Matt Dalton (born July 4, 1986) is a Canadian–South Korean professional

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for

HL Anyang HL Anyang () is a professional ice hockey team based in Anyang in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is one of the founding and current members of the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH). Formed in 1994, it is the oldest professional ice hockey team in Sout ...

of the

Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey ( ja, アジアリーグアイスホッケー; ko, 아시아리그 아이스하키) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and ...

(ALIH) and the

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Career

Dalton played college hockey at

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. On April 22, 2009, he was signed as a free agent by the

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. Dalton made his

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

(KHL) debut with

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on August 14, 2011, and allowed one goal in a 3–1 win over

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. Dalton played in the KB Euro Ice Hockey Challenge as the starting goaltender for the South Korean national team.

Awards and honours

Junior

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Most Valuable Player – 2005–06 * NAHL First All-Star Team – 2005–06 * NAHL All-Rookie First Team – 2005–06 * NAHL Best GAA (1.63) – 2005–06 * NAHL Best Save Percentage (.940) – 2005–06

College

* CHA champion – 2008–09 * All-CHA Second Team – 2008–09 * NCAA (CHA) All-Tournament Team – 2008–09 * NCAA (CHA) Second All-Star Team – 2008–09

Professional

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Goaltender of the Week – February 14, 2011 – February 20, 2011 *

Nadezhda Cup The Nadezhda Cup (russian: Кубок Надежды; en, Hope Cup) is a trophy in the Kontinental Hockey League that was first awarded during the 2012-13 KHL season. Participants in the Nadezhda Cup are all KHL teams that did not qualify for the ...

Best Goaltender – 2013–14 *

(ALIH) champion – 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18,

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* ALIH Best Goaltender – 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18 * ALIH First Team – 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18 * ALIH Playoff MVP – 2015–16, 2016–17

International

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Group A silver medal –

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* IIHF World Championship Division I Group A bronze medal –

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* IIHF World Championship Division I Group A Best Goaltender – 2019 * IIHF World Championship Division I Group A All-Star team – 2019

References

External links

* 1986 births Living people Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey players Canadian emigrants to South Korea Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Des Moines Buccaneers players HC Vityaz players HL Anyang players Ice hockey people from Ontario Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Naturalized citizens of South Korea Olympic ice hockey players for South Korea Providence Bruins players Reading Royals players South Korean ice hockey goaltenders {{SouthKorea-icehockey-bio-stub