Shin So-jung

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

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).

Shin So-jung
Born	(1990-03-04) March 4, 1990 (age 35) 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
Medal record Representing  South Korea World Championship D2 2012 Korea 2013 Spain 2014 Italy

Shin So-jung
Hangul	신소정
Revised Romanization	Sin Sojeong
McCune–Reischauer	Sin Sojŏng

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 a .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. Throughout the seven appearances, she has accumulated a goals against average of 1.33 plus a .954 save percentage. In addition, she has participated in 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

• 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)