The Ridge Meadows Flames lost to the Langley Knights 7-2 on Friday night, putting the local junior B team further into a second-half skid that is now at six straight games.
Bradley Crompton and Boston Colley both scored for Ridge in the loss in Pacific Junior Hockey League action.
Since they last flirted with a .500 record in early November, the Flames have gone 2-11.
Their next game will be against the Delta Ice Hawks, who have gone 15-15-0-1 on the season. The puck drops on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Planet Ice.
They will play again on Saturday night at the Mission Leisure Centre, and the Mission City Outlaws are the team they will need to catch for any shot at a playoff berth in the Harold Brittain Conference.
Ridge’s record has slipped to 10-22 for 20 points, while the Outlaws have 31 points with a record of 14-15-1-2. Both teams have 12 games left in the regular season.