One high school kid has captivated an entire county by blazing a new trail on the ice.
Turns out that being the first person born and bred in your country to be drafted into the NHL is a big deal.
CCTV estimates that over two million people watched and waited to see if Beijing's Andong Song would have his named called by an NHL team at the 2015 Entry Draft. In the sixth round, it was the New York Islanders that came calling.
Now, hundreds of kids playing hockey in China have a homegrown player to look up to, something they didn't have just a week ago.