The 2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 22nd season of operation (20th season of play) of Asia League Ice Hockey (AL). The regular season began on 7 September 2024.
League business Teams The same five teams from the 2023–24 season returned for the 2024–25 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-seasonTeamDeparting CoachNew CoachReference Tohoku Free Blades Greg Puhalski Chris Wakabayashi Yokohama Grits Jeff Flanagan Yuji Iwamoto
Regular season The league's regular season began on 7 September 2024 and ended on 23 March 2025. HL Anyang won their third consecutive, eighth overall regular season championship. Kim Sang-wook was named the regular season MVP.
Standings
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. Player Team Nikkō Ice Bucks 32 18 33 51 +2 26 HL Anyang 32 14 27 41 +4 16 Nikkō Ice Bucks 30 20 21 41 +2 31 Red Eagles Hokkaido 31 20 18 38 +2 6 Nikkō Ice Bucks 32 16 20 36 +2 14 Nikkō Ice Bucks 32 14 20 34 +1 30 HL Anyang 32 13 19 32 +2 12 HL Anyang 32 14 17 31 +4 8 Red Eagles Hokkaido 32 15 16 31 +2 24 Yokohama Grits 32 7 24 31 +1 18
Leading goaltenders The following shows the top goaltenders who led the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player Team Nikkō Ice Bucks 25 1424:28 60 92.81 2.53 Yokohama Grits 21 1193:18 56 91.70 2.82 Red Eagles Hokkaido 26 1542:46 68 91.20 2.64 HL Anyang 18 1078:56 42 90.99 2.34 HL Anyang 16 863:06 32 90.99 2.22 Tohoku Free Blades 21 1194:19 69 90.07 3.47 Tohoku Free Blades 13 720:39 43 89.51 3.58
Finals The Finals was competed in a best-of-five series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format. HL Anyang and Red Eagles Hokkaido met in the Finals for the third consecutive season. HL Anyang won the Finals in 4 games to claim their ninth league championship.
Finals (1) HL Anyang vs. (2) Red Eagles Hokkaido
Japan Cup The Japan Cup, an in-season tournament exclusively for the Japanese-based teams, started on 30 November 2024, and ended on 29 December 2024, with Nikkō IceBucks claiming the championship.
Standings
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. Player Team Yokohama Grits 6 5 7 12 +3 0 Red Eagles Hokkaido 6 1 8 9 +2 0 Nikkō Ice Bucks 5 3 5 8 +2 6 Nikkō Ice Bucks 6 3 5 8 +1 2 Yokohama Grits 6 4 4 8 +3 4 Yokohama Grits 6 4 4 8 +2 6
Leading goaltenders The following shows the top goaltenders who led the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 29 December 2024.
Player Team Nikkō Ice Bucks 3 144:10 4 94.59 1.66 Yokohama Grits 2 103:11 4 94.29 2.33 Tohoku Free Blades 3 181:00 9 92.31 2.98 Yokohama Grits 5 262:47 14 90.73 3.20 Nikkō Ice Bucks 3 153:23 10 88.64 3.91
Awards Award Winner League champions HL Anyang Most valuable player (Finals) Matt Dalton Most valuable player (Regular season) Kim Sang-wook Best goaltender Issa Otsuka Rookie of the year Kai Tomita Leading scorer (Regular season) Shogo Nakajima Kento Suzuki Leading assists (Regular season) Makuru Furuhashi Leading points (Regular season) Makuru Furuhashi
First team Position Best 6 GIssa Otsuka, DHiroto Sato DRyo Hashimoto FMakuru Furuhashi FShogo Nakajima FYuri Terao
See also 2025 Asian Winter Games 2024–25 KHL season
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