Jump to content

2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2024–25 AL 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

[edit]

Teams

[edit]

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

[edit]
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

[edit]

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

[edit]
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

[edit]

Scoring leaders

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

Standings

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HL Anyang 22 15 1 4 2 90 53 +37 51 Regular season champions
Qualification to playoffs
2 Red Eagles Hokkaido 24 8 6 2 8 76 76 0 38 Qualification to playoffs
3 Nikkō IceBucks 24 9 4 3 8 88 87 +1 38
4 Tohoku Free Blades 24 7 2 1 14 65 84 −19 26
5 Yokohama Grits 22 6 0 3 13 54 73 −19 21
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 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

[edit]

Scoring leaders

[edit]

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 26 January 2025.[6]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Japan Makuru Furuhashi Nikkō Ice Bucks 24 15 23 38 +2 18
South Korea Kim Sang-wook HL Anyang 22 12 20 32 +6 12
Japan Kento Suzuki Nikkō Ice Bucks 22 18 13 31 +2 22
Japan Sota Isogai Nikkō Ice Bucks 24 12 17 29 +3 14
South Korea Ahn Jin-hui HL Anyang 22 11 17 28 +5 6
South Korea Kang Yeon-seok HL Anyang 22 13 14 27 +2 12
Japan Shogo Nakajima Red Eagles Hokkaido 24 15 12 27 +1 6
Italy Brandon McNally Tohoku Free Blades 21 11 14 25 +1 64
Japan Yuri Terao Nikkō Ice Bucks 24 8 17 25 +1 26

Leading goaltenders

[edit]

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 26 January 2025.[7]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
South Korea Lee Yeon-seung HL Anyang 12 624:36 23 91.42 2.21
South Korea Matt Dalton HL Anyang 12 714:46 27 90.94 2.27
Japan Yuta Narisawa Red Eagles Hokkaido 19 1117:46 49 91.75 2.63
Japan Kai Tomita Yokohama Grits 15 872:10 39 91.98 2.68
Japan Issa Otuska Nikkō Ice Bucks 18 1033:19 49 91.89 2.85
Japan Takayuki Ito Tohoku Free Blades 17 952:36 51 90.68 3.21

References

[edit]
  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.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://ergngevd.top/w/index.php?title=2024–25_Asia_League_Ice_Hockey_season&oldid=1272609481"