Miyuu Masuhara Explained

Miyuu Masuhara
Birth Date:4 October 2001
Height M:1.57
Weight Kg:50
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
League:WJIHL
Team:DK Peregrine
Sex:f
Ntl Team:JPN

is a Japanese ice hockey goaltender and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing with DK Peregrine in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

Playing career

As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.[1]

Masuhara was a part of the Japanese delegation at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Selected as a reserve player for the women's ice hockey tournament, she did not dress for any games.[2]

She was Japan's starting goaltender at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she maintained a steady 91.48 save percentage across six games and recorded a 61-shot shutout against in the fifth place game.[3] [4]

Masuhara won a silver medal with the Japanese team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Div I – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan . International Ice Hockey Federation (Webarchive) . 2022-09-07 . en . 2016-01-16.
  2. Web site: Montroy . Liz . Japan to stay in Group A with SO win . . 2022-09-07 . en . 2022-09-04.
  3. Web site: Gallagher . Jack . Japan Women Edge Finland in Dramatic Shootout, Finish 5th at World Championship . SportsLook . 2022-09-06 . en . 2022-09-05.
  4. Web site: 2022-09-04. 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan. 2022-09-06. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  5. Web site: Hopkins . Simon . 2023-01-22 . Canada completes sweep of FISU World University Games . 2023-01-23 . The Ice Garden . en.