CHANGCHUN, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Jilin City ice hockey team suffered a three-game losing streak after a 1-6 loss to the Russian Ruby team at home on Oct. 9.
The host team lost a leading player in the first quarter and encounter the opponent's continuous raid in the last quarter.
The Russian Ruby team, founded in 1959, is a big team in the League who finished in third place last season. In the contrary, Jilin City ice hockey team has been unstable lately. After winning three straight away games, they suffered two defeats at home.
At the beginning of the game, both teams played hard. Andre with Jilin City team was hit by the ball in the face and had to leave for medical treatment. The two teams played to 0-0 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Russian Ruby team took advantage of speed. With defense pressure doubled, Jilin City team was persistent fouling when the opponent scored two.
In the last quarter, taking advantage of Jilin City team's weak defense, the Russian Ruby team scored 4 goals in 7 minutes, expanding the gap to 6-0. Alexei with Jilin City team scored one goal at last.
On October 11th, Jilin City team will play against the Russian Outside-Ural team.
