Youth Hockey League (Asia Region)

2019 Youth Hockey League (Asia Region) Wuhan Stop came to a fruitful conclusion on 14 December, 2019.

During the event, ice hockey professionals including official and coaches from Sweden, Canada and Russia conducted on-ice master training, positive coaching workshops, and officiating training (theory + on ice practical), in the hope of enhancing game competitiveness and fostering multi-cultural exchange through up-to-date and professional training system and game theory.

Former NHL player and General Manager (Coach) of HKAIH Mr. Barry Beck, renowned Russian coach Mr. Nikolaev Vladimir, together with Mr. Stefan Bergqvist from the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, joined hand to conduct on-ice master training and bring in cross-cultural coaching elements to the youth players.

Chief Executive of HKAIH Ms. Cecilia Hon and Mr. Barry Beck were invited to a sharing session on Positive Coaching at Maple Leaf International School-Wuhan. Through interactive presentation and Q&A session, parents and students were inspired about creating a more harmonious and loving growth atmosphere in the sport field.

Referee-in-Chief of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association Mr. Joel Hansson also gave a comprehensive lecture to young referees during officials training workshop. Based on theory sharing and combined with on-ice practical session, participants gain deeper understanding of ice hockey game officiating.

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The final stop of the 2016/17 Youth Hockey League (Asia Region) (AYHL) came to an end at Hokay Ice Centre in Beijing, China on January 16, 2017 at 11:30am. The Beijing team became the eventual champion of the AYHL and brought home the gold medals with a 5:1 victory. The Harbin team finished as the runner-up in the AYHL league. In addition to these two winning teams, both the Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey and Wuhan Dragons Ice Hockey Club also competed in Beijing, during which they brought the excitement of live hockey games to an audience.

In supporting the winter sport development in China, the Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey and the Hong Kong Amateur Hockey Club re-launched the AYHL in 2016. To achieve this aim, we invited the NHL Alumni Association to serve as a collaborating organisation to pass on ice hockey knowledge and culture as well as to provide teamwork experiences for players. During the AYHL league, various ice hockey activities and workshops were arranged, aiming to enrich young players with unique hockey experience.

Players involved in the 2016/17 AYHL are aged between 8 and 10.  After the first three stops in Shanghai, Taipei, and Hong Kong,  the last stop is finally reached in Beijing on January 14, 2017 for a 3-day of intense game. Led by the NHL Alumni Association member Barry Beck (former NHL New York Rangers Captain), Russia’s famous hockey coach Nikolaeav Vladimir, and former Chinese Women Ice Hockey Team member Tan Anqi, an ice hockey exchange clinic was hosted during the Beijing stop for the players to learn more about ice hockey skills from the pros.

Players from the AYHL were invited by the HC Kunlun Red Star to watch the KHL games live at LeSports Centre. A half-time show was delivered for the spectators to keep their attention and share their enthusiasm for ice hockey.

With our highly motivated AYHL event planning team, we look forward to more opportunities for our hockey players to broaden their vision and deepen their knowledge while getting involved in various international exchange activities.

The latest stop of the Youth Hockey League (Asia Region), was successfully held at Taipei Arena from October 1-3, 2016 !

After meeting at the Shanghai stop earlier in June, the young players from Beijing, Harbin, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Wuhan were happy to reunite at the Taipei stop, new friends from Taipei joined the ice hockey games at this stop to make the ice rink even more lively !

To promote the passing on of ice hockey knowledge from seasoned professionals to the up and coming young players, an ice hockey exchange clinic was arranged for the participants of AYHL to learn from the pros – NHL Alumni Association member and former New York Rangers Captain Barry Beck, former Edmonton Oilers member Doug Lynch, Russian coach Nikolaev Vladimir, coach of the Chinese Taipei National Team Ryan Lang, along with former Chinese Women Ice Hockey Team member Tan Anqi, lead the players through an intensive ice hockey clinic to train the players both mentally and physically for the games.

Through these few days, players and coaches from different parts of the world gathered to play the sport they all love - ice hockey. It is through events like these that unites players and coaches from different regions and enjoy the sport as a family! Everyone had an amazing time at the tournament and are all looking forward to the next stop - Beijing ! 

2016-17 Youth Hockey League (Asia region)

Date : October 1-3, 2016
Venue : 台北小巨蛋

Participating Teams : 
Beijing : HOKAY Ice Center
Harbin : Harbin Future Stars Hockey Club
Hong Kong : Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey
Shanghai : FeiYang Skating Center
Taipei : Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey School 
Wuhan : Wuhan Dragons Ice Hockey Club