Piggy Bank Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 To those who are correcting his math, i SMH. 1% of 1.367 Billion is 13.67 Million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 KHL chairman Gennady Timchenko and first vice-president of Russian Hockey Federation Roman Roterberg visited China on Nov. 10-11 and discussed support by the KHL specialists in developing hockey in China. Timchenko has said that it is quite possible to have new KHL club from Beijing next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 According to IIHF President Rene Fasel, IIHF is actively working with Chinese officials to set up professional hockey league in China consisting of 8 clubs. Link in Russian: http://rsport.ru/hockey/20151124/881463402.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 The Chinese U-16 team is in my town right now, playing against some of our select teams. I can tell you a few things about them. They are pretty advanced in terms of system play for kids their age. Their skills are good too; they skate well and many of them can rip the puck. On top of that, the kids love the sport and you can tell they are passionate about it and are having a lot of fun playing abroad. I have a feeling Chinese hockey will grow exponentially in the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 There is recent article in the Russian media about the new KHL club in China: http://rsport.ru/hockey/20160317/905300019.html The KHL chairman Gennady Timchenko said that the new club "Kunlun Red Star" from Beijing will be financed entirely by the Chinese side. China is going to prepare hockey national team for Olympic Games and they need to establish the main development club like in Astana (Kazakhstan) and Minsk (Belarus), this is common practice. They found sponsors, prepared budget. The club is set up, the final negotiations with the KHL are taking place. Yesterday the representatives of KHL, Russian Hockey Federation and Chinese club "Kunlun Red Star" have signed memorandum of intentions regarding the Chinese club joining the KHL for 2016-2017 season. P.S. The Kunlun mountains are believed to be a paradise of Taoism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 On 9/16/2015 at 9:01 PM, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: I think it would be &^@#ing hilarious if somehow Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau managed to get teams together and whoop Team China's ass consistently, before, during, and after the 2022 winter games. They do have teams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team What would be hillarious about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 On 2/9/2016 at 10:09 AM, wshdrvvn said: The Chinese U-16 team is in my town right now, playing against some of our select teams. I can tell you a few things about them. They are pretty advanced in terms of system play for kids their age. Their skills are good too; they skate well and many of them can rip the puck. On top of that, the kids love the sport and you can tell they are passionate about it and are having a lot of fun playing abroad. I have a feeling Chinese hockey will grow exponentially in the next few years. i remembering going to the women's Olmypic game where China played the Swiss. They're fast buggers out there. it was like watching a team of Mason Raymonds fly around the ice but not be able to score.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 45 minutes ago, Rocky Balboa said: i remembering going to the women's Olmypic game where China played the Swiss. They're fast buggers out there. it was like watching a team of Mason Raymonds fly around the ice but not be able to score.... yes, that is actually a good description of how the teens played as well haha. I can think of just one hit that they threw in a couple viewings. in one of the warm ups, a kid got drilled right on the ear by an errant wrister from a team mate. the coaches had two other players drag the kid by his skates across the ice to the bench so they could examine him. I found that a bit odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Igor Eronko @IgorEronko Mar 25 Chinese CCTV will show #GagarinCup finals #KHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 From the recent interview with Slava Fetisov http://www.championat.com/hockey/article-246742-fetisov--o-muzee-hokkeja-chm-2016-i-otezde-radulova-v-nhl.html : I visited China just recently and could say that hockey rinks were built everywhere. The Chinese leader said that 300 million people would hit the ice. With their hard work and high organization, I think hockey will grow very fast in China. Obviously this is new opportunity for hockey itself. New financial possibilities. We should realize this and should not consider the Chinese team (in KHL) as something weird. It will be similar to others in terms of some local players and some international ones. I talked to Garry Bettman about this some time ago but he was not interested. I think hockey in China is going to be a serious business and the KHL will be a partner which helps with development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Great. But is the hockey BPA free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Shotgun Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 They are probably already developing hockey stars in sports labs across the country. Once they get it going we might win a world championship every 15 years or so. Kind of like England is basically irrelevant now on the World Cup setting regarding football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 On 5/3/2016 at 9:29 PM, Stierlitz said: From the recent interview with Slava Fetisov http://www.championat.com/hockey/article-246742-fetisov--o-muzee-hokkeja-chm-2016-i-otezde-radulova-v-nhl.html : I visited China just recently and could say that hockey rinks were built everywhere. The Chinese leader said that 300 million people would hit the ice. With their hard work and high organization, I think hockey will grow very fast in China. Obviously this is new opportunity for hockey itself. New financial possibilities. We should realize this and should not consider the Chinese team (in KHL) as something weird. It will be similar to others in terms of some local players and some international ones. I talked to Garry Bettman about this some time ago but he was not interested. I think hockey in China is going to be a serious business and the KHL will be a partner which helps with development. With all the stories of financial distress in the KHL do you think that the Russians are looking for Chinese money? Heard stories of contracts being converted from US$ pay to Russian ruble pay with a consequent hit on player income. Also hearing that KHL players have had to wait for payment and as a result many are looking at Euro teams and the NHL as alternatives. What are you hearing Stierlitz? Enjoy your posts by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 8 hours ago, Boudrias said: With all the stories of financial distress in the KHL do you think that the Russians are looking for Chinese money? Heard stories of contracts being converted from US$ pay to Russian ruble pay with a consequent hit on player income. Also hearing that KHL players have had to wait for payment and as a result many are looking at Euro teams and the NHL as alternatives. What are you hearing Stierlitz? Enjoy your posts by the way. Thanks Boudrias, the same for your posts The KHL is definitely looking for significant amount of money from China in that deal. I read articles that many Russian clubs from the Eastern Conference were not happy with 1-2 new Chinese clubs since that means much more travel for the already huge conference territory-wise. But the KHL obviously needs more investments from the outside. The matter of fact is that revenue for the KHL clubs come mostly not from the tickets but rather from sponsorship agreements with major Russian and international companies, and with current difficult economic situation in Russia due to the low oil, gas prices and sanctions the local investors are not able to put much money into the KHL like before. Now there are some talks about new KHL clubs from South Korea and Japan in near future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 As a ethnic Chinese myself, would love nothing more than the game to be popular in China. As of now, the majority of the population there is not aware nor pays attention to the sport. But I think since they won the bid for the 2022 winter olympic, it would definitely be China's goal to hockey be popular, and i wont be surprised if the NHL players will be allow to compete for the Olympics again by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I could see them putting money into it,but if they fail they won't keep a team and put the money back into sports they know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 On 10/14/2015 at 5:42 AM, iinatcc said: I always thought Japan would be the next logical choice to grow the sport. They do have a national team and the women's team have competed in the Sochi winter Olympics. How? They are too far from the NHL and the Russians don't really like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralus91 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Just saw that Zach Yuen is on the roster for Kunlun Red Star. He's from Vancouver and has dual Canadian/Chinese citizenship. Talk about a perfect fit there. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=37266 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 On 2016-07-08 at 0:26 AM, smokes said: How? They are too far from the NHL and the Russians don't really like them. Hockey is an expensive sport and the GDP per capita in Japan is comparable to Canada/USA. Most families could probably afford to have their kids to play hockey if they wanted, whereas the same can't be said for the average family in China. Japan already have strong sports related infrastructures in place. J-League baseball is considered as "AAAA" baseball, since they're only just below MLB, with lots of players from Japan in the Majors. Their soccer programs are very competitive, with the Women's being heavy favourite in every tournament and with the Men's team dominating the AFC and are regular participants in the World Cup. Hockey almost seems like a logical choice to develop in the country.... constant training to refine your skills, individuals working together in perfect cohesion, utilizing the latest in technology for any competitive advantage, and sacrificing anything for the team to win..... that pretty much sums up the Japanese psyche, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 6 hours ago, Lancaster said: Hockey is an expensive sport and the GDP per capita in Japan is comparable to Canada/USA. Most families could probably afford to have their kids to play hockey if they wanted, whereas the same can't be said for the average family in China. Japan already have strong sports related infrastructures in place. J-League baseball is considered as "AAAA" baseball, since they're only just below MLB, with lots of players from Japan in the Majors. Their soccer programs are very competitive, with the Women's being heavy favourite in every tournament and with the Men's team dominating the AFC and are regular participants in the World Cup. Hockey almost seems like a logical choice to develop in the country.... constant training to refine your skills, individuals working together in perfect cohesion, utilizing the latest in technology for any competitive advantage, and sacrificing anything for the team to win..... that pretty much sums up the Japanese psyche, lol. I live in China and have been here for a while now, trust me, if the kid wants to play hockey, most parents now would have no problem getting the equipment needed. China is not as third world as that Canadians think they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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