2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season

2024–25 AL season
League	Asia League Ice Hockey
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	7 September 2024 – April 2025
Number of games	80
Number of teams	5
Regular season
Playoffs

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	Anyang	Anyang Ice Arena	1,284	1st
Red Eagles Hokkaido	Tomakomai	Hakucho Arena	3,015	2nd
Nikkō Ice Bucks	Nikkō	Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena	1,608	4th
Tohoku Free Blades	Hachinohe	Flat Hachinohe	3,500	3rd
Yokohama Grits	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]

Japan Cup

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

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

Scoring leaders

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
Atsuki Ikeda	Yokohama Grits	6	5	7	12	+3	0
Yusaku Ando	Red Eagles Hokkaido	6	1	8	9	+2	0
Makuru Furuhashi	Nikkō Ice Bucks	5	3	5	8	+2	6
Maito Omuku	Nikkō Ice Bucks	6	3	5	8	+1	2
Yuto Osawa	Yokohama Grits	6	4	4	8	+3	4
Kai Sugimoto	Yokohama Grits	6	4	4	8	+2	6

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 29 December 2024.[5]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Issa Otuska	Nikkō Ice Bucks	3	144:10	4	94.59	1.66
Shun Furukawa	Yokohama Grits	2	103:11	4	94.29	2.33
Takayuki Ito	Tohoku Free Blades	3	181:00	9	92.31	2.98
Kai Tomita	Yokohama Grits	5	262:47	14	90.73	3.20
Yutaka Fukufuji	Nikkō Ice Bucks	3	153:23	10	88.64	3.91

Regular season

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HL Anyang	24	15	1	5	3	94	60	+34	52	Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs
2	Red Eagles Hokkaido	26	8	7	2	9	83	86	−3	40	Qualification to playoffs
3	Nikkō IceBucks	24	9	4	3	8	88	87	+1	38
4	Tohoku Free Blades	26	8	2	2	14	75	91	−16	30
5	Yokohama Grits	24	7	1	3	13	61	77	−16	26

Updated to match(es) played on 26 Jan February 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

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 2 February 2025.[6]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Makuru Furuhashi	Nikkō Ice Bucks	24	15	23	38	+2	18
Kim Sang-wook	HL Anyang	24	12	20	32	+5	12
Kento Suzuki	Nikkō Ice Bucks	22	18	13	31	+2	22
Ahn Jin-hui	HL Anyang	24	12	17	29	+3	6
Sota Isogai	Nikkō Ice Bucks	24	12	17	29	+3	14
Kang Yeon-seok	HL Anyang	24	13	16	29	+2	12
Shogo Nakajima	Red Eagles Hokkaido	25	15	13	29	+1	6
Brandon McNally	Tohoku Free Blades	23	11	15	26	+1	70
Yuto Osawa	Yokohama Grits	24	6	19	25	+1	18
Yuri Terao	Nikkō Ice Bucks	24	8	17	25	+1	26

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 2 February 2025.[7]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
Lee Yeon-seung	HL Anyang	13	683:06	27	90.69	2.37
Matt Dalton	HL Anyang	13	778:30	31	90.66	2.39
Kai Tomita	Yokohama Grits	16	934:25	42	91.78	2.70
Issa Otuska	Nikkō Ice Bucks	18	1033:19	49	91.89	2.85
Yuta Narisawa	Red Eagles Hokkaido	21	1242:46	59	90.94	2.85
Takayuki Ito	Tohoku Free Blades	18	1017:36	55	90.65	3.24

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". 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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)