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

Teams

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

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

Japan Cup

The Japan Cup in-season tournament for only the Japanese based teams started on 30 November 2024, and ended on 29 December 2024 with Nikkō IceBucks claiming the championship.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nikkō IceBucks 6 4 0 0 2 21 18 +3 12 Japan Cup champions
2 Red Eagles Hokkaido 6 2 1 2 1 25 21 +4 10
3 Yokohama Grits 5 1 1 1 2 15 15 0 6
4 Tohoku Free Blades 5 1 1 0 3 13 20 −7 5
Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 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

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 29 December 2024.[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Japan Atsuki Ikeda Yokohama Grits 6 5 7 12 +3 0
Japan Yusaku Ando Red Eagles Hokkaido 6 1 8 9 +2 0
Japan Makuru Furuhashi Nikkō Ice Bucks 5 3 5 8 +2 6
Japan Maito Omuku Nikkō Ice Bucks 6 3 5 8 +1 2
Japan Yuto Osawa Yokohama Grits 6 4 4 8 +3 4
Japan Kai Sugimoto Yokohama Grits 6 4 4 8 +2 6

Leading goaltenders

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 29 December 2024.[5]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
Japan Issa Otuska Nikkō Ice Bucks 3 144:10 4 94.59 1.66
Japan Shun Furukawa Yokohama Grits 2 103:11 4 94.29 2.33
Japan Takayuki Ito Tohoku Free Blades 3 181:00 9 92.31 2.98
Japan Kai Tomita Yokohama Grits 5 262:47 14 90.73 3.20
Japan Yutaka Fukufuji Nikkō Ice Bucks 3 153:23 10 88.64 3.91

Regular season

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HL Anyang 26 16 1 6 3 98 62 +36 56 Regular season champions
Qualification to playoffs
2 Nikkō IceBucks 28 10 5 3 10 108 103 +5 43 Qualification to playoffs
3 Red Eagles Hokkaido 26 8 7 2 9 83 86 −3 40
4 Tohoku Free Blades 28 9 2 3 14 86 99 −13 34
5 Yokohama Grits 28 8 2 3 15 68 93 −25 31
Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. 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

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 2 March 2025.[6]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Japan Makuru Furuhashi Nikkō Ice Bucks 28 16 30 46 +2 20
Japan Kento Suzuki Nikkō Ice Bucks 26 19 19 38 +2 29
Japan Sota Isogai Nikkō Ice Bucks 28 16 19 35 +2 14
South Korea Kim Sang-wook HL Anyang 26 12 22 34 +4 12
South Korea Ahn Jin-hui HL Anyang 26 13 17 30 +4 6
South Korea Kang Yeon-seok HL Anyang 26 13 16 29 +2 12
Italy Brandon McNally Tohoku Free Blades 25 12 17 29 +1 97
Japan Shogo Nakajima Red Eagles Hokkaido 25 15 13 29 +1 6
Japan Yuto Osawa Yokohama Grits 28 7 22 29 +1 18
Japan Yuri Terao Nikkō Ice Bucks 28 11 18 29 +1 30

Leading goaltenders

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 2 March 2025.[7]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
South Korea Lee Yeon-seung HL Anyang 14 743:06 27 91.35 2.18
South Korea Matt Dalton HL Anyang 14 843:29 33 90.62 2.35
Japan Kai Tomita Yokohama Grits 20 1131:02 53 91.64 2.81
Japan Issa Otuska Nikkō Ice Bucks 21 1182:12 56 91.75 2.84
Japan Yuta Narisawa Red Eagles Hokkaido 21 1242:46 59 90.94 2.85
Japan Takayuki Ito Tohoku Free Blades 19 1077:36 57 90.87 3.17

See also

References

  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". Asia League. AL. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  5. ^ "GK SP Ranking 2024". Asia League. AL. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Point Ranking 2024/2025". Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ "GK SP Ranking 2024/2025". Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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