2022–23 Asia League Ice Hockey season

	2022–23 ALIH season
League	Asia League Ice Hockey
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	3 September 2022 – 26 March 2023
Number of games	40
Number of teams	6
Regular season
Leaders Flag	HL Anyang
Runners-up	Red Eagles Hokkaido
Playoffs

The 2022–23 Asia League Ice Hockey season is the 20th season of operation (18th season of play) of the Asia League Ice Hockey. The league returned after the past two seasons were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The regular season began on 3 September 2022, when the East Hokkaido Cranes hosted HL Anyang.^[1]

Season changes[]

The Oji Eagles rebranded as Red Eagles Hokkaido back in 2021.^[2] The Daemyung Killer Whales folded in 2021. The Yokohama Grits make their league debut this season after their initial debut was postponed with the cancelation for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.^[3]

On 2 August 2022, the league voted to remove PSK Sakhalin in protest to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4] On 15 September 2022, Anyang Halla announced that they rebranded to HL Anyang.

Teams[]

Only five teams from the 2019–20 season returned for the 2022–23 season, with the addition of expansion side Yokohama Grits.

Team	City/Town	Arena	Capacity
HL Anyang	Anyang	Anyang Ice Arena	1,284
East Hokkaido Cranes	Kushiro	Kushiro Ice Arena	2,539
Red Eagles Hokkaido	Tomakomai	Hakucho Arena	3,015
Nikkō Ice Bucks	Nikkō	Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena	1,608
Tohoku Free Blades	Hachinohe	Flat Hachinohe	3,500
Yokohama Grits	Yokohama	Shin-Yokohama Skating Center	2,500

Regular season[]

The league's regular season began on 3 September 2022.

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HL Anyang	40	31	0	4	5	166	64	+102	97	Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs
2	Red Eagles Hokkaido	40	24	6	2	8	167	84	+83	86	Qualification to playoffs
3	Nikkō IceBucks	40	17	5	3	15	126	114	+12	64
4	East Hokkaido Cranes	40	12	4	3	21	116	142	−26	47
5	Tohoku Free Blades	40	8	2	6	24	92	175	−83	34
6	Yokohama Grits	40	8	3	2	27	98	186	−88	32

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2023. Source: Asia League
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.

Results[]

Home \ Away	HLA	EHC	REH	NIB	TFB	YGR	HLA	EHC	REH	NIB	TFB	YGR	HLA	EHC	REH	NIB	TFB	YGR	HLA	EHC	REH	NIB	TFB	YGR	HLA	EHC	REH	NIB	TFB	YGR	HLA	EHC	REH	NIB	TFB	YGR
HL Anyang	—	1–2	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–4	4–0	9–2	—	4–1	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7–2	10–1	4–2	—	3–2	4–2				—	1–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–1				—						—
East Hokkaido Cranes	5–8	—	2–4	2–0	10–1	6–1	1–7	—	2–7	4–1	4–1	6–2	2–3	—			3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}		2–4	—			4–1			—			4–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—			4–1
Red Eagles Hokkaido	3–5		—		6–2	7–1	1–0		—		2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	7–1	1–3		—			4–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–4		—			6–1			—						—
Nikkō Ice Bucks	0–4	4–0	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	5–0	4–1	1–2	5–4	0–3	—	6–1	4–5^{[lower-alpha 2]}			3–2	—		6–2			2–1	—		5–1				—						—
Tohoku Free Blades		3–4	5–7	0–2	—	3–2		3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2–8	4–5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	—	1–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}		3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}		1–2	—			4–3		6–5	—						—						—
Yokohama Grits	0–2	4–5	2–3	3–6	4–2	—	0–7	5–3	1–7	2–5	6–3	—				3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}		—				1–6		—						—						—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 December 2022. Source: ALIH
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

↑ "Putting the Grit in Yokohama", japan-forward.com, 1 November 2021.
↑ "Sparking consistent local interest in hockey key part of Japan's Winter Olympic future", japantimes.co.jp, 4 February 2022.
↑ "アジアリーグアイスホッケー 2022-2023：試合日程のお知らせ", asiaicehockey.com, 22 July 2022.
↑ "HOCKEYThe club from Russia was kicked out of the international league. Champions become a victim of politics", sportish.co, 3 August 2022.

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Semifinal			Final

1	HL Anyang	2

4	East Hokkaido Cranes	0
			HL Anyang	3

			Red Eagles Hokkaido	2
2	Red Eagles Hokkaido	2

3	Nikkō IceBucks	0

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 11 December 2022.^[1]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Nakajima, ShogoShogo Nakajima	Red Eagles Hokkaido	24	10	34	44	+2	10
Furuhashi, MakuruMakuru Furuhashi	Nikkō Ice Bucks	26	20	20	40	+3	16
Sang-wook, KimKim Sang-wook	HL Anyang	26	9	29	38	+6	12
Suzuki, KentoKento Suzuki	Nikkō Ice Bucks	26	19	19	38	+3	22
Otsu, KosukeKosuke Otsu	East Hokkaido Cranes	24	15	17	32	+2	10
Hashimoto, RyoRyo Hashimoto	Red Eagles Hokkaido	24	4	26	30	+2	8
Ki-sung, KimKim Ki-sung	HL Anyang	26	14	16	30	+11	4
Osawa, YutoYuto Osawa	Red Eagles Hokkaido	24	13	17	30	+3	8
Saito, DaichiDaichi Saito	Nikkō Ice Bucks	24	9	17	26	+1	20
Terao, YuriYuri Terao	Nikkō Ice Bucks	22	13	13	26	+2	22

Leading goaltenders[]

The following shows the top ten 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 11 December 2022.^[2]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Dalton, MattMatt Dalton	HL Anyang	24	1436:53	40	93.42	1.67
Fukufuji, YutakaYutaka Fukufuji	Nikkō Ice Bucks	11	603:56	19	93.36	1.89
Narisawa, YutaYuta Narisawa	Red Eagles Hokkaido	20	1185:56	43	92.01	2.18
Bengert, RomanRoman Bengert	Nikkō Ice Bucks	10	675:57	33	90.52	2.93
Wakimoto, YuyaYuya Wakimoto	East Hokkaido Cranes	14	719:49	38	90.40	3.17

References[]

↑ Point Ranking 2022/2023. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 4 September 2022.
↑ GK SP Ranking 2022/2023. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 4 September 2022.

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[1] "Putting the Grit in Yokohama", japan-forward.com, 1 November 2021.

[2] "Sparking consistent local interest in hockey key part of Japan's Winter Olympic future", japantimes.co.jp, 4 February 2022.

[3] "アジアリーグアイスホッケー 2022-2023：試合日程のお知らせ", asiaicehockey.com, 22 July 2022.

[4] "HOCKEYThe club from Russia was kicked out of the international league. Champions become a victim of politics", sportish.co, 3 August 2022.

[7] Point Ranking 2022/2023. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 4 September 2022.

[8] GK SP Ranking 2022/2023. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 4 September 2022.

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