Anyways, I don't see hockey ever getting big enough here to produce NHL players to be honest. Lack of interest. Lack of money (yes, there is a growing middle class but we are still talking about people making RMB not dollars - 1 dollar = 6.5rmb or so. After buying a stick and gloves on a middle-classish Chinese salary I will tell you that there is no way I could put a kid through hockey with all equipment, icetime, and travel costs)
Call me crazy but in 20 years' time I think we could see the first Chinese-trained player being drafted in the NHL. Maybe I'm too optimistic, but how would you see the future of Chinese hockey?
Don't be so sensitive.
Chinese Canadians yes. I'm surprised there aren't many Chinese Canadians in the NHL, Chinese is the 3rd most spoken language in Canada after English and French. Canada in many ways is a Chinese country, much like the US is a Black country.
A real Chinese from China? Probably never. Hockey has zero presence in Asia, I mean zero.
The Chinese have no interest in hockey whatsoever (the exceptions are inconsequential).
This is applicable to the Chinese in North America as well. I've met enough Chinese to realize the interest in hockey mostly extends to gambling (i.e. playing Pro-Line).
Any genuine interest in pro sports is mostly basketball and soccer.
The Chinese have no interest in hockey whatsoever (the exceptions are inconsequential).
This is applicable to the Chinese in North America as well. I've met enough Chinese to realize the interest in hockey mostly extends to gambling (i.e. playing Pro-Line).
Any genuine interest in pro sports is mostly basketball and soccer.
To give you some idea how far they've fallen: in 1981 they beat Denmark 5-1, Great Britain 12-2, France 10-3. The next year they beat Norway 4-2, tied Switzerland & beat the Netherlands 8-3 (one year after they were in the A pool). In the past couple of years, however, they've lost to the likes of Iceland, New Zealand & Estonia (15-0 & 16-3!)
http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/uploads/China__All_Time_Results.pdf
Even more than all those indian languages I have to listen to all the time?
Canada is now an INIDAN country
True.
I heard Vancouver has so many Sikhs that parts of it look like you're in India! Or Punjab to be more specific!
Hey, those crowds at Rogers Arena are always pretty diverse.
I see almost no Chinese people at Canucks games. Lots of Indians.
The demos are completely different inside and outside the rink.
I see almost no Chinese people at Canucks games. Lots of Indians.
The demos are completely different inside and outside the rink.
I see almost no Chinese people at Canucks games. Lots of Indians.
The demos are completely different inside and outside the rink.