SHANGHAI -- The kids skated out in full uniform and lined up in the corners. Two days ago, they mobbed the LA Kings for autographs after practice and learned from some of their alumni at a hockey clinic.
Now they greeted the Kings and Vancouver Canucks before the first NHL game ever played in their country.
They slapped gloves with the players as they came out, lined up on the blue lines with them for the Chinese national anthem, then took off their skates and helmets and headed up to the third level of Mercedes-Benz Arena.
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