Shin So-jung (born March 4, 1990) is a South Korean retired ice hockey goaltender and former member of the South Korean women's national ice hockey team and the Korean Unified women's ice hockey team, currently serving as an assistant coach to the South Korean national team. She was the first Korean to play professional women's ice hockey in North America, as a member of the New York Riveters in the 2016–17 season of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021).
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| Born |
March 4, 1990 Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | |||||||||||||||||||
| Caught | Left | |||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Ice Beat New York Riveters St. Francis Xavier | |||||||||||||||||||
| Current coach | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coached for | St. Francis Xavier | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 South Korea and Korea | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2019–present | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Shin So-jung | |
| Hangul | 신소정 |
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| Revised Romanization | Sin Sojeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Sojŏng |
Playing career
editCIS
editShin played for three seasons with the St. Francis Xavier women's ice hockey program in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. During her seasons with the X-Women, she registered 37 wins, complemented by a 1.46 goals against average, and a save percentage of .944.
In her first season at St. Francis Xavier, she ranked first overall in Atlantic University Sport conference play with a 1.44 goals against average, while her .930 save percentage ranked second.[1]
During the 2014–15 season, Shin led all goaltenders in Canadian Interuniversity Sport play with an .875 winning percentage. In addition, she led all goaltenders in the Atlantic University Sport conference in both save percentage (.949) and goals against average (1.19).[2]
NWHL
editOn July 27, 2016, Shin signed as a free agent with the NWHL’s New York Riveters.[3] She played four games with the Riveters, earning one shutout.
International
editAs a member of the South Korean national women's ice hockey team, Shin has participated in seven IIHF World Championships at the Division II and Division III levels. Over the course of the seven appearances, she has accumulated a goals against average of 1.33 plus a .954 save percentage. In addition, she has participated at two Asian Winter Games, two IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia tournaments, and the qualification round for Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
She was at the 2018 Winter Olympics[4] as part of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both North and South Korea. The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team was in Group B competing against Switzerland, Japan and Sweden.[5][6]
In June 2018, she announced her retirement from hockey.[7]
Awards and honors
edit- Directorate Award, Best Goaltender: 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group B[8]
- Directorate Award, Best Goaltender: 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group B[9]
- Directorate Award, Best Goaltender: 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group A[10]
- 2015 Atlantic University Sport First-Team All-Star[11]
- St. Francis Xavier women's ice hockey Most Valuable Player (2015)
References
edit- ^ "South Korean goalie Sojung Shin honing her skills at St. Francis Xavier". thechronicleherald.ca. 2014-12-05. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "Shin competing at IIHF World Hockey Championship". St. Francis Xavier Athletics. 2016-03-30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "Shin signs with Riveters". NWHL.zone. 2016-07-27. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ^ "Athlete Profile: CHOI Yujung - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ^ "Ice hockey: South Korean goalie upset about image ban". Reuters. 2018-02-14. Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ Ayala, Erica (16 September 2018). "South Korean netminder Sojung Shin says goodbye to hockey, but perhaps not winter sports". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group B, Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. n.d. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group B, Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. n.d. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group A, Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. n.d. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "2014–15 AUS Women's Hockey Awards and All-Stars Announced". Atlantic University Sport. 2015-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Shin So-jung at Olympedia
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