Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 26, Cao Weidong, chairman of China Ice Hockey Association, recently awarded the title of “Chinese ice hockey promotion ambassador” to Czech ice hockey legend Yaromir Youngor in Beijing.
Youngor has played for 22 seasons in the NHL (North American professional hockey league) and played for 8 teams in total. He served as captain of Pittsburgh Penguins and led the team to win the championship twice in 1991 and 1992. Youngor participated in the five Winter Olympics and helped the Czech team win the men’s ice hockey gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
In recent years, China Ice Hockey Association has carried out extensive exchanges and cooperation with traditional ice hockey powers around the preparation and popularization of participating in the competition. Czech ice hockey is in a leading position in the world. According to the official statistics of the International Ice Federation, Czech men rank sixth in the world and women rank ninth in the world. There are 120920 registered puckster in total and more than 200 ice rinks in China. In addition, Czech also has leagues of all levels and ages including men, women and teenagers.
After the award ceremony of “Chinese ice hockey promotion ambassador, the Czech ice hockey academy and related Ice hockey clubs located in kradno, Czech’s” ice hockey capital “, will provide support for China’s national ice hockey teams in fields, training, team management, etc, youngor will also serve as the guidance consultant of Zhongjie ice hockey training center, providing guidance and support for the Chinese Ice Hockey teaching team, youth ice hockey and the development of the project.