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 ...

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 Chinese Ice Hockey Association failed in its attempt to develop a homegrown roster over the past few years, so the team’s top players are North American — some with family ties to the country and ...

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 ...

China will be the lowest-ranked team, by far, to have ever participated at an Olympic Games. But the IIHF believes momentum from the Games will help kickstart the development of ice hockey in the ...

Jeremy Smith, from British Columbia, stands in goal for China's men's hockey team. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson. YIP, A 36-YEAR-OLD native of British Columbia, played the last of his 174 NHL games in ...

"Watching a team being beaten 15-0 is not good for anyone, not for China or for ice hockey," he said. The team played two games in Russia's pro league, the KHL, which IIHF officials evaluated.

“Watching a team being beaten, 15-0, is not good for anyone, not for China or for ice hockey,” said Luc Tardif, the International Ice Hockey Federation’s new president.Countries such as ...

When Sun started playing professional ice hockey for the Harbin team in 1998, the sport was at its peak in China. "Back then there were 12 professional teams and competition was fierce," she said.

China had never entered a men’s hockey team in the Olympics before. It was ranked outside the world’s top 30. It had a few years to either develop a competitive team or recruit one.

"Watching a team being beaten 15-0 is not good for anyone, not for China, or for ice hockey," he said, adding that swapping China for Norway, which missed the Olympic cut, was in consideration.

New IIHF president Luc Tardif on Chinese hockey: “They didn’t do their job properly preparing for the competitions”. A final decision on team’s participation at Beijing 2022 will be made ...