2023–24 Asia League Ice Hockey season

	2023–24 ALIH season
League	Asia League Ice Hockey
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	16 September 2023 – 6 April 2024
Number of games	80
Number of teams	5
Regular season
Leaders Flag	HL Anyang
Runners-up	Red Eagles Hokkaido
Season MVP	Lee Chong-min (HLA)
Top scorer	Kim Sang-wook (HLA); (48 points)
Playoffs

The 2023–24 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 21st season of operation (19th season of play) of the Asia League Ice Hockey.

The regular season began on 16 September 2023 when the defending champions HL Anyang host Red Eagles Hokkaido.^[1] The season concluded on 6 April 2024 with HL Anyang defeating the Red Eagles Hokkaido in 4 games to clinch their eighth championship.

Season changes[]

The league dropped the East Hokkaido Cranes on 17 July 2023 after the team could not resolve outstanding salary issues from the previous season.^[2]

Only two teams qualify for the playoffs this season due to the reduced number of participating teams.

Teams[]

Only five teams from the 2022–23 season returned for the 2023–24 season after East Hokkaido Cranes folded.

Team	City/Town	Arena	Capacity
HL Anyang	Anyang	Anyang Ice Arena	1,284
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	KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center	2,500

Regular season[]

The league's regular season began on 16 September 2023 and ended on 24 March 2024, which HL Anyang clinching their seventh regular season championship.

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HL Anyang	32	22	1	3	6	126	81	+45	71	Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs
2	Red Eagles Hokkaido	32	21	1	0	10	124	78	+46	65	Qualification to playoffs
3	Tohoku Free Blades	32	14	2	2	14	101	107	−6	48
4	Nikkō IceBucks	32	12	3	1	16	99	118	−19	43
5	Yokohama Grits	32	3	1	2	26	78	144	−66	13

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[]

Teams play each other eight times, four at home and four away.

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

Source: ALIH
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

↑ "Makuru Furuhashi Aiming to Power Nikko Ice Bucks to the Top of Asia League", japan-forward.com, 15 September 2023.
↑ ひがし北海道クレインズの今季（2023-2024シーズン）のリーグ戦不参加について (17 July 2023).

Playoffs[]

The two teams that finished at the top of the regular season were the only teams participating in the 2024 playoffs. The Finals were competed in a best-of-five series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format. The regular season runners-up hosted games one and two, and the first place team hosted games three and four (game five, was not necessary).

Finals[]

(1) HL Anyang vs. (2) Red Eagles Hokkaido[]

30 March 2024	HL Anyang		5–4	3OT	Red Eagles Hokkaido	Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:59 – pp – Taiga Irikura (1)
Song Jong-hun (1) – pp – 2:56 Shin Sang-woo (1) – 11:45 Nam Hee-doo (1) 17:12		Third period			16:08 – pp – Taiga Irikura (2) 19:15 – Yushi Nakayashiki (1)
Matt Dalton (53 saves / 57 shots)		Goalie stats			Yuta Narisawa (46 saves / 51 shots)

31 March 2024	HL Anyang		5–2	Red Eagles Hokkaido	Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:59 – Kenta Takagi (1)
Ahn Jin-hui (1) – pp – 5:01		Second period		No scoring
Shin Sang-woo (1) – 1:26 Lee Chong-min (1) – 3:30 Lee Chong-min (2) – 14:52 Kang Yeon-seok (1) – en – 19:08		Third period		7:54 – Toi Kobayashi (1)
Matt Dalton (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Takuto Onoda (26 saves / 31 shots)

4 April 2024	Red Eagles Hokkaido		5–0	HL Anyang	Anyang Ice Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Hayato Aiki (1) – 11:01 Yusuke Kon (1) – 12:51		Second period		No scoring
Seiji Takahashi (1) – ps – 8:51 Kenta Takagi (1) – en – 17:05 Yushi Nakayashiki (1) – pp – 18:58		Third period		No scoring
Yuta Narisawa (33 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Matt Dalton (17 saves / 22 shots)

6 April 2024	Red Eagles Hokkaido		1–5	HL Anyang	Anyang Ice Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		9:04 – Ahn Jin-hui (1)
Tsuguto Shibata (1) – 17:48		Second period		9:46 – pp – Shin Sang-hoon (1)
No scoring		Third period		13:03 – pp – Song Hyeong-cheol (1) 18:11 – en – Ahn Jin-hui (2) 19:47 – en – Lee Chong-min (1)
Yuta Narisawa (41 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats		Matt Dalton (22 saves / 23 shots)

Anyang won series 3–1

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 March 2024.^[1]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Sang-wook, KimKim Sang-wook	HL Anyang	32	8	40	48	+3	16
Takahashi, SeijiSeiji Takahashi	Red Eagles Hokkaido	32	25	22	47	+5	20
Hashimoto, RyoRyo Hashimoto	Red Eagles Hokkaido	32	3	44	47	+2	28
Boivin, AlexandreAlexandre Boivin	Tohoku Free Blades	28	20	26	46	+2	12
Nakajima, ShogoShogo Nakajima	Red Eagles Hokkaido	32	16	29	45	+2	10
Chong-min, LeeLee Chong-min	HL Anyang	29	18	23	41	+5	14
Sang-hoon, ShinShin Sang-hoon	HL Anyang	32	16	18	34	+4	19
Rauter, AlexAlex Rauter	Yokohama Grits	32	11	20	31	+1	26
Tanaka, RyoRyo Tanaka	Tohoku Free Blades	32	9	21	30	+2	14
Furuhashi, MakuruMakuru Furuhashi	Nikkō Ice Bucks	21	18	10	28	+1	13

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 March 2024.^[2]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Onoda, TakutoTakuto Onoda	Red Eagles Hokkaido	13	773:09	26	94.22	2.02
Narisawa, YutaYuta Narisawa	Red Eagles Hokkaido	18	1071:26	43	92.11	2.41
Dalton, MattMatt Dalton	HL Anyang	29	1753:19	71	91.57	2.43
Ito, TakayukiTakayuki Ito	Tohoku Free Blades	13	776:18	36	91.91	2.78
Fukufuji, YutakaYutaka Fukufuji	Nikkō Ice Bucks	27	1481:23	81	90.17	3.28
Hata, MichikazuMichikazu Hata	Tohoku Free Blades	20	1123:59	65	89.60	3.47
Furukawa, ShunShun Furukawa	Yokohama Grits	18	1044:40	73	88.63	4.19

Awards[]

Award	Winner
League champions	HL Anyang
Most valuable player (playoffs)	Shin Sang-woo, HL Anyang
Most valuable player (regular season)	Lee Chong-min, HL Anyang
Best goaltender	Yuta Narisawa, Red Eagles Hokkaido
Rookie of the year	Riku Ishida, Tohoku Free Blades
Leading scorer (Regular season)	Seiji Takahashi, Red Eagles Hokkaido
Leading assists (Regular season)	Ryo Hashimoto, Red Eagles Hokkaido
Leading points (Regular season)	Kim Sang-wook, HL Anyang

Team of the year[]

First Team^[3]

Yuta Narisawa (G) – Red Eagles Hokkaido
Ryo Hashimoto (D) – Red Eagles Hokkaido
Song Hyeong-cheol (D) – HL Anyang
Alexandre Boivin (F) – Tohoku Free Blades
Seiji Takahashi (F) – Red Eagles Hokkaido
Shogo Nakajima (F) – Red Eagles Hokkaido

References[]

↑ Point Ranking 2023/2024. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 18 September 2023.
↑ GK SP Ranking 2023/2024. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 18 September 2023.
↑ Asia League Ice Hockey 2023-2024: Announcement of Regular Season Awards. Asia League Ice Hockey (26 March 2024).

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[1] "Makuru Furuhashi Aiming to Power Nikko Ice Bucks to the Top of Asia League", japan-forward.com, 15 September 2023.

[2] ひがし北海道クレインズの今季（2023-2024シーズン）のリーグ戦不参加について (17 July 2023).

[5] Point Ranking 2023/2024. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 18 September 2023.

[6] GK SP Ranking 2023/2024. Asia League Ice Hockey. ALIH. Retrieved on 18 September 2023.

[7] Asia League Ice Hockey 2023-2024: Announcement of Regular Season Awards. Asia League Ice Hockey (26 March 2024).

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