# 2023–24 Asia League Ice Hockey season

The 2023–24 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 21st season of operation (19th season of play) of the Asia League Ice Hockey.
The regular season began on 16 September 2023 when the defending champions HL Anyang host Red Eagles Hokkaido. The season concluded on 6 April 2024 with HL Anyang defeating the Red Eagles Hokkaido in 4 games to clinch their eighth championship.

## Season changes

The league dropped the East Hokkaido Cranes on 17 July 2023 after the team could not resolve outstanding salary issues from the previous season.
Only two teams qualify for the playoffs this season due to the reduced number of participating teams.

## Teams

Only five teams from the 2022–23 season returned for the 2023–24 season after East Hokkaido Cranes folded.
| Team | City/Town | Arena | Capacity |
| HL Anyang | Anyang | Anyang Ice Arena | 1,284 |
| Red Eagles Hokkaido | Tomakomai | Hakucho Arena | 3,015 |
| Nikkō Ice Bucks | Nikkō | Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena | 1,608 |
| Tohoku Free Blades | Hachinohe | Flat Hachinohe | 3,500 |
| Yokohama Grits | Yokohama | KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center | 2,500 |

## Regular season

The league's regular season began on 16 September 2023 and ended on 24 March 2024, which HL Anyang clinching their seventh regular season championship.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | HL Anyang | 32 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 126 | 81 | +45 | 71 | Regular season champions Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 124 | 78 | +46 | 65 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Tohoku Free Blades | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 101 | 107 | −6 | 48 | |
| 4 | Nikkō IceBucks | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 99 | 118 | −19 | 43 | |
| 5 | Yokohama Grits | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 78 | 144 | −66 | 13 | |

### Results

Teams play each other eight times, four at home and four away.
| Home \ Away | HLA | REH | NIB | TFB | YGR |
| HL Anyang | — | 5–4 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 7–2 |
| — | 6–3 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| — | 2–6 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 4–2 |
| Red Eagles Hokkaido | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 7–2 | 6–1 |
| 4–0 | — | 6–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| 2–5 | — | 6–3 | 3–4 | 5–3 |
| 3–6 | — | 6–3 | 6–2 | 4–0 |
| Nikkō Ice Bucks | 3–4 | 2–5 | — | 4–2 | 6–5 |
| 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 4–6 | 4–2 |
| 6–4 | 2–8 | — | 3–2 | 1–8 |
| 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–4 | 7–5 |
| Tohoku Free Blades | 5–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | — | 7–2 |
| 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 0–3 | 1–6 | 4–6 | — | 6–4 |
| 1–0 | 3–4 | 5–2 | — | 5–1 |
| Yokohama Grits | 3–6 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 3–5 | — |
| 2–5 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–6 | — |
| 5–6 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–4 | — |
| 2–6 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 Shootout
* 1 2 3 4 Overtime

## Playoffs

The two teams that finished at the top of the regular season were the only teams participating in the 2024 playoffs. The Finals were competed in a best-of-five series following a 2–2–1–1–1 format. The regular season runners-up hosted games one and two, and the first place team hosted games three and four (game five, was not necessary).

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

* Anyang won series 3–1

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 24 March 2024.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Kim Sang-wook | HL Anyang | 32 | 8 | 40 | 48 | +3 | 16 |
| Seiji Takahashi | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 25 | 22 | 47 | +5 | 20 |
| Ryo Hashimoto | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 3 | 44 | 47 | +2 | 28 |
| Alexandre Boivin | Tohoku Free Blades | 28 | 20 | 26 | 46 | +2 | 12 |
| Shogo Nakajima | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 32 | 16 | 29 | 45 | +2 | 10 |
| Lee Chong-min | HL Anyang | 29 | 18 | 23 | 41 | +5 | 14 |
| Shin Sang-hoon | HL Anyang | 32 | 16 | 18 | 34 | +4 | 19 |
| Alex Rauter | Yokohama Grits | 32 | 11 | 20 | 31 | +1 | 26 |
| Ryo Tanaka | Tohoku Free Blades | 32 | 9 | 21 | 30 | +2 | 14 |
| Makuru Furuhashi | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 21 | 18 | 10 | 28 | +1 | 13 |

### 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 24 March 2024.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Takuto Onoda | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 13 | 773:09 | 26 | 94.22 | 2.02 |
| Yuta Narisawa | Red Eagles Hokkaido | 18 | 1071:26 | 43 | 92.11 | 2.41 |
| Matt Dalton | HL Anyang | 29 | 1753:19 | 71 | 91.57 | 2.43 |
| Takayuki Ito | Tohoku Free Blades | 13 | 776:18 | 36 | 91.91 | 2.78 |
| Yutaka Fukufuji | Nikkō Ice Bucks | 27 | 1481:23 | 81 | 90.17 | 3.28 |
| Michikazu Hata | Tohoku Free Blades | 20 | 1123:59 | 65 | 89.60 | 3.47 |
| Shun Furukawa | Yokohama Grits | 18 | 1044:40 | 73 | 88.63 | 4.19 |

## Awards

| Award | Winner |
| League champions | HL Anyang |
| Most valuable player (playoffs) | Shin Sang-woo, HL Anyang |
| Most valuable player (regular season) | Lee Chong-min, HL Anyang |
| Best goaltender | Yuta Narisawa, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
| Rookie of the year | Riku Ishida, Tohoku Free Blades |
| Leading scorer (Regular season) | Seiji Takahashi, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
| Leading assists (Regular season) | Ryo Hashimoto, Red Eagles Hokkaido |
| Leading points (Regular season) | Kim Sang-wook, HL Anyang |

### Team of the year

First Team
* Yuta Narisawa (G) – Red Eagles Hokkaido
* Ryo Hashimoto (D) – Red Eagles Hokkaido
* Song Hyeong-cheol (D) – HL Anyang
* Alexandre Boivin (F) – Tohoku Free Blades
* Seiji Takahashi (F) – Red Eagles Hokkaido
* Shogo Nakajima (F) – Red Eagles Hokkaido