Qiqihar Ice hockey team was founded in 1954 and captured 28 championships in the China League.

[5] As part of the Nordic Vikings entry into the league, Qiqihar sent three players to play on their team for the 2005–2006 season.

Their success came mainly against Harbin, but they managed an overtime loss to Kangwon Land from South Korea who were playing in their first season.

[9] The team stopped fielding their Swedish exchange players after their November 28, 2005 game against Anyang Halla.

[15] The league later suspended all of the penalized players for one game, except for Fu who received a two-game suspension.

[19] Due to financial difficulty the team merged with Hosa at the end of the 2006–2007 season to form the China Sharks.

Like Qiqihar, Harbin Ice hockey team was also founded in 1954 and took part in the China League.

Tomas Hruby finished sixth in the league and led the team with 23 goals, 19 assists and 42 points.

[2] Yin Kai returned to the Harbin line-up on November 23, 2005[23] and after a couple of games he resumed the position of captain on December 1.

[24] Harbin removed the Swedish players from their roster after the December 13 game against the Nippon Paper Cranes.

[11] After the previous year's strong showing in short handed goals, Harbin finished near the bottom with only 2.

[26] Of the 34 games that Hosa played they won six and finished in seventh place with 19 points, scoring 86 goals while allowing 188.

[14] With the departure of their Swedish imports, Hosa brought Tomas Hruby back to the roster.

Since this sounded like a truly unique experience to teach and spread the game of hockey into Asia while expanding into a new market, the parent company of the San Jose Sharks, Silicon Valley Sports and Entertainment, made a decision to send players and coaches to China prior to the 2007–08 season.

On October 11, 2008, the China Sharks played the first home game in their new arena, beating the Seibu Prince Rabbits by a score of 3–1.

Cui Zhinan, Lui Heenan, and Wang Jiang, all came to spread awareness of the team and skate with the club each afternoon.

[27] Like the New York Islanders, the San Jose Sharks plan to work with the Chinese government and local investors to build youth and industrial leagues across China.

Also a part of this plan would be to help develop rinks and other hockey venues to encourage the game.

[28] At the current time, the New York Islanders and the San Jose Sharks are the only two NHL teams with a presence in China.

In 2008–09, the China Sharks finished near the bottom of the Asia League Ice Hockey, winning only five of their thirty-six regular-season games.

[30] The team was renamed the China Dragon in 2009 when San Jose pulled out its financial backing.

In the 2008–09 season, the Dragon was making limited progress: they won seven of their 36 contests, good enough for 23 points, three more than the last-place Nikkō Ice Bucks of Japan.

[32] In 2015–16, Dragon's record was about the same, seven wins in 48 matches and another last-place finish; Brett Parnham's 21 goals was good enough to place in the AIHL top 10.