China and its mostly foreign-born men's hockey players looked ahead to their next game after the country's unusual project to field an Olympic team from scratch got off to a difficult start.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) reaffirmed Tuesday that the Chinese men's ice hockey team would compete in the 2022 Beijing Olympics after concerns that it would be outclassed to an ...

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 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) – About two months before the Beijing Olympics were due to open alarm bells were going off at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) headquarters. It had become clear a ...

When Chris Chelios and the U.S. went on a run to the Olympic final in 2002, son Jake was front and center in Salt Lake City, dreaming of one day following in his father's footsteps.

The fate of China’s participation could be decided as early as next week in Zurich at a board meeting of the governing body, the International Ice Hockey Federation.

China made its Olympics debut in men’s ice hockey, but it’s not clear if the outmatched team consisting mostly of foreign players is kindling a passion for the sport in the country Matt Slocum ...

China will take part in the Olympic men's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Games despite concerns that the host nation will be embarrassed competitively by established hockey nations.

China will take part in the men's hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition.

Despite the lack of Olympic mania for the team that has greeted stars like freestyle skier Eileen Gu, sports historians say not to discount ice hockey’s long-term prospects in China, where a ...