Andong Song shakes hands with NHL bosses.
Photo by AP-Alan Diaz/The Canadian Press
Adapted from The Province and NHL.com
by Nila Gopaul
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Andong Song is 18 years old.
In June 2015, he became
the first Chinese player
in the NHL.
“I am the first,” he says.
Andong started to play
ice hockey in China.
He was six years old.
“I just fell in love with it.”
Andong’s former coach says,
“He learned things very fast.”
Andong wanted to learn
the game well.
So his family moved to Canada.
He was 10 years old.
Andong worked hard.
He practised every day.
Andong is 183 cm tall.
He weighs 73 kg.
“Feels like I’m a star already.”
Andong will play
on the New York Islanders
hockey team.
NHL – National Hockey League