2019–20 Asia League Ice Hockey season

	2019–20 ALIH season
League	Asia League Ice Hockey
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	31 August 2019 – 26 February 2020
Number of games	36
Number of teams	7
Regular season
Leaders Flag	PSK Sakhalin
Season MVP	Mikhail Klimchuk (Sakhalin)
Top scorer	Kim Ki-sung (Anyang) ; Shin Sang-hoon (Anyang)
Playoffs

The 2019–20 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the seventeenth season of Asia League Ice Hockey. PSK Sakhalin and Anyang Halla were named joint champions after the league cancelled the Finals due to concern from COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

League business[]

Team changes[]

During the 2018–19 season, the Nippon Paper Industries Company announced that they would shut down the Nippon Paper Cranes at the conclusion of the season.^[2] During the off-season, the league approved the East Hokkaido Cranes as their replacement.^[3]

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Final standings:^[4]

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
z – PSK Sakhalin	36	25	6	3	0	124	71	82
x – Anyang Halla	36	23	9	0	1	128	68	76
x – Oji Eagles	36	18	12	0	1	114	74	65
x – Daemyung Killer Whales	36	14	18	1	1	86	113	48
East Hokkaido Cranes	36	12	17	2	2	73	104	46
Nikkō IceBucks	36	13	19	2	0	97	111	45
Tohoku Free Blades	36	4	28	2	2	67	148	16

x - clinched playoff spot

z - Leaders Flag (regular season) champion

Playoffs[]

The league cancelled the final on 26 February 2020 due to concern from the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The semifinal winners PSK Sakhalin and Anyang Halla were named joint champions

Bracket[]

Semifinal			Final

1	Sakhalin	2

4	Daemyung	0
			1	Sakhalin	0

			2	Anyang	0
3	Oji	1

2	Anyang	2

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on 16 February 2020.^[5]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Nakajima, ShogoShogo Nakajima	Oji Eagles	35	14	32	46	+5	12
Sang-wook, KimKim Sang-wook	Anyang Halla	36	7	38	45	+4	40
Klimchuk, MikhailMikhail Klimchuk	PSK Sakhalin	35	15	28	43	+3	38
Ki-sung, KimKim Ki-sung	Anyang Halla	36	22	19	41	+4	14
Furuhashi, MakuruMakuru Furuhashi	Nikkō IceBucks	36	21	18	39	+2	38
Higgs, BrockBrock Higgs	Daemyung Killer Whales	36	8	30	38	+1	40
Thomas, BillBill Thomas	Anyang Halla	36	14	24	38	+4	12
Startsev, KirillKirill Startsev	PSK Sakhalin	35	19	18	37	+3	2
Sang-hoon, ShinShin Sang-hoon	Anyang Halla	36	22	14	36	+6	22
Min-ho, ChoCho Min-ho	Anyang Halla	36	8	27	35	+4	34

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Notice of Playoff Finals Canceled.
↑ Four-time Asia champion Nippon Paper Cranes to fold in 2019.
↑ 'East Hokkaido Cranes' to succeed Nippon Paper franchise.
↑ Standings. Asia League Ice Hockey.
↑ Individual Records. Asia League Ice Hockey. Retrieved on October 5, 2019.

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[FinalsCancelled-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notice of Playoff Finals Canceled.

[2] Four-time Asia champion Nippon Paper Cranes to fold in 2019.

[3] 'East Hokkaido Cranes' to succeed Nippon Paper franchise.

[4] Standings. Asia League Ice Hockey.

[5] Individual Records. Asia League Ice Hockey. Retrieved on October 5, 2019.

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