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Originally Posted by Textcritic
The second of the NHL China Games was played very early this AM in Beijing. LA prevailed over Vancouver 4-3 in a SO. I am just now watching the replay on SNP, and unlike the mid-week evening game in Shanghai this game appears to be a sellout with a much more enthusiastic crowd.
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Not surprised. Beijing is just much more into hockey than Shanghai. Also, put together a 7:30PM game out in a part of the city that takes some time to reach with ####ty, rainy weather and even most hockey fans in Shanghai would feel they have better things to do. Unless they're Canucks fans, who never have anything worth doing. I feel the slightest tinge of regret for having missed an opportunity to watch NHL hockey in a situation in which it probably would have only cost me $20 from scalpers, but at the same time I don't think it would have been better than other things I had to do.
If the Flames came though, that would be a different story. The Flames need to draft a Chinese player.