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. 
 	 	 	
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===
===Results===
Teams play each other eight times, four at home and four away.
==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 ====
==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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	HL Anyang 	32	8 	40	48	+3	16
 	Red Eagles Hokkaido	32	25	22	47	+5	20
 	Red Eagles Hokkaido	32	3 	44	47	+2	28
 	Tohoku Free Blades 	28	20	26	46	+2	12
 	Red Eagles Hokkaido	32	16	29	45	+2	10
 	HL Anyang 	29	18	23	41	+5	14
 	HL Anyang 	32	16	18	34	+4	19
 	Yokohama Grits 	32	11	20	31	+1	26
 	Tohoku Free Blades 	32	9 	21	30	+2	14
 	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 	 	 	 	 	
 	Red Eagles Hokkaido	13	773:09 	26	94.22	2.02
 	Red Eagles Hokkaido	18	1071:26	43	92.11	2.41
 	HL Anyang 	29	1753:19	71	91.57	2.43
 	Tohoku Free Blades 	13	776:18 	36	91.91	2.78
 	Nikkō Ice Bucks 	27	1481:23	81	90.17	3.28
 	Tohoku Free Blades 	20	1123:59	65	89.60	3.47
 	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
== References ==
Asia League Ice Hockey
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