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The Chinese national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the People's Republic of China. The team is controlled by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
From 2004 to 2017, several men's ice hockey teams based in China played in Asia League Ice Hockey, a professional league made up of teams from Japan, South Korea, and the Russian Far East. In 2015, Andong Song became the first Chinese-national drafted by a National Hockey League (NHL) team, a men's professional league consisting of teams from ...
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An amateur league competition for clubs and independent teams, it was founded in an effort to promote and develop youth and women's ice hockey in China, increase the number of players in the national program pool, and to encourage growth of a viable Chinese ice hockey market via the creation and expansion of programs, clubs, and infrastructure ...
With players from the U.S. and Canada, China's men's hockey team might be the most fascinating (and controversial) team at the Winter Games.
In 2014, Finnish team Jokerit from Helsinki, Lada Togliatti (which previously played in the league), and newly created team HC Sochi joined the league. [12] However, HC Donbass did not play in the league for the 2014–15 season, due to the Russian intervention in Ukraine , but had intended to rejoin later. [ 13 ]
North American players are a big part of China's men's hockey team at the Beijing Olympics, ... the Chinese negotiated to play in Russia’s professional Kontinental Hockey League, losing 39 of 48 ...
International hockey officials are hoping to avoid a Humiliation On Ice when the Chinese men’s national team debuts at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The host nation automatically qualifies for ...