On April 27, Beijing time, the 2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Division A was held in Croatia, and in the first match, the Chinese team performed well, beating Israel 14-1 and winning the opening. After the women's team won the World Championship, the men's team had the help of naturalized players, and it was indeed not something that the previous team in the same file could resist.
Previously, the Chinese women's ice hockey team won the World Women's Ice Hockey Championship Division B championship with five victories, the first world championship in 13 years. The whole process is almost always hanging, and there is no shortage of "friendly games" such as 14-2 Slovenia. Obviously, with the naturalized players, the Chinese women's ice is no longer what it used to be, and there is nothing wrong with entering Group A.
This time, the Chinese men's ice hockey team is also a naturalized player to help, and it is obvious that the opponent of the same grade has been unable to stop the new Chinese team. In this showdown with Israel, the Chinese team performed strongly, Yan Juncheng scored 4 goals, Fu Shuai scored 3 goals, and the Chinese team scored a total of 8 players, and finally the 14-1 side of the score crushed the opponent and won the opening red.
According to the schedule, in addition to the Chinese men's ice hockey team against Israel, the opponents also include the host Croatia, the Netherlands and Spain, as for the team's goal, like the women's team, it is natural to complete the promotion with a championship. At present, Israel's strength is relatively weak, it has lost 2 consecutive games, and the test of the Chinese team may be other battles.
Of course, compared with the Winter Olympics, there are some players who are in good shape but have not yet appeared because of injuries, and this World Championship will play for the country, including Zhou Kelin, Shen Jialei, Guo Ning, etc., and we look forward to their good luck.