Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[hckošice 15,044]

A couple of our players had, according to very-brief informations from our federation, positive tests in the previous week...even in a hockey crazy country like the one I live in, it is absolutely impossible to find out which one...it looks like some national secret... need some James Bond help here to find more info

 

The only we know, is it is not from players from CZE and SVK leagues

(because they are still playing, CZE league has even a full match round schedulled the 2nd February and their clubs refuse to release players before...despite our and Latvian federation daily neverending demands and appeals lol)

and it is not Marek Hrivík neither since the guy was Monday at the Presidential Palace making the Pre-Olympic oath...

 

so by deductions a la Miss Marple, the positive one(s) should be player(s) from KHL and I can bet that it must be the 2 guys from Dinamo Minsk (Libor Hudáček & Patrik Rybár) since D. Minsk revealed a week ago they had 12 positive cases before their last KHL match...

 

However if especially those two would not be allowed to go to Beijing...this would be a disaster, losing any name from KHL is already a huge problem for us, but the 2 named guys would be even worse

 

Anyway our federation just briefly stated (Once again it was last weekend), they hope the positive one will have enough negative tests at time to be able to fly to China and if not we will have to call for player(s) from the reserve squad

[NearPup 3,122]

Team China

 

Goalies

Jieruimi Shimisi

Ouban Yongli

Han Pengfei

 

Defenders

Ruian Sipulaoer

Jieke Kailiaosi

Dannisi Aoxibofu

Liu Jie

Fu Jiang

Yuan Junjie

Zheng Enlai

Zhang Pengfei

Chen Zimeng

Yang Ruinan

 

Forwards

Fu Shuai

Luo Jia

Jian An

Ye Jinguang

Wang Taile

Wei Ruike

Ying Rudi

Yan Juncheng

Zhang Zesen

Zhong Wei

Xiang Xudong

Guo Jianing

 

Lots of changes from the original list. Most of these players are totally unknown, brand new players that China has discovered in the past few days.

 

(Naturalizing foreign players I get, but making them all change their names is just too funny)

[Jan Linha 590]

Artem Anisimov tests covid positive ......

 

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/26/artem-anisimov-covid-coronavirus-russia-olympics-hockey/

[hckošice 15,044]

 

This just surpassed all my expectations.

 

so just a small help to avoid confussions while watching their matches

 

Goalies

Jieruimi Shimisi  was 2 days ago named Jeremy Smith

Ouban Yongli  born as  Paris O´Brien

Han Pengfei  (born Chinese #1)

 

Defenders

Ruian Sipulaoer  born as  Ryan Sproul

Jieke Kailiaosi   born as  Jack Chelios

Dannisi Aoxibofu  my favorite one  born as  Denis Osipov

Liu Jie   born as  Jason Fram

Zheng Enlai   born as Ty Schultz

Zhang Pengfei  (born Chinese #2)

Chen Zimeng  (born Chinese #3)

Yan Ruinan (born Chinese #4)

Yuan Junjie born as  Zach Yuen  (Chinese Heritage #1)

 

Forwards

Fu Jiang   born as  Spencer Foo (Chinese Heritage #2)

Fu Shuai born as  Parker Foo (Chinese Heritage #3)

Luo Jia  born as Luke Lockhart

Jian An  born as Cory Kane

Ye Jinguang  born as  Brandon Rip (Chinese Heritage #4)

Wang Taile  born as  Taylor Wong (Chinese Heritage #5)

Wei Ruike  born as Ethan Werek

Rudi Ying   (born Chinese #5)  - Best (at least most talented) Chinese-born Ice Hockey Player ever

Yan Juncheng  (born Chinese #6)

Zhang Zesen  (born Chinese #7)

Zhong Wei  born as Peter Zhong (Chinese Heritage #6)

Xiang Xudong  (born Chinese #8)

Guo Jianing  (born Chinese #9)

 

 

[Vic Liu 1,686]

  On 1/27/2022 at 11:15 AM, hckošice said:

 

This just surpassed all my expectations.

 

so just a small help to avoid confussions while watching their matches

 

Goalies

Jieruimi Shimisi  was 2 days ago named Jeremy Smith

Ouban Yongli  born as  Paris O´Brien

Han Pengfei  (born Chinese #1)

 

Defenders

Ruian Sipulaoer  born as  Ryan Sproul

Jieke Kailiaosi   born as  Zach Yuen  (Chinese Heritage #1)

Dannisi Aoxibofu  my favorite one  born as  Denis Osipov

Liu Jie   born as  Jason Fram

Zheng Enlai   born as Ty Schultz

Zhang Pengfei  (born Chinese #2)

Chen Zimeng  (born Chinese #3)

Yan Ruinan (born Chinese #4)

Yuan Junjie (born Chinese #5)

 

Forwards

Fu Jiang   born as  Spencer Foo (Chinese Heritage #2)

Fu Shuai born as  Parker Foo (Chinese Heritage #3)

Luo Jia  born as Luke Lockhart

Jian An  born as Cory Kane

Ye Jinguang  born as  Brandon Rip (Chinese Heritage #4)

Wang Taile  born as  Taylor Wong (Chinese Heritage #5)

Wei Ruike  born as Ethan Werek

Rudi Ying   (born Chinese #6)  - Best (at least most talented) Chinese-born Ice Hockey Player ever

Yan Juncheng  (born Chinese #7)

Zhang Zesen  (born Chinese #8)

Zhong Wei  born as Peter Zhong (Chinese Heritage #6)

Xiang Xudong  (born Chinese #9)

Guo Jianing  (born Chinese #10)

 

 

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Quite accurate!

[hckošice 15,044]

  On 1/27/2022 at 11:22 AM, Vic Liu said:

Quite accurate!

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but do you know what happened to Jake Chelios ? He is not anymore in the list, even if he was basically assured to be there. Injury ? Covid ? or did he decided to retire from the team ? Can not find any info.

 

This may hurt your team a lot since he was clearly the top name of the team

[Vic Liu 1,686]

  On 1/27/2022 at 11:26 AM, hckošice said:

but do you know what happened to Jake Chelios ? He is not anymore in the list, even if he was basically assured to be there. Injury ? Covid ? or did he decided to retire from the team ? Can not find any info.

 

This may hurt your team a lot since he was clearly the top name of the team

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Oh there is one mistake. Jieke Kailiaosi refers to Jake Chelios. Yuan Junjie refers to Zach Yuen.

[hckošice 15,044]

  On 1/27/2022 at 11:31 AM, Vic Liu said:

Oh there is one mistake. Jieke Kailiaosi refers to Jake Chelios. Yuan Junjie refers to Zach Yuen.

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Ah ok, seems logic haha my bad, I was comparing them from the stats here https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/14596/china and I mixed them

 

Thanks

[phelps 7,757]

  On 1/27/2022 at 11:15 AM, hckošice said:

 

This just surpassed all my expectations.

 

so just a small help to avoid confussions while watching their matches

 

Goalies

Jieruimi Shimisi  was 2 days ago named Jeremy Smith

Ouban Yongli  born as  Paris O´Brien

Han Pengfei  (born Chinese #1)

 

Defenders

Ruian Sipulaoer  born as  Ryan Sproul

Jieke Kailiaosi   born as  Jack Chelios

Dannisi Aoxibofu  my favorite one  born as  Denis Osipov

Liu Jie   born as  Jason Fram

Zheng Enlai   born as Ty Schultz

Zhang Pengfei  (born Chinese #2)

Chen Zimeng  (born Chinese #3)

Yan Ruinan (born Chinese #4)

Yuan Junjie born as  Zach Yuen  (Chinese Heritage #1)

 

Forwards

Fu Jiang   born as  Spencer Foo (Chinese Heritage #2)

Fu Shuai born as  Parker Foo (Chinese Heritage #3)

Luo Jia  born as Luke Lockhart

Jian An  born as Cory Kane

Ye Jinguang  born as  Brandon Rip (Chinese Heritage #4)

Wang Taile  born as  Taylor Wong (Chinese Heritage #5)

Wei Ruike  born as Ethan Werek

Rudi Ying   (born Chinese #5)  - Best (at least most talented) Chinese-born Ice Hockey Player ever

Yan Juncheng  (born Chinese #6)

Zhang Zesen  (born Chinese #7)

Zhong Wei  born as Peter Zhong (Chinese Heritage #6)

Xiang Xudong  (born Chinese #8)

Guo Jianing  (born Chinese #9)

 

 

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poor Brandon...we'll miss you!    

[hckošice 15,044]

First 14 players finally entered the Bratislava bubble today

 

Goalies: Patrik Rybár (Dinamo Minsk), Matej Tomek (Kometa Brno), Defencemen: Šimon Nemec (HK Nitra), Michal Čajkovský (Sibir Novosibirsk), Samuel Kňažko (Seattle Thunderbirds) and  Forwards: Samuel Takáč (HC Slovan Bratislava), Pavol Regenda (HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce), Adrián Holešinský (HK Nitra), Peter Zuzin (HKM Zvolen), Libor Hudáček (Dinamo Minsk), Tomáš Jurčo (Barys Nur-Sultan), Peter Cehlárik (Avangard Omsk), Marek Hrivík (Torpedo Nižnij Novgorod), Juraj Slafkovský (TPS Turku)

 

will be joined tomorrow by other 7 players

 

Defencemen: Mário Grman (HPK Hämeenlinna), Martin Gernát (HC Lausanne), Martin Marinčin (HC Oceláři Třinec) and Forwards: Marko Daňo (HC Oceláři Třinec), Miloš Roman (HC Oceláři Třinec), Michal Krištof (Kometa Brno), Kristián Pospíšil (HC Davos)

 

All after mandatory PCR testing will go into isolation until the result will be known, then they can start the short training camp in Bratislava from tomorrow until Tuesday. The 21 players will then fly Wednesday from Vienna to Istanbul and then from Istanbul to Beijing.

 

Sadly 4 remaining players whom their Czech clubs refused to release before the 2nd February (when they have to play the last Czech league round before the Olympic break Goalie: Branislav Konrád (HC Olomouc), Defencemen: Marek Ďaloga (Kometa Brno), Peter Čerešňák (HC Plzeň) and Forward: Miloš Kelemen (BK Mladá Boleslav) will enter the Bratislava bubble only the 2nd February late evening, when the other players will be already in the plane to Beijing so they will have to pass the PCR testing and isolation and only after a couple of days will be able to travel to Beijing...hopefully they will made it in time until the Monday 7th february...

 

Because yes our federation made a deal with , both teams will play a friendly (test) match somewhere in Beijing Monday 7th february at 12:45 our Time (19:45 Beijing Time) and from Thursday 10th February the tournament will start

 

Still not confirmed if the 6 alternates will fly to China with the team or will stay in Slovakia isolated and ready to go replace eventual covid positive or injured player, the final decision will be revealed on uesday, the day before the departure.