On January 1, 2022, local time, as the 30-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics approached, a youth ice hockey friendly game with the theme of "Together to the Future, Welcome the Beijing Winter Olympics" was held in Toronto, Canada. The picture shows the Toronto Future Star Junior Team players (red and white shirts) composed of Chinese young players fighting in the game.
Chinese and non-Chinese young players pedaled the ice and waved to express their blessings to the Athletes of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Global Winter Olympic Games. The friendly match was hosted by the Canada-China Sports and Culture Exchange Center and the North American Center of the Chinese Ice Hockey Association. The picture shows the Toronto Future Star Junior Team players composed of Chinese young players organizing the attack.
Invited to attend the event, Han Tao, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto (center in the second row), prepares to kick off the game.
Toronto Future Star Junior Team players (red and white shirts) and non-Chinese young players composed of Chinese young players greeted each other after the game. (Photo by Yu Ruidong, reporter of China News Service)