China in tough to keep up with the pack

STRENGTHS Veteran goaltender in Guo Hong, nick-named the ‘Great Wall of China’, stands 5-foot-8 and regularly studies tapes of Canadian and American netminders to improve. Excellent physical strength makes the Chinese players good checkers and hard to move off the puck. WEAKNESSES Lack of scoring punch. One player - center Liu Hongmei - accounted for almost 50 per cent or her team’s scoring at the 1994 World Championship. PLAYER TO WATCH Center Liu Hongmei, 28, is the Chinese women’s team’s answer to Wayne Gretzky. She was named China’s female athlete of the year in 1994 after scoring eight goals in just five games at the World Championship. INTANGIBLE The team is very committed to its defensive system and tries to keep the score low, waiting for a break on offense. OLYMPIC OUTLOOK Germany is…

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The Hockey News (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 15, 2002

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