“All people are created equal,” Lapin said. And, he added, the political element to the games - something that seems to come more often than not since the 1936 Berlin games - is unfortunate. But given the political and public health issues surrounding the Beijing games, this trip will be different. This won’t be Lapin’s first trip with an Olympic team, either, but it’s always “exciting” to go, he said. More than 1,000 local players participated in those trips. The Vail Junior Hockey Club also took local teams every three years to China or Russia, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, Iceland and Poland. Lapin, along with Joe Peplinski and Eric Eves, started the Vail tournament. Lapin in 1992 brought 25 players and coaches from Jilin to play in the Vail International Hockey Tournament. He worked in Jilin, China in 1988, 19, coaching and helping to establish youth hockey programs in northeast China. A news release from USA Hockey states Lapin has been to the country more than 50 times since 1977. This is far from Lapin’s first trip to China.
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