On February 3, 2022, the Beijing Winter Olympics ice hockey game began, according to the schedule, some events will be played before the opening ceremony, in the curling mixed doubles round robin, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan won two consecutive wins, winning the Swiss combination and the Australian combination, are the last 1 point win, the first round of the women's ice hockey group stage, The Chinese team lost 1-3 to the Czech Republic, the first game was lost, but the naturalized player Miller scored the first goal.
Beijing Winter Olympics women's ice hockey has 10 teams participating, divided into two groups, the Chinese team in group B, competitors are Sweden, Japan, Czech Republic, Denmark, the favorite to win this project is the United States and Canada, has many times in the final to compete for gold medals, after the group stage, eight teams advanced to the knockout round, in other words, after this stage, in fact, only two teams were eliminated.
The Chinese women's ice hockey team once won the fourth place in the Winter Olympics, although the last two Winter Olympics have not been eligible to participate, but still have the strength to compete for medals, the goal of this home battle is to fight for three, and strive to get on the podium, it is worth mentioning that the whole team has a lot of new members to join, some of which have played in the United States or Canada before, and have also achieved results.
The opponent in the first game of the group stage is the Czech Republic, the latter ranked 7th in the world, with the strength to compete for medals, many times in the international competition to achieve good results, the opponent's actual combat experience is very rich, it is difficult to get a start, at the beginning of the two sides to replace the goalkeeper, the Chinese team No. 88 Chen Tia came on, the Czech team No. 29 Peslarova played, both sides of the lineup have been adjusted, the head coach made arrangements.
In the first set, the Chinese team did not score four shots, the Czech team scored first, no. 16 Mrazova, no. 21 Vanisova assisted, No. 27 Teresa scored, the Chinese team No. 51 Zhang Xifang hit with a stick, the Czech team No. 18 Pezlova tripped, all were punished for two minutes, the overall strength of the Czech team was significantly stronger, the Chinese girls chose to fight the opponent, but unfortunately failed to seize the opportunity at the critical moment.
Not long after the start of the second set, the Czech no. 10 Kzyzylova scored, the No. 24 Kayanova, the No. 28 No. Nuoborova assisted, the Chinese team No. 28 Fei Anna collided with the person, was punished for 2 minutes, the Czech no. 17 Khorarkova tripped, to the 29th minute, the Chinese team No. 34 Miller scored, no. 8 Lin Qiqi, No. 49 Wang Yuting assisted, which is also the first goal of the Chinese ice hockey team in this Winter Olympics.
25-year-old Miller is a naturalized player, she represented the Chinese team in the ice hockey game, the Chinese women's ice hockey returned to the Winter Olympics after 12 years, Miller's goal has a special significance, the third set of the Czech team No. 18 Pezlova scored, the No. 17 Horalkova assisted, the Chinese team No. 28 Fei Anna hook man was punished, and finally the Czech team 3-1 China team, this result is not a surprise, the strength is indeed a gap.