2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season

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

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]

Regular season

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

Japan Cup

The Japan Cup in-season tournament for only the Japanese based teams started on 30 November 2024.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nikkō IceBucks 4 3 0 0 1 16 12 +4 9 Japan Cup champions
2 Tohoku Free Blades 4 2 0 0 2 11 13 −2 6
3 Red Eagles Hokkaido 4 1 1 1 1 15 15 0 6
4 Yokohama Grits 4 0 1 1 2 12 14 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 15 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.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HL Anyang 16 11 1 2 2 59 36 +23 37 Regular season champions
Qualification to playoffs
2 Nikkō IceBucks 16 7 3 2 4 64 54 +10 29 Qualification to playoffs
3 Red Eagles Hokkaido 16 6 2 2 6 55 59 −4 24
4 Tohoku Free Blades 16 5 0 0 11 42 55 −13 15
5 Yokohama Grits 16 5 0 0 11 39 55 −16 15
Updated to match(es) played on 24 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

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 November 2024.[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Japan Makuru Furuhashi Nikkō Ice Bucks 16 12 19 31 +3 8
Japan Sota Isogai Nikkō Ice Bucks 16 8 15 23 +3 8
South Korea Kim Sang-wook HL Anyang 16 10 13 23 +5 8
Japan Kento Suzuki Nikkō Ice Bucks 14 14 8 22 +3 16
Japan Shogo Nakajima Red Eagles Hokkaido 16 13 6 19 +1 4
South Korea Ahn Jin-hui HL Anyang 16 6 12 18 +4 2
Japan Yuri Terao Nikkō Ice Bucks 16 7 11 18 +1 18
South Korea Kang Yeon-seok HL Anyang 16 9 8 17 +2 8
United States Brandon McNally Tohoku Free Blades 15 7 10 17 +1 57
South Korea Nam Hee-doo HL Anyang 16 3 14 17 +3 38

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 24 November 2024.[5]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
South Korea Matt Dalton HL Anyang 9 534:46 19 91.28 2.13
South Korea Lee Yeon-seung HL Anyang 9 434:36 16 91.49 2.21
Japan Issa Otuska Nikkō Ice Bucks 10 613:17 28 92.16 2.74
Japan Kai Tomita Yokohama Grits 12 691:45 32 91.98 2.78
Japan Takayuki Ito Tohoku Free Blades 12 674:39 33 91.25 2.93
Japan Yuta Narisawa Red Eagles Hokkaido 11 628:31 34 90.45 3.25
Japan Yutaka Fukufuji Nikkō Ice Bucks 6 356:33 20 90.78 3.37

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 2024/2025". Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. ^ "GK SP Ranking 2024/2025". Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved 2 October 2024.