On the evening of September 10, the "Silk Road Cup" Super Hockey League (SHL) ushered in the opening game.
This ice hockey league, which shares its name with many elementary school composition competitions, is actually one of the high-level competitions at the international level. Its predecessor was the Russian Super Hockey League (VHL).
The VHL is second only to the Continental Hockey League (KHL) in Russia.
There is no doubt about the strength of Russia's ice hockey. Unfortunately, their economic situation is not very good. Even the KHL has many clubs in arrears with players' wages, and the VHL is only worse.
The situation in China is the opposite of that in Russia. China's ice hockey strength is a bit weak, but, with a lot of money...
The two sides hit it off and decided to jointly operate VHL.
So there is the current SHL.
This year, the SHL has absorbed a total of 30 teams from the Belt and Road countries. The regular season adopts a double round-robin system, from September to February next year.
China is engaged in such an event, and it has a sense of immediate vision for the younger son to buy a family business. One of the purposes is to cultivate local players, aiming at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Therefore, in order to give more opportunities for local players to play, several participating Chinese teams have been limited in the proportion of foreign aid - out of the 24 registered players of a team, there must be no less than 10 Chinese players.
It was a last resort to do so. Many clubs will sign a lot of foreign players, especially Russian players, for economic benefits. Not only Chinese clubs, but also foreign countries. American clubs rely on Canadians to hold up half the sky.
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The opening game of this year's Silk Road Cup is Snapdragon China Dragons vs. Caucasus Team. This is the first appearance of the Silk Road Cup after the name change. It has a great symbolic meaning. Several government leaders sat in the stands of the Xiaolong Ice Hockey Arena. The media reporters snapped at the leaders, um, this is today Late news material.
The big boss of the Snapdragon Club was sitting next to the leader, talking to the leader with a smile on the surface, but he was actually a little nervous. He has already hinted at leadership: the potential of homegrown players is limitless.
The subtext of unlimited potential is that there is still a long way to go.
So I hope you don't take winning or losing too seriously...
It may be because the pre-match warm-up is better, and the seats in the stadium are full at this moment. Tang Xue was sitting in the VIP area with a good view. There was a girl behind her who was doing live broadcasts and kept talking. When she saw Li Yubing making the first appearance, the girl screamed excitedly: "Aiya, my boyfriend is out!"
Tang Xue rolled her eyes silently.
While talking, the game started.
Ice hockey games are fast-paced, with many physical conflicts, and confrontations at almost every moment. Shortly after the game started, the atmosphere of the scene was ignited. The audience exclaimed and shouted unconsciously. The girl who broadcasted the scene was still explaining the situation at the beginning. After a while, she gradually became fascinated and forgot the audience in front of the phone.
It wasn't until the court stopped to fight for the ball that the girl remembered that she was still on the live broadcast, so she said, "I'm watching the game, but the live broadcast is no longer available. Bye!" After saying that, she put the phone away, and then she looked up and saw Li Yubing belt. The ball deftly avoided the big guy who tried to hit him, and then passed the ball to her teammates. She couldn't help but admire: "Wow! As expected of my husband!"
Tang Xue stared at Li Yubing's figure, curled her lips and said, "Wild man."
Li Yubing's pass played a big role, because it was unexpected and fast. After his teammates received the ball, they shot before the opponent organized an effective defense. The small ice puck entered the goal and hit the net along the defensive gap.
huh-huh-
There were cheers in the venue, and the sound waves were as real.
Seeing the enthusiasm of the people, the leaders nodded and expressed their happiness. Then he pointed to the field and asked the club owner: "Who is that player?"
The players on the field ran faster than horses. The owner of the club knew who he was referring to. He could only guess, and said, "Did you say the one who scored the goals? ."
The domestic ice hockey industry is actively accepting overseas Chinese players. According to the regulations of the Ice Hockey Association, if you play in China for two years, you can choose to be naturalized in China, get Chinese nationality, and play on behalf of China.
The leader nodded, "Oh, what about that? No. 19 jersey." He seemed to understand the difficulty of the club owner and marked the jersey number accurately.
The boss said: "That's Li Yubing. He—" The boss suddenly didn't know how to define Li Yubing, a native player with a single growth experience. He was in the mixed school team three months ago. Compared with professional players, he participated in the The game is a little bit of a fight. Without historical achievements, the boss is not good at boasting too much. After thinking about it, he just vaguely said, "He has a very high football quotient."
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Li Yubing, who has a high football quotient, happened to be seen by Principal Tang when he was traveling through the arena.
Principal Tang was watching TV, tuned to the sports channel, and found that an ice hockey game was being played. He couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Tang's mother came over and glanced at the TV screen, just as the cameraman gave a close-up shot, Tang's mother was surprised: "Ah? Isn't that Li Yubing?"
Principal Tang regained his senses and was a little embarrassed. Holding the remote control, he was about to change the channel.
"Don't change," Tang's mother sat beside him, grabbed the remote control and said, "Look at it for a while."
"It's what you want to see."
"Well, you can close your eyes if you don't want to see it." Mother Tang said.
Principal Tang did not close his eyes, and watched the game silently.
After watching for a while, Mother Tang said, "If you want me to say, this child is very good, you can see that the narrator praises him."
Well, she doesn't understand the game very well. Anyway, if the commentator praises Li Yubing well, then it must be good.
Principal Tang snorted and replied, "This kind of person is too smart. Tang Xue has a good heart and is with him. If he cheated, he has to help others count the money."
"There is something wrong with the logic of your words. IQ and character are two different things. Are smart people necessarily bad? Are stupid people honest? There is no necessary connection. With your level of logic, how can you be the principal?"
"I fell asleep." Principal Tang puffed.
Mama Tang was delighted and pointed to the door, "Go look in the mirror, how dare you say that."
Principal Tang found out that he was bickering with his wife, and he would never win her.
Women are so terrifyingly gifted.
The two stopped arguing and continued to watch the game. At the end of the first game, the Snapdragon China Dragons temporarily led 2:1. During the break, Principal Tang went to answer the phone, and Mother Tang washed the fruit. When she was cutting fruit in the kitchen, she heard her husband shouting hello in the living room: "Wife, it's starting!"
"Come here!" Mother Tang put down the knife and returned to the living room with the fruit.
In the second game, when the game reached 3 minutes, a little accident happened.
The Caucasus team attacked with the ball. Li Yubing and his teammates organized defense in front of the goal. Seeing that there was no chance, the opponent suddenly passed the ball to the rear. The player who received the ball in the back took a shot, and the small puck flew towards the goal like a bullet.
The ice hockey did not enter the net, but fell to the ground halfway, and then Li Yubing suddenly fell to the ground.
"What's wrong?" Tang's mother was startled, "what's the matter?"
Principal Tang frowned and said in confusion, "Li Yubing seems to be injured, but I didn't see it clearly."
The commentator was also confused. The director called out the slow motion of the game and played it twice. The commentator finally understood: "It should be at this time that Li Yubing just turned around and was hit by the ball in the back of the head, that is, the edge of the helmet goes down. A little bit, or a neck. It's a coincidence!"
Another commentator said: "Well, I don't know how Li Yubing is injured. The Xiaolong team is going to make a substitution now, Li Yubing, ah, Li Yubing, he stood up, and he walked off the court by himself. Hope he's okay. He's done well today, and as a rookie, I think I can give it a full score."
Principal Tang turned his head and asked Tang's mother, "You said, it should be all right?"
"I don't know..." Mother Tang shook her head, thinking of many terrible cases at once, "There's a lot of nerves in that place."
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When Li Yubing fell to the ground, Tang Xue felt as if her head had been hit, and with a "hum" sound, her mind was blank.
She stood up absentmindedly and stared blankly at him on the ice, her heart aching.
The whole world seemed to no longer exist, and she lost her sense of time, so she looked at him like that, and after an unknown amount of time, he finally stood up.
Thank goodness.
She didn't watch the games after that, and kept chasing his figure. She saw him go to the bench and sit down, the team doctor helped him check the injury, the coach stood by and watched, and then they talked for a while, Li Yubing moved his neck as he spoke.
It doesn't seem to be a problem. Tang Xue put a hanging heart back into her stomach.
"Hello, how are you?" The girl behind her patted Tang Xue's shoulder.
"Ah?" Tang Xue turned around in confusion.
"Can I ask you to sit down? I can't see it." The girl said.
"Oh, sorry."
After Tang Xue sat down, she heard the girl say again, "Miss, I think you look familiar?"
She ignored her and just stared at Li Yubing.
Li Yubing seemed to have noticed it, and he suddenly turned his face slightly, facing her direction, and smiled.
After laughing, he put two fingers between his lips and blew a kiss.
The girl behind her screamed.
Tang Xue almost cried.