2019–20 Asia League Ice Hockey season

The 2019–20 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the seventeenth season of Asia League Ice Hockey. PSK Sakhalin and Anyang Halla were named joint champions after the league cancelled the Finals due to concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

2019–20 ALIH season
LeagueAsia League Ice Hockey
SportIce hockey
Duration31 August 2019 – 26 February 2020
Number of games36
Number of teams7
Regular season
Leaders FlagPSK Sakhalin
Season MVPMikhail Klimchuk (Sakhalin)
Top scorerKim Ki-sung (Anyang)
Shin Sang-hoon (Anyang)
Playoffs
Finals championsPSK Sakhalin
Anyang Halla

League business

Team changes

During the 2018–19 season, the Nippon Paper Industries Company announced that they would shut down the Nippon Paper Cranes at the conclusion of the season.[2] During the off-season, the league approved the East Hokkaido Cranes as their replacement.[3]

Regular season

Standings

Final standings:[4]

Team GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts
z – PSK Sakhalin36256301247182
x – Anyang Halla36239011286876
x – Oji Eagles361812011147465
x – Daemyung Killer Whales361418118611348
East Hokkaido Cranes361217227310446
Nikkō IceBucks361319209711145
Tohoku Free Blades36428226714816
 x  - clinched playoff spot
 z  - Leaders Flag (regular season) champion

Playoffs

The league cancelled the final on 26 February 2020 due to concern from the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The semifinal winners PSK Sakhalin and Anyang Halla were named joint champions

Bracket
Semifinal Final
      
1 Sakhalin 2
4 Daemyung 0
1 Sakhalin 0
2 Anyang 0
3 Oji 1
2 Anyang 2

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on 16 February 2020.[5]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Shogo Nakajima Oji Eagles 35 14 32 46 +5 12
Kim Sang-wook Anyang Halla 36 7 38 45 +4 40
Mikhail Klimchuk PSK Sakhalin 35 15 28 43 +3 38
Kim Ki-sung Anyang Halla 36 22 19 41 +4 14
Makuru Furuhashi Nikkō IceBucks 36 21 18 39 +2 38
Brock Higgs Daemyung Killer Whales 36 8 30 38 +1 40
Bill Thomas Anyang Halla 36 14 24 38 +4 12
Kirill Startsev PSK Sakhalin 35 19 18 37 +3 2
Shin Sang-hoon Anyang Halla 36 22 14 36 +6 22
Cho Min-ho Anyang Halla 36 8 27 35 +4 34

References
  1. "Notice of Playoff Finals Canceled". alhockey.com.
  2. "Four-time Asia champion Nippon Paper Cranes to fold in 2019". The Japan Times. 19 December 2018.
  3. "'East Hokkaido Cranes' to succeed Nippon Paper franchise". The Japan Times. 24 April 2019.
  4. "Standings". Asia League Ice Hockey. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. "Individual Records". Asia League Ice Hockey. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
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