22.12.2021 · The NHL announced that NHL players will not be participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China due to COVID-related concerns impacting the NHL season. This post has thoughts on that and what happens now.
Strict quarantine regulations in China could kill NHL participation in the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympics. The NHL committed earlier this year that they’d be sending players to Beijing, but there was always an opt-out clause available.. And with the Olympic Games just 54 days away, there’s still some uncertainty around whether the players will actually be going.
Players’ performances in a 5-4 overtime loss and a 4-1 defeat were apparently enough to satisfy concerns about how they’ll handle NHL competition in Beijing, making eligibility the only hurdle to China remaining in the Olympics.
22.12.2021 · Players, officials and organizations reacted to the news the National Hockey League (NHL) will not send its players to compete in the men's ice hockey tournament at …
27.6.2015 · SUNRISE, Fla. -- Andong Song became the first Chinese-born player to be selected in the NHL Draft when the New York Islanders chose him Saturday in the sixth round (No. 172). The 6-foot, 161-pound...
Active ; Matt Dumba, Defenceman, Filipino and German · October 5, 2013. (Anaheim Ducks) · 2012-"present": Minnesota Wild ; Spencer Foo, Forward, Chinese and ...
In 1948, Chinese-Canadian hockey player Larry Kowng became the first Asian hockey player to play in the NHL, playing with the New York Rangers in the Montreal ...
China has been an IIHF member since 1963, and its men's team is ranked 32nd among 52 teams in the world. The country of nearly 1.4 billion people has 8,384 players, according to …
That includes Andong Song, who became the first player born in China to be drafted by an NHL team when the New York Islanders chose him in the sixth round (No.