2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season

2024–25 ALIH season
LeagueAsia League Ice Hockey
SportIce hockey
Duration7 September 2024 – April 2025
Number of games80
Number of teams5
Regular season
Playoffs
Asia League Ice Hockey seasons
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season is the 22nd season of operation (20th season of play) of Asia League Ice Hockey (AL). The regular season began on 7 September 2024.[1]

League business

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Teams

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The same five teams from the 2023–24 season returned for the 2024–25 season.

Team City/Town Arena Capacity Previous
season
HL Anyang South Korea Anyang Anyang Ice Arena 1,284 1st
Red Eagles Hokkaido Japan Tomakomai Hakucho Arena 3,015 2nd
Nikkō Ice Bucks Japan Nikkō Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena 1,608 4th
Tohoku Free Blades Japan Hachinohe Flat Hachinohe 3,500 3rd
Yokohama Grits Japan Yokohama KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center 2,500 5th

Coaching changes

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Pre-season
Team Departing Coach New Coach Reference
Tohoku Free Blades Greg Puhalski Chris Wakabayashi [2]
Yokohama Grits Jeff Flanagan Yuji Iwamoto [3]

Regular season

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The league's regular season began on 7 September 2024 and will end on 23 March 2025.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HL Anyang 10 8 0 2 0 42 23 +19 26 Regular season champions
Qualification to playoffs
2 Red Eagles Hokkaido 12 5 2 1 4 44 41 +3 20 Qualification to playoffs
3 Nikkō IceBucks 12 4 3 2 3 48 43 +5 20
4 Tohoku Free Blades 10 4 0 0 6 29 35 −6 12
5 Yokohama Grits 12 2 0 0 10 28 49 −21 6
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2024. Source: AL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Games won in regulation time; 3) Number of games won; 4) Head-to-head results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 5) Fewest regulation losses; 6) Away game results, ranked by criteria 1 to 3; 7) Goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Fewest penalty minutes; 10) Drawing of lots.

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 27 October 2024.[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Japan Makuru Furuhashi Nikkō Ice Bucks 12 8 14 22 +2 8
South Korea Kim Sang-wook HL Anyang 10 6 12 18 +8 8
Japan Sota Isogai Nikkō Ice Bucks 12 5 12 17 +3 8
Japan Shogo Nakajima Red Eagles Hokkaido 12 10 6 16 +1 4
Japan Kento Suzuki Nikkō Ice Bucks 10 11 5 16 +2 10
United States Brandon McNally Tohoku Free Blades 10 4 10 14 +1 4
Japan Yuri Terao Nikkō Ice Bucks 12 5 9 14 +1 14
South Korea Ahn Jin-hui HL Anyang 10 5 8 13 +6 2
South Korea Nam Hee-doo HL Anyang 10 2 11 13 +3 18
South Korea Kang Yeon-seok HL Anyang 10 7 5 12 +2 6

Leading goaltenders

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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 27 October 2024.[5]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
South Korea Lee Yeon-seung HL Anyang 6 309:06 10 92.91 1.94
South Korea Matt Dalton HL Anyang 5 299:12 12 91.11 2.41
Japan Takayuki Ito Tohoku Free Blades 7 380:10 18 91.22 2.84
Japan Issa Otuska Nikkō Ice Bucks 8 493:17 24 91.64 2.92
Japan Yuta Narisawa Red Eagles Hokkaido 8 446:29 23 90.17 3.09
Japan Kai Tomita Yokohama Grits 9 512:45 28 90.34 3.28

References

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  1. ^ "アジアリーグアイスホッケー 2024-2025 レギュラーリーグ開催概". asiaicehockey.com (in Japanese). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ "チームスタッフ退団のお知らせ". asiaicehockey.com (in Japanese). 24 May 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  3. ^ "岩本裕司ヘッドコーチ 就任のお知らせ". asiaicehockey.com (in Japanese). 14 June 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Point Ranking 2024/2025". Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. ^ "GK SP Ranking 2024/2025". Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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