2023โ24 ALIH season | |
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League | Asia League Ice Hockey |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 16 September 2023 โ 6 April 2024 |
Number of games | 80 |
Number of teams | 5 |
Regular season | |
Leaders Flag | HL Anyang |
Runners-up | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Season MVP | Lee Chong-min ( HLA) |
Top scorer |
Kim Sang-wook (
HLA) (48 points) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Shin Sang-woo ( HLA) |
Finals champions | HL Anyang |
Runners-up | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
The 2023โ24 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 21st season of operation (19th season of play) of the Asia League Ice Hockey.
The regular season began on 16 September 2023 when the defending champions HL Anyang host Red Eagles Hokkaido. [1] The season concluded on 6 April 2024 with HL Anyang defeating the Red Eagles Hokkaido in 4 games to clinch their eighth championship.
The league dropped the East Hokkaido Cranes on 17 July 2023 after the team could not resolve outstanding salary issues from the previous season. [2]
Only two teams qualify for the playoffs this season due to the reduced number of participating teams.
Only five teams from the 2022โ23 season returned for the 2023โ24 season after East Hokkaido Cranes folded.
Team | City/Town | Arena | Capacity |
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HL Anyang |
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Anyang Ice Arena | 1,284 |
Red Eagles Hokkaido |
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Hakucho Arena | 3,015 |
Nikkล Ice Bucks |
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Nikkล Kirifuri Ice Arena | 1,608 |
Tohoku Free Blades |
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Flat Hachinohe | 3,500 |
Yokohama Grits |
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KOSร Shin-Yokohama Skate Center | 2,500 |
The league's regular season began on 16 September 2023 and ended on 24 March 2024, which HL Anyang clinching their seventh regular season championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | HL Anyang | 32 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 126 | 81 | +45 | 71 | Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 124 | 78 | +46 | 65 | Qualification to playoffs |
3 | Tohoku Free Blades | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 101 | 107 | −6 | 48 | |
4 | Nikkล IceBucks | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 99 | 118 | −19 | 43 | |
5 | Yokohama Grits | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 78 | 144 | −66 | 13 |
Teams play each other eight times, four at home and four away.
The two teams that finished at the top of the regular season were the only teams participating in the 2024 playoffs. The Finals were competed in a best-of-five series following a 2โ2โ1โ1โ1 format. The regular season runners-up hosted games one and two, and the first place team hosted games three and four (game five, was not necessary).
30 March 2024 | HL Anyang | 5โ4 | 3OT | Red Eagles Hokkaido | Nikkล Kirifuri Ice Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 19:59 โ pp โ Taiga Irikura (1) | ||||||
Song Jong-hun (1) โ pp โ 2:56 Shin Sang-woo (1) โ 11:45 Nam Hee-doo (1) 17:12 |
Third period | 16:08 โ pp โ
Taiga Irikura (2) 19:15 โ Yushi Nakayashiki (1) | ||||||
Matt Dalton (53 saves / 57 shots) | Goalie stats | Yuta Narisawa (46 saves / 51 shots) |
31 March 2024 | HL Anyang | 5โ2 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | Nikkล Kirifuri Ice Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:59 โ Kenta Takagi (1) | ||||||
Ahn Jin-hui (1) โ pp โ 5:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Shin Sang-woo (1) โ 1:26 Lee Chong-min (1) โ 3:30 Lee Chong-min (2) โ 14:52 Kang Yeon-seok (1) โ en โ 19:08 |
Third period | 7:54 โ Toi Kobayashi (1) | ||||||
Matt Dalton (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Takuto Onoda (26 saves / 31 shots) |
4 April 2024 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 5โ0 | HL Anyang | Anyang Ice Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Hayato Aiki (1) โ 11:01 Yusuke Kon (1) โ 12:51 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Seiji Takahashi (1) โ ps โ 8:51 Kenta Takagi (1) โ en โ 17:05 Yushi Nakayashiki (1) โ pp โ 18:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Yuta Narisawa (33 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Dalton (17 saves / 22 shots) |
6 April 2024 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 1โ5 | HL Anyang | Anyang Ice Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 9:04 โ Ahn Jin-hui (1) | ||||||
Tsuguto Shibata (1) โ 17:48 | Second period | 9:46 โ pp โ Shin Sang-hoon (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:03 โ pp โ
Song Hyeong-cheol (1) 18:11 โ en โ Ahn Jin-hui (2) 19:47 โ en โ Lee Chong-min (1) | ||||||
Yuta Narisawa (41 saves / 46 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Dalton (22 saves / 23 shots) |
Anyang won series 3โ1 | |
The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 March 2024. [3]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/โ | PIM |
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HL Anyang | 32 | 8 | 40 | 48 | +3 | 16 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 25 | 22 | 47 | +5 | 20 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 3 | 44 | 47 | +2 | 28 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 28 | 20 | 26 | 46 | +2 | 12 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 16 | 29 | 45 | +2 | 10 |
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HL Anyang | 29 | 18 | 23 | 41 | +5 | 14 |
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HL Anyang | 32 | 16 | 18 | 34 | +4 | 19 |
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Yokohama Grits | 32 | 11 | 20 | 31 | +1 | 26 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 32 | 9 | 21 | 30 | +2 | 14 |
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Nikkล Ice Bucks | 21 | 18 | 10 | 28 | +1 | 13 |
The following shows the top goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 March 2024. [4]
Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 13 | 773:09 | 26 | 94.22 | 2.02 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 18 | 1071:26 | 43 | 92.11 | 2.41 |
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HL Anyang | 29 | 1753:19 | 71 | 91.57 | 2.43 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 13 | 776:18 | 36 | 91.91 | 2.78 |
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Nikkล Ice Bucks | 27 | 1481:23 | 81 | 90.17 | 3.28 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 20 | 1123:59 | 65 | 89.60 | 3.47 |
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Yokohama Grits | 18 | 1044:40 | 73 | 88.63 | 4.19 |
Award | Winner |
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League champions | HL Anyang |
Most valuable player (playoffs) | Shin Sang-woo, HL Anyang |
Most valuable player (regular season) | Lee Chong-min, HL Anyang |
Best goaltender | Yuta Narisawa, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Rookie of the year | Riku Ishida, Tohoku Free Blades |
Leading scorer (Regular season) | Seiji Takahashi, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Leading assists (Regular season) | Ryo Hashimoto, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Leading points (Regular season) | Kim Sang-wook, HL Anyang |
First Team [5]
2023โ24 ALIH season | |
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League | Asia League Ice Hockey |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 16 September 2023 โ 6 April 2024 |
Number of games | 80 |
Number of teams | 5 |
Regular season | |
Leaders Flag | HL Anyang |
Runners-up | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Season MVP | Lee Chong-min ( HLA) |
Top scorer |
Kim Sang-wook (
HLA) (48 points) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Shin Sang-woo ( HLA) |
Finals champions | HL Anyang |
Runners-up | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
The 2023โ24 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 21st season of operation (19th season of play) of the Asia League Ice Hockey.
The regular season began on 16 September 2023 when the defending champions HL Anyang host Red Eagles Hokkaido. [1] The season concluded on 6 April 2024 with HL Anyang defeating the Red Eagles Hokkaido in 4 games to clinch their eighth championship.
The league dropped the East Hokkaido Cranes on 17 July 2023 after the team could not resolve outstanding salary issues from the previous season. [2]
Only two teams qualify for the playoffs this season due to the reduced number of participating teams.
Only five teams from the 2022โ23 season returned for the 2023โ24 season after East Hokkaido Cranes folded.
Team | City/Town | Arena | Capacity |
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HL Anyang |
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Anyang Ice Arena | 1,284 |
Red Eagles Hokkaido |
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Hakucho Arena | 3,015 |
Nikkล Ice Bucks |
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Nikkล Kirifuri Ice Arena | 1,608 |
Tohoku Free Blades |
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Flat Hachinohe | 3,500 |
Yokohama Grits |
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KOSร Shin-Yokohama Skate Center | 2,500 |
The league's regular season began on 16 September 2023 and ended on 24 March 2024, which HL Anyang clinching their seventh regular season championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | HL Anyang | 32 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 126 | 81 | +45 | 71 | Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 124 | 78 | +46 | 65 | Qualification to playoffs |
3 | Tohoku Free Blades | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 101 | 107 | −6 | 48 | |
4 | Nikkล IceBucks | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 99 | 118 | −19 | 43 | |
5 | Yokohama Grits | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 78 | 144 | −66 | 13 |
Teams play each other eight times, four at home and four away.
The two teams that finished at the top of the regular season were the only teams participating in the 2024 playoffs. The Finals were competed in a best-of-five series following a 2โ2โ1โ1โ1 format. The regular season runners-up hosted games one and two, and the first place team hosted games three and four (game five, was not necessary).
30 March 2024 | HL Anyang | 5โ4 | 3OT | Red Eagles Hokkaido | Nikkล Kirifuri Ice Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 19:59 โ pp โ Taiga Irikura (1) | ||||||
Song Jong-hun (1) โ pp โ 2:56 Shin Sang-woo (1) โ 11:45 Nam Hee-doo (1) 17:12 |
Third period | 16:08 โ pp โ
Taiga Irikura (2) 19:15 โ Yushi Nakayashiki (1) | ||||||
Matt Dalton (53 saves / 57 shots) | Goalie stats | Yuta Narisawa (46 saves / 51 shots) |
31 March 2024 | HL Anyang | 5โ2 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | Nikkล Kirifuri Ice Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:59 โ Kenta Takagi (1) | ||||||
Ahn Jin-hui (1) โ pp โ 5:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Shin Sang-woo (1) โ 1:26 Lee Chong-min (1) โ 3:30 Lee Chong-min (2) โ 14:52 Kang Yeon-seok (1) โ en โ 19:08 |
Third period | 7:54 โ Toi Kobayashi (1) | ||||||
Matt Dalton (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Takuto Onoda (26 saves / 31 shots) |
4 April 2024 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 5โ0 | HL Anyang | Anyang Ice Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Hayato Aiki (1) โ 11:01 Yusuke Kon (1) โ 12:51 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Seiji Takahashi (1) โ ps โ 8:51 Kenta Takagi (1) โ en โ 17:05 Yushi Nakayashiki (1) โ pp โ 18:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Yuta Narisawa (33 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Dalton (17 saves / 22 shots) |
6 April 2024 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 1โ5 | HL Anyang | Anyang Ice Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 9:04 โ Ahn Jin-hui (1) | ||||||
Tsuguto Shibata (1) โ 17:48 | Second period | 9:46 โ pp โ Shin Sang-hoon (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:03 โ pp โ
Song Hyeong-cheol (1) 18:11 โ en โ Ahn Jin-hui (2) 19:47 โ en โ Lee Chong-min (1) | ||||||
Yuta Narisawa (41 saves / 46 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Dalton (22 saves / 23 shots) |
Anyang won series 3โ1 | |
The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 March 2024. [3]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/โ | PIM |
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HL Anyang | 32 | 8 | 40 | 48 | +3 | 16 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 25 | 22 | 47 | +5 | 20 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 3 | 44 | 47 | +2 | 28 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 28 | 20 | 26 | 46 | +2 | 12 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 16 | 29 | 45 | +2 | 10 |
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HL Anyang | 29 | 18 | 23 | 41 | +5 | 14 |
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HL Anyang | 32 | 16 | 18 | 34 | +4 | 19 |
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Yokohama Grits | 32 | 11 | 20 | 31 | +1 | 26 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 32 | 9 | 21 | 30 | +2 | 14 |
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Nikkล Ice Bucks | 21 | 18 | 10 | 28 | +1 | 13 |
The following shows the top goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 March 2024. [4]
Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 13 | 773:09 | 26 | 94.22 | 2.02 |
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 18 | 1071:26 | 43 | 92.11 | 2.41 |
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HL Anyang | 29 | 1753:19 | 71 | 91.57 | 2.43 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 13 | 776:18 | 36 | 91.91 | 2.78 |
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Nikkล Ice Bucks | 27 | 1481:23 | 81 | 90.17 | 3.28 |
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Tohoku Free Blades | 20 | 1123:59 | 65 | 89.60 | 3.47 |
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Yokohama Grits | 18 | 1044:40 | 73 | 88.63 | 4.19 |
Award | Winner |
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League champions | HL Anyang |
Most valuable player (playoffs) | Shin Sang-woo, HL Anyang |
Most valuable player (regular season) | Lee Chong-min, HL Anyang |
Best goaltender | Yuta Narisawa, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Rookie of the year | Riku Ishida, Tohoku Free Blades |
Leading scorer (Regular season) | Seiji Takahashi, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Leading assists (Regular season) | Ryo Hashimoto, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Leading points (Regular season) | Kim Sang-wook, HL Anyang |
First Team [5]