The 2019–20 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the seventeenth season of

Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey ( ja, アジアリーグアイスホッケー; ko, 아시아리그 아이스하키) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and ...

. PSK Sakhalin and

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were named joint champions after the league cancelled the Finals due to concerns from the

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League business

Team changes

During the 2018–19 season, the Nippon Paper Industries Company announced that they would shut down the

Nippon Paper Cranes The were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan. History The club was founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1993 when Jūjō Paper and Sany� ...

at the conclusion of the season. During the off-season, the league approved the

East Hokkaido Cranes The East Hokkaido Cranes ( ja, ひがし北海道クレインズ Higashi Hokkaidō kureinzu) are a professional ice hockey team based in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Kushiro, Japan. They are a members of the Asia League Ice Hockey and play their home game ...

as their replacement.

Regular season

Standings

Final standings: : - clinched playoff spot
: - Leaders Flag (regular season) champion

Playoffs

The league cancelled the final on 26 February 2020 due to concern from the

. The semifinal winners PSK Sakhalin and

were named joint champions

Bracket

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on 16 February 2020.

References

Asia League Ice Hockey seasons

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