The Black Line

Today, you can “meet” the black line. Some younger players with good potential

At Defense, #26, Tan An Qi (Tahn Ahn-Shee). She is 19 years old and another of the taller players at 5’9”. She is a very nice girl and has helped to teach me some Chinese while she learns English. Her favorite English phrase is “speak slowly so that I can listen” and she says it very well. She is a very strong defender, but gets lots of stick penalties.


At Defense, #21, Jiang Na (Jhahng Nah). She is one of the youngest players at 17 and one of the taller ones at 5’8”. Another nice girl, I have recently moved her back to defense. She played the last couple games in Finland there due to our injuries. She is probably more of a center, but is slowly learning the defensive concepts. She works very hard and is one of our stronger players physically.


At Center, #2, Yu Bai Wei (You Buy Way). She is another of the young ones on the team at 17 and is 5’5” tall. She is one of the nicest girls on our team. A little shy at first, but very funny. She speaks pretty good English, but does not speak that much. She is the strongest player in the weight room too despite her smaller size. I recently moved her to center from Defense, since we returned from Finland. She has good hands and offensive instincts, but will probably end up a defender in the long run. She likes to joke around and her favorite English phrase is “See you yesterday!” then she laughs as she knows its not right.


At Wing, #25, Xia Zheng Lai (Zhya Zhung Lie). She is 19 years old and is about 5’4” tall. She is another very sweet kid. She has very fast hands and stick handles well. She, is a little weaker physically than the other players, but is very smart on the ice. An all around nice girl who works hard.


At Wing, #11, Huang Hai Jing (Whong High Jeeng). She is also 17 years old and is 5’8” tall. She is our resident space cadet. She always staring off at the sky or not paying attention. She is physically very strong and has decent skills. Sometimes she gets lost on the ice though. She is another very sweet kid, and she tries very hard to improve.


So that is the black line… tomorrow you meet the Green Line and then the white line and the goalies before I head home for “Ryan in the USA” for the Holidays…