# 2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season

The 2024–25 Asia League Ice Hockey season is 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.
| Team | City/Town | Arena | Capacity | Previous 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-season :
| Team | Departing Coach | New Coach | Reference |
| Tohoku Free Blades | Greg Puhalski | Chris Wakabayashi | |
| Yokohama Grits | Jeff Flanagan | Yuji Iwamoto | |

## Japan Cup

The Japan Cup in-season tournament for only the Japanese based teams started on 30 November 2024, and ended on 29 December 2024 with Nikkō IceBucks claiming the championship.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nikkō IceBucks | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 12 | Japan Cup champions |
| 2 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Yokohama Grits | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Tohoku Free Blades | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 5 | |

### 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 | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Atsuki Ikeda | Yokohama Grits | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +3 | 0 |
| Yusaku Ando | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +2 | 0 |
| Makuru Furuhashi | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 6 |
| Maito Omuku | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +1 | 2 |
| Yuto Osawa | Yokohama Grits | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +3 | 4 |
| Kai Sugimoto | Yokohama Grits | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 6 |

#### Leading goaltenders

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 29 December 2024.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Issa Otuska | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 3 | 144:10 | 4 | 94.59 | 1.66 |
| Shun Furukawa | Yokohama Grits | 2 | 103:11 | 4 | 94.29 | 2.33 |
| Takayuki Ito | Tohoku Free Blades | 3 | 181:00 | 9 | 92.31 | 2.98 |
| Kai Tomita | Yokohama Grits | 5 | 262:47 | 14 | 90.73 | 3.20 |
| Yutaka Fukufuji | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 3 | 153:23 | 10 | 88.64 | 3.91 |

## Regular season

The league's regular season began on 7 September 2024 and will end on 23 March 2025.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | HL Anyang | 30 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 104 | 77 | +27 | 56 | Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Nikkō IceBucks | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 118 | 107 | +11 | 54 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 104 | 93 | +11 | 52 | |
| 4 | Tohoku Free Blades | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 89 | 110 | −21 | 34 | |
| 5 | Yokohama Grits | 30 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 70 | 98 | −28 | 32 | |

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 2 March 2025.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Makuru Furuhashi | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 28 | 16 | 30 | 46 | +2 | 20 |
| Kento Suzuki | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 26 | 19 | 19 | 38 | +2 | 29 |
| Sota Isogai | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 28 | 16 | 19 | 35 | +2 | 14 |
| Kim Sang-wook | HL Anyang | 26 | 12 | 22 | 34 | +4 | 12 |
| Ahn Jin-hui | HL Anyang | 26 | 13 | 17 | 30 | +4 | 6 |
| Kang Yeon-seok | HL Anyang | 26 | 13 | 16 | 29 | +2 | 12 |
| Brandon McNally | Tohoku Free Blades | 25 | 12 | 17 | 29 | +1 | 97 |
| Shogo Nakajima | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 25 | 15 | 13 | 29 | +1 | 6 |
| Yuto Osawa | Yokohama Grits | 28 | 7 | 22 | 29 | +1 | 18 |
| Yuri Terao | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 28 | 11 | 18 | 29 | +1 | 30 |

#### Leading goaltenders

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 2 March 2025.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Lee Yeon-seung | HL Anyang | 14 | 743:06 | 27 | 91.35 | 2.18 |
| Matt Dalton | HL Anyang | 14 | 843:29 | 33 | 90.62 | 2.35 |
| Kai Tomita | Yokohama Grits | 20 | 1131:02 | 53 | 91.64 | 2.81 |
| Issa Otuska | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 21 | 1182:12 | 56 | 91.75 | 2.84 |
| Yuta Narisawa | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 21 | 1242:46 | 59 | 90.94 | 2.85 |
| Takayuki Ito | Tohoku Free Blades | 19 | 1077:36 | 57 | 90.87 | 3.17 |