China Sharks get skates on, prepare to ice Rabbits

SHANGHAI: China's first professional ice hockey team, the China Sharks was founded in Shanghai on Monday and will represent China in the Asian League.

To celebrate the launch of the team Derek Eilser, head coach of China's ice hockey team, Denise Li, chief operation officer of the China National Ice Hockey Team, and Ji Junfeng, deputy director of the China Ice Hockey Association gathered around a super-sized puck.

China Sharks was born of a joint effort between the State General Administration of Sport and Silicon Valley Sports and Entertainment-USA Co Ltd.