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'''Song Andong''' ('''宋安东''') is a Chinese ice hockey player. He was the first Chinese to be drafted in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft in its nearly one hundred years of history. The 18-year-old Song was selected 172nd overall by the New York Islanders in the 2015 NHL draft.
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'''Song Andong''' ('''宋安东''') is a Chinese-born ice hockey player. He rises to fame for being the first Chinese to be selected in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft in its nearly one hundred years of history. The 18-year-old Song was chosen 172nd overall by the New York Islanders in the 2015 NHL draft.
  
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The defenseman, who goes by the name "Misha," started playing hockey on a smaller-than-normal rink in Beijing when his mother was trying to find him a sport. Once his talent was spotted, his family moved to Canada and he quickly excelled when he began playing as a 10-year-old.
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Song started playing hockey in the Beijing International Ice Hockey League (BIIHL) minor league when his mother was trying to find him a sport. Once his talent was spotted, he moved to Oakville, Ontario with the family at age ten to develop his hockey career. When selected, Song played for the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.  
  
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Song plays on one of China's national teams. He plans to attend Philips Andover Academy in Massachusetts this coming school year as a postgraduate student.
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The 6-foot, 161-pound defenseman, who goes by the name "Misha," plays on one of China's national teams. He plans to attend Phillips Andover Academy for a post-graduate year. After that, he expects to play college hockey.  
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After that, he expects to play college hockey. He hasn't yet met Islanders owner and governor Charles B Wang, who was born in Shanghai and moved to the United States with his family as a boy. Song said he and his agent were aware of interest from the Islanders for some time, but didn't absolutely know for certain that he was getting picked until his name was called.
 
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:09, 1 July 2015

Song AnDong poses after being selected 172nd overall by the New York Islanders during the 2015 NHL Draft.

Song Andong (宋安东) is a Chinese-born ice hockey player. He rises to fame for being the first Chinese to be selected in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft in its nearly one hundred years of history. The 18-year-old Song was chosen 172nd overall by the New York Islanders in the 2015 NHL draft.

Song started playing hockey in the Beijing International Ice Hockey League (BIIHL) minor league when his mother was trying to find him a sport. Once his talent was spotted, he moved to Oakville, Ontario with the family at age ten to develop his hockey career. When selected, Song played for the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.

The 6-foot, 161-pound defenseman, who goes by the name "Misha," plays on one of China's national teams. He plans to attend Phillips Andover Academy for a post-graduate year. After that, he expects to play college hockey.

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