. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  2. http://www.nhl.com/ice/m_news.htm?id=380718
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