2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season

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]

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 →

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   Anyang Anyang Ice Arena 1,284 1st
Red Eagles Hokkaido   Tomakomai Hakucho Arena 3,015 2nd
Nikkō Ice Bucks   Nikkō Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena 1,608 4th
Tohoku Free Blades   Hachinohe Flat Hachinohe 3,500 3rd
Yokohama Grits   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 14 11 1 2 0 57 32 +25 37 Regular season champions
Qualification to playoffs
2 Red Eagles Hokkaido 16 6 2 2 6 55 59 −4 24 Qualification to playoffs
3 Nikkō IceBucks 14 5 3 2 4 55 50 +5 23
4 Tohoku Free Blades 14 5 0 0 9 38 46 −8 15
5 Yokohama Grits 14 3 0 0 11 35 53 −18 9
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 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 17 November 2024.[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
  Makuru Furuhashi Nikkō Ice Bucks 14 9 17 26 +2 8
  Kim Sang-wook HL Anyang 14 9 13 22 +7 8
  Sota Isogai Nikkō Ice Bucks 14 7 12 19 +3 8
  Shogo Nakajima Red Eagles Hokkaido 16 13 6 19 +1 4
  Kento Suzuki Nikkō Ice Bucks 12 12 6 18 +2 10
  Ahn Jin-hui HL Anyang 14 6 10 16 +6 2
  Kang Yeon-seok HL Anyang 14 9 7 16 +2 8
  Brandon McNally Tohoku Free Blades 14 6 10 16 +1 30
  Nam Hee-doo HL Anyang 14 3 13 16 +3 34
  Yuri Terao Nikkō Ice Bucks 14 5 11 16 +1 16

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 17 November 2024.[5]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
  Lee Yeon-seung HL Anyang 8 429:06 14 92.43 1.96
  Matt Dalton HL Anyang 7 421:35 17 90.23 2.42
  Issa Otuska Nikkō Ice Bucks 9 553:17 26 92.28 2.82
  Takayuki Ito Tohoku Free Blades 11 616:10 29 91.42 2.82
  Kai Tomita Yokohama Grits 11 631:45 32 91.26 3.04
  Yuta Narisawa Red Eagles Hokkaido 11 628:31 34 90.45 3.25

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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