The 2022–23 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 20th season of operation (18th season of play) of the Asia League Ice Hockey. The league returned after the past two seasons were only Japanese clubs played due to

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. The regular season began on 3 September 2022, when 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, Japan. They are a members of the Asia League Ice Hockey and play their home games at the Kushiro Ic ...

hosted

HL Anyang HL Anyang () is a professional ice hockey team based in Anyang in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is one of the founding and current members of the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH). Formed in 1994, it is the oldest professional ice hockey team in Sout ...

. The playoffs concluded on 25 March, with

defeating Red Eagles Hokkaido in the finals in five games, winning their seventh league championship in franchise history.

Season changes

The

Oji Eagles Red Eagles Hokkaido (レッドイーグルス北海道) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tomakomai city on Hokkaidō, Japan. They are members of the Asia League Ice Hockey. History The club was founded as the Oji Eagles in 1925. They h ...

rebranded as Red Eagles Hokkaido back in 2021. The

Daemyung Killer Whales The Daemyung Killer Whales were a professional ice hockey team based in Seoul, South Korea. The club joined the 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) ...

folded in 2021. The

Yokohama Grits The Yokohama Grits ( ja, 横浜グリッツ, Yokohama gurittsu) are a professional ice hockey team based in Yokohama, Japan. They are a members of Asia League Ice Hockey and play their home games at the KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center. History ...

make their league debut this season after their initial debut was postponed with the cancelation for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. On 2 August 2022, the league voted to remove PSK Sakhalin in protest to the

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. On 15 September 2022, Anyang Halla announced that they rebranded to HL Anyang.

Teams

Only five teams from the 2019–20 season returned for the 2022–23 season, with the addition of expansion side

Regular season

The league's regular season began on 3 September 2022.

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals

(1) HL Anyang vs. (4) East Hokkaido Cranes

(2) Red Eagles Hokkaido vs. (3) Nikkō Ice Bucks

Final

(1) HL Anyang vs. (2) Red Eagles Hokkaido

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 5 March 2023.

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top goaltenders who led the league in

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, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 5 March 2023.

Awards

Team of the year

First Team *

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(G) –

* Ryo Hashimoto (D) – Red Eagles Hokkaido * Lee Don-ku (D) – HL Anyang * Shogo Nakajima (F) – Red Eagles Hokkaido * Kento Suzuki (F) – Nikkō IceBucks *

Kim Ki-sung Kim Ki-sung ( ko, 김기성 born May 14, 1985) is a South Korean professional ice hockey left winger. He is currently a free agent having last played for Anyang Halla of Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH). Ki-sung was voted the "Young guy of t ...

(F) – HL Anyang

References

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