Gürkan Çetinkaya

Gürkan Çetinkaya
Born (1987-12-04) December 4, 1987
Gölcük, Kocaeli Province, Turkey
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
TBHSL team
Former teams		 İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK
2003–2012 Kocaeli BB Kağıtspor
National team  Turkey
Playing career 2003–present

Gürkan Çetinkaya (born on December 4, 1987) is a Turkish ice hockey player. The 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall defenceman at 78 kg (172 lb) shoots left-handed.[1] Currently, he plays in the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League for İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK and is a member of the Turkey men's national ice hockey team. He was educated at the Kocaeli University.[2]

Playing career

Club

He played for Kocaeli BB Kağıtspor,[3][4] before he transferred to İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK in December 2012.[1]

International

Çetinkaya participated at the 2011 Winter Universiade held in Erzurum.[2] He was part of the national team at the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division III played in Erzurum, Turkey, which finished the tournament at top and advanced to the Division II. He scored one goal in the match against Mongolia.[5][6] HÇetinkaya played at the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division II B Tournament held in İzmit, Turkey and netted a goal against Israel.[7] He takes part at the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B Tournament matches in Jaca, Spain.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi" (in Turkish). Euro Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  2. 1 2 "Sporcular-Gürkan Çetinkaya" (in Turkish). Universiade Erzurum. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  3. ↑ "Kağıtsporlu 17 Buz Hokeyci Milli Takımda" (in Turkish). Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi. 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  4. ↑ "Genç hokeyciye, sürpriz doğum günü" (in Turkish). Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Buz hokeyinde klasman şampiyonu olduk". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Ice Hockey World Championship Div III Round Robin - Game 6" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Ice Hockey World Championship Div II Group B Round Robin - Game 6" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  8. ↑ "Ice Hockey World Championship Div II Group B Round Robin - Game 4" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
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