"A lot of friends asked me if I would like to stay here after the Winter Olympics. Of course I would, for the sake of Chinese ice hockey. Ye Jinguang, captain and striker of the Chinese men's ice hockey team, wrote on social platforms. Ye Jinguang, who is about to turn 37, is always heroic and fearless on the field, and his high war spirit infects other teammates to advance and advance again. In 4 games, Ye Jinguang played 97 minutes and 53 seconds to assist 1 goal, which is the second longest striker in the team.
"There's no one better suited to be captain than he is, he's always the first to go on the ice and the last to get off the ice. As teammates, we get along day and night, and we can see a person's professionalism from many details. He led us out of a bloody path. Chen Zimeng, a Chinese male ice team member, said, "He is the best captain in my heart." ”
Influenced by his father, Ye Jinguang fell in love with ice hockey, and after studying at Boston University, he entered the North American Professional Hockey League in 2004 and played for the Colorado Avalanches, playing in 174 games in five seasons, scoring 56 points, becoming the best Chinese player in the history of professional ice hockey. "My teammates used to joke with me, 'You can go to China and go there and develop the sport.'" In the 2017-2018 season, Kunlun Hongxing Club called him into the squad. In the past 5 years, he has scored more than 100 points in the Mainland Ice Hockey League, becoming the first professional league "100 point king" in the history of Chinese ice hockey.
"As captain, I'm worried that my speech will confuse Chinese fans?" Ye Jinguang said, but the national team leader enlightened him, "He said to us, many world champions in New China are also overseas Chinese, and they will only talk about Chinese, but they have driven the development of many projects, and I hope that we can also achieve the 'ice hockey retribution' in the new era." Ye Jinguang came to Shanghai in 2017 and also lived in Beijing for a while, "Unlike the ancient and mysterious hometown I remembered, it gave me a great shock." I slowly came up with a concept of 'New China'. Many friends have asked me if I would like to stay here after the Winter Olympics, and of course I do. ”
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, although Ye Jinguang and his teammates failed to win, the Chinese men's ice team went all out, as he said before the game: "The Chinese team's participation in the Winter Olympics is very important for the future of Chinese ice hockey." Maybe one day in the future, a Chinese player is selected for the top league, and when someone asks him why he plays hockey, he may answer: 'In 2022, I have witnessed the Chinese team compete in the Winter Olympics.' I think that's what each of us wants to achieve after constant effort. ”