Chinese players will be bamboozled by Connor McDavid come 2022. Why? Because most NHL defencemen don’t even have an answer. Photo: AP Chinese players will be bamboozled by Connor McDavid come 2022. Why? Because most NHL defencemen don’t even have an answer. Photo: AP
Chinese players will be bamboozled by Connor McDavid come 2022. Why? Because most NHL defencemen don’t even have an answer. Photo: AP
Patrick Blennerhassett
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Patrick Blennerhassett

2022 Winter Olympics: China’s ice hockey teams will be on wrong side of massive blowouts in Beijing

  • The men’s ice hockey team will be suiting up against NHL superstars, every game, in round robin play
  • The IIHF and Chinese officials might want to think again, otherwise the highlight reel will be pretty ugly for the hosts

Patrick Blennerhassett
Patrick Blennerhassett

Updated: 10:51pm, 31 Dec, 2020

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Chinese players will be bamboozled by Connor McDavid come 2022. Why? Because most NHL defencemen don’t even have an answer. Photo: AP Chinese players will be bamboozled by Connor McDavid come 2022. Why? Because most NHL defencemen don’t even have an answer. Photo: AP
Chinese players will be bamboozled by Connor McDavid come 2022. Why? Because most NHL defencemen don’t even have an answer. Photo: AP
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Patrick Blennerhassett

Patrick Blennerhassett

Patrick Blennerhassett is an award-winning Canadian journalist and four-time published author. He is a Jack Webster Fellowship winner and a British Columbia bestselling novelist. He has covered sport for the Post since 2018.