Chengdu Cranes
Chengdu is slow by Chinese megacity standards and proud of it. The Cranes play deliberate, controlled Hockay that visiting teams find maddening. They do not panic. They never panic. They were watching.
Identity
Section titled “Identity”- City: Chengdu, China
- Arena: The Panda Reserve
- Capacity: 28,900
- Colors:
#6C3434/#C82828 - Conference: La Conférence du Givre
- Joined: Season 3 expansion
Arena modifier—Patience
Section titled “Arena modifier—Patience”Each period the Cranes go without scoring, they gain a stacking accuracy bonus. When they finally score, the bonus resets. They can wait very, very long.
See all arena modifiers for cross-comparison.
The arena—lore
Section titled “The arena—lore”Chengdu is unhurried by the standards of Chinese megacities and, the assessment team reports, proud of the distinction. The ice is of the givre form. Under the Patience designation, the Cranes accumulate an accuracy bonus for every period they go without scoring, discharged the instant they finally do. They can wait a very long time. The assessment team, over the course of its deployment, came to find the waiting more intimidating than any modifier it had previously catalogued. The Cranes do not panic. The Cranes have never panicked. The Cranes were watching the whole time, and are content to keep watching until it is worst for you.
The arena—building
Section titled “The arena—building”Bamboo. The structural frame is laminated timber but everything the crowd touches is bamboo—the seats, the rails, the screens that wrap the concourse in a lattice dense enough to read as a solid wall from outside and as open air from within. There are 28,900 places, in three tiers, under a broad low roof that overhangs on all sides and keeps the building in shade at every hour. A stand of living bamboo runs the length of the northern concourse and is maintained by staff who are present during fixtures and do not watch them. The Almighty Ice is at the bottom of a deep still bowl, and the crowd, which is large, is quiet for long stretches, and the quiet is not inattention. Visiting teams have described the third period at The Panda Reserve as the longest in the league.
Season 03
Section titled “Season 03”Eighth in the Givre. Hosted the Wildcard at The Panda Reserve and lost it 3-1 to the drawn visitor, Tehran.
See the season cycle for the full bracket.
S.H.I.F.T. movements
Section titled “S.H.I.F.T. movements”No movement has been registered at either S.H.I.F.T. The roster is the one The Almighty Ice delivered, less whatever the Sixth has done to it.
See the S.H.I.F.T. for how a movement is filed, voted, and registered.
See also
Section titled “See also”- Teams overview—all 48 franchises.
- The conferences—how the Verglas and the Givre were sorted.
- Arena modifiers—the mechanic behind Patience.
- Glossary—every term, A–Z.