Shin So-jung explained

Birth Date:4 March 1990
Height Cm:165
Weight Kg:70
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Played For:Ice Beat
New York Riveters
St. Francis Xavier
Coached For:St. Francis Xavier
Sex:f
Ntl Team:KOR
Ntl Team 2:COR
Career Start:2010
Career End:2018
Career Start Coach:2019
Hangul:신소정
Rr:Sin Sojeong
Mr:Sin Sojŏng

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).

Playing career

CIS

Shin 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

On 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

As 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Korean goalie Sojung Shin honing her skills at St. Francis Xavier. thechronicleherald.ca. 2014-12-05. 2016-08-10. 2018-02-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180210181512/http://thechronicleherald.ca/sports/1255909-south-korean-goalie-sojung-shin-honing-her-skills-at-st.-francis-xavier. live.
  2. Web site: Shin competing at IIHF World Hockey Championship. St. Francis Xavier Athletics. 2016-03-30. 2016-08-10. 2016-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160916145323/http://www.goxgo.ca/sports/wice/2014-15/releases/2015033096i7e4. live.
  3. Web site: Shin signs with Riveters. NWHL.zone. 2016-07-27. 2016-08-08. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816002638/https://nwhl.zone/sojung-shin-signs-riveters/. 2016-08-16.
  4. Web site: Athlete Profile: CHOI Yujung - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. www.pyeongchang2018.com. 2018-04-15. 2018-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180421103139/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n3040911-choi-yujung.htm. dead.
  5. Web site: Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF. pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. 2018-04-14. 2018-12-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20181229235825/http://pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey/women/news/unified-korean-team. live.
  6. News: 2018-02-14 . Ice hockey: South Korean goalie upset about image ban . en . Reuters . 2023-02-19 . 2022-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220913112203/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-iceh-w-cor-helmet-idUSKCN1FY1NU . live .
  7. Web site: Ayala . Erica . 16 September 2018 . South Korean netminder Sojung Shin says goodbye to hockey, but perhaps not winter sports . The Ice Garden . 27 April 2020 . 21 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211021110708/https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/9/16/17126088/sojung-shin-retires-2018olympics-nwhl-riveters . live .
  8. Web site: IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group B, Best Players Selected By The Directorate. n.d.. 2016-08-10. 2022-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20220913112204/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/281/IHW281000_85I_1_0.pdf. IIHF. live.
  9. Web site: IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group B, Best Players Selected By The Directorate. https://web.archive.org/web/20181231092632/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/338/IHW338000_85I_1_0.pdf. live. 2018-12-31. n.d.. IIHF. 2016-08-10.
  10. Web site: IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group A, Best Players Selected By The Directorate. https://web.archive.org/web/20200907073606/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/378/IHW378000_85I_1_0.pdf. live. September 7, 2020. n.d.. IIHF. 2016-08-15.
  11. Web site: 2014–15 AUS Women's Hockey Awards and All-Stars Announced. Atlantic University Sport. 2015-03-04. 2016-08-10. 2016-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920212203/http://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/sports/wice/2014-15/releases/20150304umetp9. live.

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