Eom Su-yeon (Korean: 엄수연; born 1 February 2001) is a South Korean ice hockey player and member of the South Korean national team, currently playing with the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of NCAA Division I.

Eom Su-yeon
엄 수연
Eom representing South Korea at the 2017 World Championship Division 2A
Born (2001-02-01) 1 February 2001 (age 23)
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NCAA team
Former teams
St. Lawrence Saints
Ice Avengers
National team  South Korea and
 Korea
Playing career 2017–present

Career

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Korean National Team

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Eom represented South Korea in the ice hockey girl's individual skills challenge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.[1] She qualified for the finals ranked 5th, after finishing in the top 3 each of the Fastest Lap, Shooting Accuracy, and Skating Agility events during the preliminary rounds.[2]

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics[3] 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.[4]

In 2019, she was a member of the inaugural South Korean Women's U18 team that participated in the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in the Group 1B Qualification Tournament.[5] The South Korean team went undefeated en route to winning the gold medal and Eom was named Best Defender of the tournament.[6]

NCAA

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Eom began her college ice hockey career with the St. Lawrence Saints program in the 2021–22 season.[7] After making a midseason switch from playing defence to forward, she scored her first collegiate goal on 4 February 2022 in a 3–0 victory against Princeton University.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Skills Test: 2016 Lillehammer Winter Youth Olympic Games". IIHF.
  2. ^ "2016 Lillehammer Winter Youth Olympic Games: Ice Hockey Women's SKills Challenge Qualifcation" (PDF). IIHF.
  3. ^ "Athlete Profile: Eom Suyeon - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV IBQ: South Korea Team Roster" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ "2019 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV IBQ: Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. ^ "2021-22 Women's Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. ^ Carey, Cap (4 February 2022). "College women's hockey: Eom sparks St. Lawrence past Princeton, 3-0, at Appleton Arena". NNY360. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  9. ^ Burchfield, Caleigh (4 February 2022). "Morgan Records Ninth Career Shutout in 3-0 Win over Princeton". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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