What does Asia League stand for?

Asia League stands for Asia League Ice Hockey.

How many teams play in the Asia League?

The Asia League currently consists of 6 teams.

Who won the most recent Asia League championship?

Red Eagles Hokkaido won the most recent Asia League championship in 2026.

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2016-2017

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2016-2017 Asia League Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Anyang Halla	48	36	-	5	5	2	210	91	119	120	2.50	Champion
2.	HK Sakhalin	48	33	-	8	3	4	214	101	113	109	2.27	Final loss
3.	Oji Eagles	48	28	-	12	4	4	203	134	69	96	2.00	Quarterfinal loss
4.	Tohoku Free Blades	48	26	-	17	2	3	185	135	50	85	1.77	Semifinal loss
5.	Nippon Paper Cranes	48	23	-	17	2	6	169	153	16	79	1.65	Quarterfinal loss
6.	Nikko Icebucks	48	17	-	20	7	4	157	153	4	69	1.44	Semifinal loss
7.	Gangwon High1	48	10	-	30	5	3	118	197	-79	43	0.90	Did not make playoffs
8.	Daemyung Killer Whales	48	7	-	37	1	3	107	231	-124	26	0.54	Did not make playoffs
9.	China Dragon	48	4	-	38	3	3	106	274	-168	21	0.44	Did not make playoffs

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2016-2017 Asia League Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Matt Pope (F)	46	33	35	68	60
2.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	48	14	54	68	77
3.	Ruslan Bernikov (F)	48	36	31	67	50
4.	Shuhei Kuji (F)	48	34	30	64	10
5.	Matt Murley (F)	48	19	44	63	30

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2016-2017 Asia League Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Matt Dalton (G)	40	1.68	.939
2.	Andrei Stelmakh (G)	17	1.97	.931
3.	Yutaka Fukufuji (G)	22	2.02	.927
4.	Denis Korovayev (G)	29	1.99	.927
5.	Michikazu Hata (G)	26	2.47	.913

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2016-2017 Asia League Demographics

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Asia League Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	China Dragon	32	4 220	5'10"	170 lbs	26.66
2.	Daemyung Killer Whales	29	2 526	5'10"	176 lbs	26.17
3.	East Hokkaido Cranes	24	4 592	5'11"	176 lbs	28.71
4.	Gangwon High1	28	4 482	5'10"	174 lbs	27.68
5.	HL Anyang	27	4 772	6'0"	187 lbs	28.67
6.	Nikko Icebucks	23	4 119	5'9"	176 lbs	28.26
7.	PSK Sakhalin	31	1 849	6'0"	190 lbs	27.19
8.	Red Eagles Hokkaido	25	5 327	5'10"	174 lbs	28.68
9.	Tohoku Free Blades	26	4 126	5'9"	174 lbs	27.77

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Yegor Yakovlev (F)	2026-2027	Neman Grodno	-	7	1	2	3	10
2.	Kirill Voronin (F)	2026-2027	HK Sochi	KHL	1	0	0	0	0
3.	Grigori Vashchenko (D)	2026-2027	Admiral Vladivostok	KHL	2	0	0	0	2
4.	Yushiroh Hirano (F)	2026-2027	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL 2	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Dominic Forget (F)	2026-2027	Neuchâtel Young Sprinters	SwissDiv3	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Vladyslav Lysenko (D)	2026-2027	Aosta	IHL	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Sota Isogai (F)	2026-2027	Basingstoke Bison	NIHL	-	-	-	-	-
8.	Chikara Hanzawa (F)	2026-2027	KH Torun	PHL	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Shuma Kinebuchi (D)	2026-2027	SaPKo	Suomi-sarja	-	-	-	-	-
10.	Riku Ishida (D)	2026-2027	Marseille	Ligue Magnus	-	-	-	-	-

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Regular Season

Asia League All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	469	155	428	583
2.	Daisuke Obara (F)	636	227	345	572
3.	Michael Swift (F)	320	231	304	535
4.	Takeshi Saito (F)	589	235	293	528
5.	Go Tanaka (F)	472	180	314	494

Asia League All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Hiroki Ueno (F)	422	243	223	466
2.	Takeshi Saito (F)	589	235	293	528
3.	Michael Swift (F)	320	231	304	535
4.	Daisuke Obara (F)	636	227	345	572
5.	Shuhei Kuji (F)	463	217	219	436

Asia League All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	469	155	428	583
2.	Daisuke Obara (F)	636	227	345	572
3.	Min Ho Cho (F)	393	124	324	448
4.	Go Tanaka (F)	472	180	314	494
5.	Michael Swift (F)	320	231	304	535

Asia League All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Junichi Takahashi (D)	599	46	208	946
2.	Michael Swift (F)	320	231	535	787
3.	Joel Prpic (F)	152	79	241	770
4.	Yosuke Kon (F)	439	123	376	685
5.	Sho Sato (F)	547	171	372	668

Asia League All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Daisuke Obara (F)	636	227	345	572
2.	Masato Domeki (F)	635	185	258	443
3.	Tetsuya Saito (F)	622	138	280	418
4.	Ryuichi Kawai (D)	602	43	185	228
5.	Kengo Ito (D)	599	86	265	351

Asia League All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Derek Plante (F)	59	48	122	2.07
2.	Adam Miller (F)	42	25	73	1.74
3.	Tim Smith (F)	134	96	226	1.69
4.	Michael Swift (F)	320	231	535	1.67
5.	Jiri Hubacek (F)	31	16	51	1.65

Asia League All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Michael Swift (F)	2012-2013	40	39	97
2.	Michael Swift (F)	2011-2012	36	44	90
3.	Scott Barney (F)	2012-2013	42	37	87
4.	Hiroki Ueno (F)	2014-2015	48	40	80
5.	Michael Swift (F)	2014-2015	48	34	80

Asia League All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Michael Swift (F)	2011-2012	36	44	90
2.	Hiroki Ueno (F)	2014-2015	48	40	80
3.	Michael Swift (F)	2012-2013	40	39	97
4.	Scott Barney (F)	2012-2013	42	37	87
5.	Kim Staal (F)	2014-2015	46	37	70

Asia League All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Michael Swift (F)	2012-2013	40	58	97
2.	Brock Radunske (F)	2014-2015	46	56	72
3.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	2016-2017	48	54	68
4.	Brock Radunske (F)	2012-2013	41	53	76
5.	Shogo Nakajima (F)	2022-2023	40	53	75

Asia League All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Joel Prpic (F)	2006-2007	24	44	175
2.	Joel Prpic (F)	2008-2009	35	43	174
3.	Joel Prpic (F)	2004-2005	34	48	170
4.	Logan Stephenson (D)	2014-2015	43	12	170
5.	Logan Stephenson (D)	2015-2016	48	35	167