From September 21 to 23, Beijing time, 2017 NHL China Games was held in Shanghai Mercedes Benz Center and Master Card Center. The Los Angeles Kings and the Vancouver Canucks played two peak matchups. As a founding partner and sponsor of NHL China Games, O.R.G. Packaging had also joined the Want Want Group, Tsingtao Brewery, JDB, Warhorse and other partners and its Aozhong Ice Sports Club and kjjhome.com to become the most eye-catching Chinese element at the 2017 NHL China Games.
In the Shanghai race, which took the lead on September 21, Shanghai Mercedes Benz Center ushered in 10,088 live audiences. In the first game, Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks not only sent big stars and main players, but also contributed a wonderful scoring battle for Chinese ice hockey fans. Finally, the outperformed Los Angeles Kings beat Vancouver Canucks with a score of 5:2.
Two days later on September 23, 2017 NHL China Games moved to Beijing for the second match. As the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Master Card Center accommodated 12,759 audiences under the rising ice and snow sports boom. Fans from Beijing, the northeastern provinces, Shaanxi Province and other northern provinces and cities as well as Canadian fans in China watched the game. Everyone could feel their love for ice hockey and the excitement of being able to watch the world’s top ice hockey professional events at their doorstep. This also reflected the increasing attention of ice hockey in China. This also reflected the increasing attention of ice hockey in China. In the game, Los Angeles Kings scored a 2-0 lead in the first quarter, and the tenacious Vancouver Canucks made a strong effort to tie the score 3-3 at the last minute of regular time to drag the game into overtime. At last, the Los Angeles Kings defeated Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a free-kick shoot-out, giving the fans a hearty and exciting matchup.
In addition to the speed and passion of the event, a warm scene was staged during the Beijing Station. That was the O.R.G.’s tribute to the part of the main players of the 1981 National Men’s Ice Hockey Team, which brought China’s ice hockey to the “boiling point”. Under the careful organization of O.R.G., these minor ice hockey veterans gathered in Master Card Center to watch NHL China Games with other fans. At the inter-office break after the end of the first quarter, these veterans were also invited to the sidelines to relive the highlights of the Chinese national men’s ice hockey team in the World Ice Hockey C Championship held in Beijing in the early 1981.
At the end of the Beijing game, Mr. Zhou Yunjie, Chairman of O.R.G. Packaging Co., Ltd., and Ms Zhao Yan, Chairman of Huaxi International Investment Group Co., Ltd., also presented the trophy to Los Angeles Kings’s most valuable player, Jack Mussin.
Although this was the first time that NHL hosted China Games, the NHL’s long history and its mature operating system had really made Chinese ice hockey fans feast their eyes. In addition, as a founding partner of NHL China Games, O.R.G. Packaging had also become a beautiful landscape on the NHL China Games. In addition to the O.R.G. brand display that could be seen everywhere inside and outside the stadium, Want Want Group, Tsingtao Brewery, JDB, Warhorse and other O.R.G. partners, as well as Aozhong Ice Sports Club and kjjhome.com under O.R.G. also appeared on the field, adding more Chinese elements and power to 2017 NHL China Games.
In addition, the pre-match activities of 2017 NHL China Games Beijing Station were also more diverse. In order to usher in the arrival of the NHL China Games, as early as September 21, the NHL Ice Hockey Carnival kicked off at the Master Card Center HI-UP in Beijing, opening an original NHL feast for the ice hockey fans. Although the first and second days of the carnival were not holidays, they still attracted a large number of fans to participate in the experience.
In addition to the challenging and participatory interactive games, at the scene of NHL Ice Hockey Carnival, NHL China Games’ founding partner - O.R.G. Packaging also joined O.R.G. Packaging’s Aozhong Ice Sports Club to make a brilliant stage pose, and displayed the efforts of O.R.G. made in promoting the development of Chinese ice hockey sport, especially the minor ice hockey sport. Also, many of O.R.G. Packaging’s partners, including Want Want Group, Tsingtao Brewery and Warhorse, also supported the carnival and celebrated the feast of the ice hockey culture with the fans.
