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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2022-2023

2022-2023 Season

HL Anyang finished first in the 2022-23 Asia League standings with 97 points. Red Eagles Hokkaido (86 points) and Nikko Icebucks (64 points) followed.

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2022-2023 Asia League Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	HL Anyang	40	31	-	5	0	4	166	64	102	97	2.43	Champion
2.	Red Eagles Hokkaido	40	24	-	8	6	2	167	84	83	86	2.15	Final loss
3.	Nikko Icebucks	40	17	-	15	5	3	126	114	12	64	1.60	Semifinal loss
4.	East Hokkaido Cranes	40	12	-	21	4	3	116	142	-26	47	1.18	Semifinal loss
5.	Tohoku Free Blades	40	8	-	24	2	6	92	175	-83	34	0.85	Did not make playoffs
6.	Yokohama Grits	40	8	-	27	3	2	98	186	-88	32	0.80	Did not make playoffs

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2022-2023 Asia League Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Shogo Nakajima (F)	40	22	53	75	18
2.	Makuru Furuhashi (F)	40	27	31	58	28
3.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	40	12	42	54	18
4.	Kento Suzuki (F)	40	30	22	52	26
5.	Ki Sung Kim (F)	40	25	25	50	4

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2022-2023 Asia League Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Matt Dalton (G)	37	1.45	.942
2.	Yutaka Fukufuji (G)	13	2.07	.932
3.	Yuta Narisawa (G)	33	2.00	.922
4.	Yujiro Isobe (G)	17	3.11	.905
5.	Michikazu Hata (G)	25	4.05	.901

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2022-2023 Asia League Demographics

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Player Nationalities Throughout History

Asia League Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	East Hokkaido Cranes	20	2 887	5'9"	168 lbs	27.45
2.	HL Anyang	28	3 867	5'10"	181 lbs	28.89
3.	Nikko Icebucks	23	3 890	5'9"	170 lbs	29.00
4.	Red Eagles Hokkaido	22	5 295	5'10"	172 lbs	29.45
5.	Tohoku Free Blades	23	4 338	5'10"	176 lbs	30.43
6.	Yokohama Grits	25	2 000	5'9"	168 lbs	28.88

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	2	5	2	7	2
2.	Yegor Yakovlev (F)	2026-2027	Neman Grodno	-	7	1	2	3	10
3.	Yegor Yakovlev (F)	2026-2027	Neman Grodno	Belarus	4	1	1	2	0
4.	Joonas Alanne (F)	2026-2027	Kaltern/Caldaro	-	1	1	0	1	0
5.	Timur Rasulov (D)	2026-2027	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	Erste Liga	1	0	1	1	0
6.	Timur Rasulov (D)	2026-2027	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	Romania	1	0	1	1	0
7.	Grigori Vashchenko (D)	2026-2027	Admiral Vladivostok	KHL	5	0	1	1	2
8.	Quinn Wichers (D)	2026-2027	HC Innsbruck	ICEHL	1	0	0	0	0
9.	Jaakko Niskala (D)	2026-2027	Nottingham Panthers	-	1	0	0	0	0
10.	Shuma Kinebuchi (D)	2026-2027	SaPKo	Suomi-sarja	1	0	0	0	6

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Regular Season

Asia League All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	470	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)	464	217	219	436

Asia League All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sang Wook Kim (F)	470	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.	Junya Owa (D)	2	2	4	2.00
3.	Sangyeob Kim (F)	1	2	2	2.00
4.	Adam Miller (F)	42	25	73	1.74
5.	Tim Smith (F)	134	96	226	1.69

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