Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing for the sixth consecutive for the sixth consecutive time for the Russian Women's Ice League to strengthen the practical experience.

China Sports Daily News At 7 pm on September 26, Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Women's Ice Hockey Team will face Bisa at home in the 2022-2023 Russian Women's Ice Hockey League (WHL). In the 6th season, the top vocational league in Europe and the United States has helped China's ice hockey development through the national ministry model.

Players celebrate after winning the championship in the 2021-2022 season

The new season of the young lineup

Compared with the past few seasons, Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Women's Icemuration Team has changed a lot in the new season. On the one hand, there are very few foreign players who have enabled them. Only a few players who have played for the team in the past season stay. At the same time, after the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022, Chinese players in North America also restmedly rest, basically no new season with the team.

The national team captain Yu Baiwei will lead young players to grow as soon as possible

Of course, the team still retains local core players such as Yu Baiwei and Liu Zhixin in the past few seasons. The core lineup of the team. In addition, the team also supplemented young players such as Du Sijia, Qu Le, Zhang Shuqi, Wang Jiaxin, Wang Jinyan, to make plans for the future, and their youngest was just 15 years old.

In the new season, the team's coaching team also changed. Scott Spencer will be the head coach of the team. Scott has the experience of coaching the women's ice hockey team in North America in 16 years. He also works in Beijing and Hong Kong. He has a full understanding of China's ice hockey. The team continues to win more honors.

Fighting professional stadiums are effective

Since its establishment in 2017, Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Ice Hockey Club has been in the European and American professional ice hockey league. First, he participated in the Canadian Women's Ice Hockey (CWHL) for two seasons and once broke into the finals. Since then, I went to the Russian Women's Ice Hockey (WHL), and all broke into the finals in three seasons, and won the championship trophy twice.

Liu Zhixin has accumulated 130 professional league experience

Earlier, China Ice Hockey had lacked actual combat opportunities for a long time, but now, at all times, it is time to train and compete with outstanding players. Through fighting with the strong team, the level of technical and tactical players has been significantly improved. Lindi, Liu Zhixin, Wang Yuting, Lin Qiqi, etc. There are more than 100 professional league players in the Chinese team players, which has enhanced the understanding of ice hockey in the subtle way.

This accumulation has also been rewarded at the competitive level. In the case of the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022, in the absence of strength, the Chinese team defeated Denmark and Japan successively and won the ninth place. In the 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, the Chinese team won the five games. , Return to Group A after a lapse of 11 years, only one step away from the top group. This season, Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Women's Ice Hockey Team will fight the professional league for the sixth consecutive season, and will also help China's ice hockey to continue to improve.

Sword refers to Milan Winter Olympics

In the top 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships in early September, the 10 strongest women's ice hockey national teams dedicated top performances. It can be seen that entering the Milan 2026 Winter Olympics cycle, various national teams have opened the pace of updating. Some veterans gradually faded out, and many countries have selected many young players for training. Obviously, the goal is also for the next few years.

The team is about to get a new season

If the Chinese team wants to obtain the qualifications of Milan's 2026 Winter Olympics, there are two ways: one is to directly rely on the ranking, then it will need to be promoted in the World Championships in the World Championships in 2023, and then in the World Championships in 2024 The top 6 of the top group competitions will enter the Winter Olympics directly; otherwise, you need to get qualifications through the Milan Winter Olympics qualifiers. Such a road to promotion will be more difficult.

In the 2023 World Championships, the A Group A A competition will be held in April next year. After the end of this season, some players in the team will directly represent the national team to fight the World Championships and forge for the Milan Winter Olympics.

Text: Huang Xinhao Liu Ying Figure: Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Ice Hockey Club

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