2022–23 ALIH season | |
League: | Asia League Ice Hockey |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Duration: | 3 September 2022 – 26 March 2023 |
No Of Games: | 40 |
No Of Teams: | 6 |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champ Name: | Regular season champion |
League Champs: | HL Anyang |
League Champ Name: | Leaders Flag |
Second Place: | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Top Scorer: | Shogo Nakajima (REH) |
Playoffs: | Playoffs |
Playoffs Mvp: | Kang Yoon-Seok (HLA) |
Finals Champ: | HL Anyang |
Finals Runner-Up: | Red Eagles Hokkaido |
Seasonslistnames: | Asia League Ice Hockey |
Prevseason Link: | 2021 Japan Cup ice Hockey (Asia League Ice Hockey) |
Prevseason Year: | 2021–22(Japan Cup) |
Nextseason Link: | 2023–24 Asia League Ice Hockey season |
Nextseason Year: | 2023–24 |
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 COVID-19 pandemic.
The regular season began on 3 September 2022, when the East Hokkaido Cranes hosted HL Anyang.[1]
The playoffs concluded on 25 March, with HL Anyang defeating Red Eagles Hokkaido in the finals in five games, winning their seventh league championship in franchise history.[2]
The Oji Eagles rebranded as Red Eagles Hokkaido back in 2021.[3] The Daemyung Killer Whales folded in 2021. The Yokohama Grits make their league debut this season after their initial debut was postponed with the cancelation for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.[4]
On 2 August 2022, the league voted to remove PSK Sakhalin in protest to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] On 15 September 2022, Anyang Halla announced that they rebranded to HL Anyang.
Only five teams from the 2019–20 season returned for the 2022–23 season, with the addition of expansion side Yokohama Grits.
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The league's regular season began on 3 September 2022.
The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 5 March 2023.[6]
Player | Team | |||||||
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Red Eagles Hokkaido | 40 | 22 | 53 | 75 | +3 | 18 | ||
Nikkō Ice Bucks | 40 | 27 | 31 | 58 | +2 | 28 | ||
HL Anyang | 40 | 12 | 42 | 54 | +7 | 18 | ||
Nikkō Ice Bucks | 40 | 30 | 22 | 52 | +2 | 26 | ||
HL Anyang | 40 | 25 | 25 | 50 | +14 | 4 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 40 | 18 | 31 | 49 | +3 | 12 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 40 | 4 | 44 | 48 | +3 | 14 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 37 | 20 | 26 | 46 | +4 | 16 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 39 | 29 | 14 | 43 | +3 | 39 | ||
East Hokkaido Cranes | 40 | 19 | 24 | 43 | +1 | 24 |
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 5 March 2023.[7]
Player | Team< | --(s)--> | |||||
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HL Anyang | 37 | 2198:33 | 53 | 94.22 | 1.45 | ||
Red Eagles Hokkaido | 33 | 1946:47 | 65 | 92.17 | 2.00 | ||
Nikkō Ice Bucks | 20 | 1162:48 | 64 | 88.93 | 3.30 | ||
East Hokkaido Cranes | 24 | 1290:21 | 73 | 89.12 | 3.39 | ||
Tohoku Free Blades | 25 | 1377:40 | 93 | 90.11 | 4.05 |
Award | Winner | |
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League champions | HL Anyang | |
Most valuable player | Matt Dalton, HL Anyang | |
Best goaltender | Matt Dalton, HL Anyang | |
Rookie of the year | Kanata Isoya, East Hokkaido Cranes | |
Leading scorer (Regular season) | Kento Suzuki, Nikkō IceBucks | |
Leading assists (Regular season) | Shogo Nakajima, Red Eagles Hokkaido | |
Leading points (Regular season) | Shogo Nakajima, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
First Team[8]