China's HC Kunlun Red Star Ice Hockey competes with Latvia's Rigas Dinamo in a Kontinental Hockey League game in Beijing, on Monday, January 16, 2017. Red Star suffered a 3-4 loss. The Chinese team was set up in Beijing in 2016. It is China's first ice hockey team to join an international league. [Photo: HC Kunlun Red Star]

China's HC Kunlun Red Star Ice Hockey competes with Latvia's Rigas Dinamo in a Kontinental Hockey League game in Beijing, on Monday, January 16, 2017. Red Star suffered a 3-4 loss. The Chinese team was set up in Beijing in 2016. It is China's first ice hockey team to join an international league. [Photo: HC Kunlun Red Star]

China's HC Kunlun Red Star Ice Hockey competes with Latvia's Rigas Dinamo in a Kontinental Hockey League game in Beijing, on Monday, January 16, 2017. Red Star suffered a 3-4 loss. The Chinese team was set up in Beijing in 2016. It is China's first ice hockey team to join an international league. [Photo: HC Kunlun Red Star]

Chinese-Canadian ice hockey player Zach Yuen (left) is being interviewed. The Chinese team was set up in Beijing in 2016. It is China's first ice hockey team to join an international league. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Bai Kejia]