Luo Jia is the first person in the history of Kunlun Hongxing to appear in total. In five seasons, he completed a total of 258 KHL games. The 56% super goal success rate makes this small handsome guy with a mediocre resume become a big man in the top European arena.
In 2007, Locke began his career as an ice hockey player with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Youth League. In the 2010-11 season, Luo Jia, who was in his third year in the team, delivered a double 20+ performance in 71 games, and with his rising skills and outstanding leadership ability, he was trusted by coaches and teammates, and began to serve as the captain of the team in that season.
All the way from the youth league to the Canadian college league, in the 2017-18 season, the 25-year-old Luo Jia finally had the opportunity to become a professional hockey player--- joined the Beijing Kunlun Hongxing team. Compared to his teammates with excellent professional qualifications and full experience points on the field, he is indeed a small role, four groups of forwards, blue-collar cadres. Few people believe he can make a name for himself in the KHL arena.
In the first year of coming to Kunlun Hongxing, Luo Jia won trust by fighting style and defensive end efforts. 522 battles, 331 successes, extraordinary ability to compete, let him be recognized by the fans at once, and get the name of "the little prince of the ball". And his blocking data of 1 per game is also a model for the forward players in the league.
In the second season, Luo Jia gradually grew into the most trusted player in the team. Not only did he optimize his defensive skills, but his offensive ability gradually improved, playing double-digit points of the season.
In the 2020-21 season when the epidemic began, the main player Ye Jinguang was unable to return to the team for a long time. Luo Jia, who has been playing for Kunlun Hongxing for 4 seasons, was appointed captain by head coach Kovalev. The trust and support of coaches and teammates has stimulated all of Luo Jia's abilities. He began to lead the team forward with the role of a group forward, scoring 21 points in 53 games, entering the peak of his personal career.
On October 8, 2020, Beijing time, Luo Jia ushered in his milestone, scoring wonderful goals in the Kunlun Hongxing team's away match against the tractor team, and also surpassed the eldest brother Ye Jinguang with a record of 162 appearances, officially becoming the player with the most battlefields in the team's history.
Luo Jia, who grew up with Kunlun Hongxing, from the background board to the spotlight, he used his personal efforts to tell the typical story of professional players to success. Playing for China in the Winter Olympics, the highest professional dream of the "Little Prince of Competition" is close at hand.