2023–24 ALIH season | |
League: | Asia League Ice Hockey |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Duration: | 16 September 2023 – 6 April 2024 |
No Of Games: | 80 |
No Of Teams: | 5 |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champ Name: | Regular season champion |
League Champs: | HL Anyang |
League Champ Name: | Leaders Flag |
Second Place: | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Mvp: | Lee Chong-min (HLA) |
Top Scorer: | Kim Sang-wook (HLA) (48 points) |
Playoffs: | Playoffs |
Playoffs Mvp: | Shin Sang-woo (HLA) |
Finals Champ: | HL Anyang |
Finals Runner-Up: | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Seasonslistnames: | Asia League Ice Hockey |
Prevseason Link: | 2022–23 Asia League Ice Hockey season |
Prevseason Year: | 2022–23 |
Nextseason Link: | 2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season |
Nextseason Year: | 2024–25 |
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.
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.
Only five teams from the 2022–23 season returned for the 2023–24 season after East Hokkaido Cranes folded.
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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.
Teams play each other eight times, four at home and four away.
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).
The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 March 2024.[3]
Player | Team | |||||||
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HL Anyang | 32 | 8 | 40 | 48 | +3 | 16 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 25 | 22 | 47 | +5 | 20 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 3 | 44 | 47 | +2 | 28 | ||
Tohoku Free Blades | 28 | 20 | 26 | 46 | +2 | 12 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 16 | 29 | 45 | +2 | 10 | ||
HL Anyang | 29 | 18 | 23 | 41 | +5 | 14 | ||
HL Anyang | 32 | 16 | 18 | 34 | +4 | 19 | ||
Yokohama Grits | 32 | 11 | 20 | 31 | +1 | 26 | ||
Tohoku Free Blades | 32 | 9 | 21 | 30 | +2 | 14 | ||
Nikkō Ice Bucks | 21 | 18 | 10 | 28 | +1 | 13 |
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.[4]
Player | Team< | --(s)--> | |||||
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 13 | 773:09 | 26 | 94.22 | 2.02 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 18 | 1071:26 | 43 | 92.11 | 2.41 | ||
HL Anyang | 29 | 1753:19 | 71 | 91.57 | 2.43 | ||
Tohoku Free Blades | 13 | 776:18 | 36 | 91.91 | 2.78 | ||
Nikkō Ice Bucks | 27 | 1481:23 | 81 | 90.17 | 3.28 | ||
Tohoku Free Blades | 20 | 1123:59 | 65 | 89.60 | 3.47 | ||
Yokohama Grits | 18 | 1044:40 | 73 | 88.63 | 4.19 |
Award | Winner | |
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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 |
First Team[5]