Sena Suzuki
Sena Suzuki | |||
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Born |
Hokkaido, Japan | 4 August 1991||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
CWHL team | Toronto Furies | ||
National team | Japan | ||
Playing career | 2008–present |
Sena Suzuki (鈴木 世奈, Suzuki Sena, born 4 August 1991) is a Japanese ice hockey player for the (now defunct) Toronto Furies and the Japanese national team. She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship.[1] Prior to playing with the CWHL's Toronto Furies, Sena played for the Seibu Princess Rabbits.
Suzuki competed at both the 2014 and the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]
Playing career
CWHL
In 2015, Suzuki was drafted in the 8th Round of the 2015 CWHL Draft by the Toronto Furies. She scored her 1st goal with the Furies on 6 December 2015, against the Calgary Inferno.[3] The goal ended up being the game winner for Toronto. The historic goal for Suzuki came two days after she was named to play in the 2nd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game.[4] Suzuki made history as the first international player (born outside of Canada and United States) to participate in the CWHL All-Star Game.
References
- ^ 2015 IIHF World Championship roster Archived 3 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sena Suzuki". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "SPORTSNET WEEKEND WRAP-UP: DEC. 5 & 6". thecwhl.com. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ @CWHLToronto (15 December 2015). "Last Sunday, Sena Suzuki scored her 1st pro goal w/ Furies. Jan. 23rd, she will be 1st Japanese player in @TheCWHL All Star Game. Vote Sena!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Japanese women's ice hockey defencemen
- Olympic ice hockey players of Japan
- Sportspeople from Hokkaido
- Toronto Furies players
- Universiade bronze medalists for Japan
- Universiade medalists in ice hockey
- Asian Games medalists in ice hockey
- Ice hockey players at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
- Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Japanese ice hockey biography stubs