Ice hockey’s governing body on Tuesday finally put to rest lingering questions about whether China’s woeful team would be allowed to play in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament, confirming ...

The ice hockey federation has been in discussion with China for several years about the quality of its team, and some officials had suggested the country take advantage of dual nationality rules ...

Team China players react during the men's ice hockey preliminary round Group A match between Team China and Team United States at the Beijing 2022. (Wang Xianmin/CHINASPORTS/VCG via Getty Images) ...

China will take part in the Olympic men's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Games despite concerns that the host nation will be embarrassed competitively by established hockey nations.

International hockey officials are hoping to avoid a Humiliation On Ice when the Chinese men’s national team debuts at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

REUTERS/Tingshu Wang The status of China’s men’s ice hockey team for the Beijing 2022 Games appears to be in serious doubt, a developing situation that is being closely evaluated.

While China’s men’s team has been spared being dropped from the Olympic hockey tournament for its “insufficient sporting standard,” it’s still likely to take several unsightly beatings ...

It's a motley crew of career hockey players -- most of which are from North America -- who made a very real commitment to be part of China's journey to the ice in Beijing.

REUTERS/Tingshu Wang China has no professional league, and Chu’s favourite team is the Pittsburgh Penguins of North America’s National Hockey League (NHL), the world’s premier ice hockey league.

Five months before Beijing 2022, China’s ice hockey team to rely on naturalized North Americans to be competitive China will be the lowest-ranked team, by far, to have ever participated at an ...

However, the national ice hockey team is still hard pressed to find professional-standard players who have the passion and resolve to compete in 2022.

There had been concerns about how host China would fare against NHL-stocked teams, but the International Ice Hockey Federation says it can play.