Olympics: Team China 2022 Olympics

[Pardus]

Some more details on the team: Eleven Canadians among China's first-ever men's hockey roster - TSN.ca

The article says that China will face Denmark tomorrow in an exhibition game. Any confirmation for that? Streams?

 

[mattihp]

Any guesses on lines?

 

[iginlafan77]

Any guesses on lines?

Here's a couple of Kunlun lineups. Likely similar

 

[1989]

Czech women's team up 3-1 on China. Didn't see the China goal but the Czech are controlling the play but wouldn't say they're outright dominating.

China, Japan, Czech Republic, Sweden and Denmark in Group B. Might not get totally embarrassed as if they played against the US or Canada.

 

[krismunk]

The article says that China will face Denmark tomorrow in an exhibition game. Any confirmation for that? Streams?

Canceled due to covid outbreak in the Danish squad

 

[Namejs]

Canceled due to covid outbreak in the Danish squad

There's another exhibition game planned vs. Latvia a few days later. Any news on that?

 

[krismunk]

There's another exhibition game planned vs. Latvia a few days later. Any news on that?

Nope.

Hopes are it will be played as planned.

 

[Namejs]

Nope.

Hopes are it will be played as planned.

Yeah, the whole tournament is starting to look a little shaky to be honest.

 

[24 others]

So Brandon Yip is called Ye Jinguang now?

This is ridiculous

 

[Riggins]

So Brandon Yip is called Ye Jinguang now?

This is ridiculous

Yip is a Cantonese last name and Ye is the Mandarin equivalent. Jinguang is probably his Chinese given name.

 

[themelkman]

So Brandon Yip is called Ye Jinguang now?

This is ridiculous

Pay a man enough and he will let you call him whatever you want.

 

[iginlafan77]

So Brandon Yip is called Ye Jinguang now?

This is ridiculous

Yip was given the name Jinguang by his Chinese grandmother as a child

 

[24 others]

Yip was given the name Jinguang by his Chinese grandmother as a child

Was he? I never knew. Well, that leaves one less to explain.

 

[lawrence]

The article says that China will face Denmark tomorrow in an exhibition game. Any confirmation for that? Streams?

I streamed it on cbc using vpn though.

 

[lawrence]

Canceled due to covid outbreak in the Danish squad

the game played. 3-1 win. The Chinese out played the Danes for like 75 percent of the game but a great game.

 

[Lartsaman]

As a finn Ryan Sproul´s new name name gives me some laughs. Doesn´t actually mean anything but sounds like some children´s cartoon character.

 

[Flukeshot]

Super cool. I love the idea of adopting Mandarin names for Foreign born players.

 

[Summer Rose]

Yip is a Cantonese last name and Ye is the Mandarin equivalent. Jinguang is probably his Chinese given name.

This is correct. It can also be romanized as Ip or Jip in the Cantonese form, hence the Ip Man martial arts film series. Same family name. Here's the character for it:

Likewise, my Chinese family name is Tan, but that's the Southern Min pronunciation. The Mandarin form is Chen. The Cantonese form is Chan, like, you know, Jackie Chan. Here's the character for my Chinese family name:

Don't believe me? Here's a photo I took of my grandparents' grave last June:

 

[BonMorrison]

So Brandon Yip is called Ye Jinguang now?

This is ridiculous

As A Chinese™, I think this is pretty cool ngl.

 

[vorky]

 

[lawrence]

This is correct. It can also be romanized as Ip or Jip in the Cantonese form, hence the Ip Man martial arts film series. Same family name. Here's the character for it:

Likewise, my Chinese family name is Tan, but that's the Southern Min pronunciation. The Mandarin form is Chen. The Cantonese form is Chan, like, you know, Jackie Chan. Here's the character for my Chinese family name:

Don't believe me? Here's a photo I took of my grandparents' grave last June:

wow.... mine blown, I didn't know Tan another form for Chan. Tan is very popular in Singapore. Just like Lee in Cantonese, in China they will use "Li" in Vietnam they will use Le, and in Korea they will use Lee, and and also use Yi, to represent Lee as in bruce lee's "lee".

 

[Summer Rose]

wow.... mine blown, I didn't know Tan another form for Chan. Tan is very popular in Singapore. Just like Lee in Cantonese, in China they will use "Li" in Vietnam they will use Le, and in Korea they will use Lee, and and also use Yi, to represent Lee as in bruce lee's "lee".

If I recall correctly, Hokkien Chinese are the largest group of the Chinese diaspora residing in Singapore, which is a Southern Min language, so it makes sense that they would use the form Tan for the family name. Speaking of Vietnam, Tran is the form of the family name Tan/Chen/Chan there.

 

[Embryo]

This is a great video about the topic

 

[hypereconomist]

This is a great video about the topic

It wasn't that good of a video. Could have been researched better than just going onto the 2021-22 Kunlun Eliteprospects page.

Plus, a lot of things have changed since the video was released - e.g. no NHLers in the olympics, a number of foreign players leaving the team (either due to not forfeiting their passports or getting exemption from IIHF), team making adjustments with their set roster in place, etc.


Compared to the non-NHL national rosters of the big nations, Team China doesn't stack up too poorly anymore. They have two and a half lines worth of solid pro forwards, two solid pairings of pro dmen, and a decent pro goalie. They won't compete for a medal or anywhere past the quarter-finals, but there probably won't be any blowouts and they might be able to squeak out a win against some of the weaker nations (e.g. Germany, Denmark, Latvia, or Slovakia) if they get enough puck luck

 

[wetcoast]

It wasn't that good of a video. Could have been researched better than just going onto the 2021-22 Kunlun Eliteprospects page.

Plus, a lot of things have changed since the video was released - e.g. no NHLers in the olympics, a number of foreign players leaving the team (either due to not forfeiting their passports or getting exemption from IIHF), team making adjustments with their set roster in place, etc.


Compared to the non-NHL national rosters of the big nations, Team China doesn't stack up too poorly anymore. They have two and a half lines worth of solid pro forwards, two solid d pairings of pro dmen, and a decent pro goalie. They won't compete for a medal or anywhere past the quarter-finals, but there probably won't be any blowouts and they might be able to squeak out a win against some of the weaker nations (e.g. Germany, Denmark, Latvia, or Slovakia) if they get enough puck luck

sure but that sounded like a voice that knew a lot about hockey..well not really.