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.

Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League 2018-2019

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2018-2019

2018-2019 Season

Daemyung Killer Whales finished first in the 2018-19 Asia League standings with 64 points. PSK Sakhalin (60 points) and Anyang Halla (59 points) followed.

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2018-2019 Asia League Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Daemyung Killer Whales	34	19	-	9	1	5	81	60	21	64	1.88	Semifinal loss
2.	PSK Sakhalin	34	16	-	9	3	6	100	75	25	60	1.76	Champion
3.	Anyang Halla	34	15	-	11	6	2	90	69	21	59	1.74	Semifinal loss
4.	Nippon Paper Cranes	34	13	-	10	6	5	93	77	16	56	1.65	Final loss
5.	Oji Eagles	34	11	-	14	6	3	87	94	-7	48	1.41	Quarterfinal loss
6.	Gangwon High1	34	13	-	15	2	4	79	88	-9	47	1.38	Did not make playoffs
7.	Nikko Icebucks	34	8	-	17	5	4	76	110	-34	38	1.12	Did not make playoffs
8.	Tohoku Free Blades	34	9	-	19	3	3	73	106	-33	36	1.06	Did not make playoffs

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2018-2019 Asia League Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Dominic Forget (F)	34	16	19	35	24
2.	Kirill Startsev (F)	33	21	11	32	18
3.	Bill Thomas (F)	34	19	13	32	12
4.	Michael Swift (F)	34	9	23	32	54
5.	Timofei Shishkanov (F)	32	13	18	31	16

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2018-2019 Asia League Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Alexei Ivanov (G)	34	1.62	.948
2.	Matt Dalton (G)	34	1.95	.934
3.	Drew MacIntyre (G)	34	2.03	.925
4.	Denis Korovayev (G)	17	1.85	.922
5.	Tomas Duba (G)	34	2.37	.921

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Asia League Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Daemyung Killer Whales	28	3 853	5'11"	183 lbs	28.96
2.	East Hokkaido Cranes	24	8 333	5'10"	174 lbs	29.46
3.	Gangwon High1	26	2 851	5'10"	179 lbs	29.50
4.	HL Anyang	27	5 128	5'11"	185 lbs	29.74
5.	Nikko Icebucks	27	8 930	5'9"	174 lbs	27.85
6.	PSK Sakhalin	32	1 870	5'11"	185 lbs	28.91
7.	Red Eagles Hokkaido	25	10 786	5'10"	170 lbs	28.56
8.	Tohoku Free Blades	23	10 841	5'9"	174 lbs	31.00

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Chikara Hanzawa (F)	2026-2027	KH Torun	PHL	3	5	4	9	2
2.	Sota Isogai (F)	2026-2027	Basingstoke Bison	NIHL	2	5	0	5	4
3.	Yegor Yakovlev (F)	2026-2027	Neman Grodno	-	7	1	2	3	10
4.	Vladyslav Lysenko (D)	2026-2027	Aosta	IHL	1	0	3	3	0
5.	Joonas Alanne (F)	2026-2027	Kaltern/Caldaro	IHL	1	0	3	3	0
6.	Timur Rasulov (D)	2026-2027	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	Romania	2	0	3	3	2
7.	Yegor Yakovlev (F)	2026-2027	Neman Grodno	Belarus	4	1	1	2	0
8.	Timur Rasulov (D)	2026-2027	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	Erste Liga	2	0	2	2	2
9.	Riku Ishida (D)	2026-2027	Marseille	Ligue Magnus	3	0	2	2	6
10.	Joonas Alanne (F)	2026-2027	Kaltern/Caldaro	-	1	1	0	1	0

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Regular Season

Asia League All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	472	156	429	585
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)	466	217	219	436

Asia League All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	472	156	429	585
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