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An outline 2017-2018

Organizer Asia League Ice Hockey
Joint Organizer Japan Ice Hockey Federation
Korea Ice Hockey Association
Russian Ice Hockey Association
Endorsement International Ice Hockey Federation
Participating Teams: 8 teams [ Japan ] 4 teams Nippon Paper Cranes
Oji Eagles
HC TOCHIGI Nikko IceBucks
Tohoku Free Blades
[ Korea ] 3 teams Anyang Halla
High1
Daemyung Killer WHALES 
[ Russia ] 1 teams Sakhalin
League Schedul Regular Season Sat.Sep 2nd,2017 to Sun.Dec 24th,2017

Playoffs Sat.Mar 3rd,2018 to Sun.Apr 1st,2018

League Format Regular League 8 teams will play 4 round robins home and away, in principle,112 games in total, 28 games per team.
Playoffs Top 5 teams in the Regular League will advance to the Playoffs.
First Round： 4th vs 5th　※3 Games, take 2 wins is winner
Semifinals： 1st vs 4th or 5th / 2nd vs 3rd 5 Games, take 3 wins is winner
Finals： Semifinal winners 5 Games and take 3 wins is champion of Asia League Ice Hockey
Game Venues ＜Japan＞ Kushiro, Tomakomai, Nikko, Hachinohe, Koriyama
＜Korea＞ Anyang, Goyang, Inchon
＜Russia＞ Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Determination of winner Regular League If the game is tied at the end of the 3rd period, teams will be awarded one point and will play a 5-minute sudden victory overtime 3 on 3 immediately. If the game is still tied after the overtime, there will be a Game Winning Shots competition with three shooters from each team. The game will be finished as soon as a decisive goal is scored. If the GWS is tied after the first three shooters, a sudden victory GWS will take place.
Playoffs If the game is tied at the end of the 3rd period, teams will play a 20-minute sudden victory overtime 5 on 5 after a 15-minute intermission and ice resurfacing. If the game is still tied after the 20-minute overtime, the teams will repeat the procedure until a decisive goal is scored.
Determination of ranking Regular League Teams with more points will be ranked higher.
Points to be awarded RT Win 3pts
OT Win 2pts
GWS Win 2pts
GWS Loss 1pt
OT Loss 1pt
RT Loss 0pt
Final Ranking of the League The first team to win 3 games in Playoff Finals will be the League champion, with the losing team ranked 2nd in the League overall. Among semifinal losers, the higher ranked team in the Regular League will be ranked 3rd in the League overall, with the lower ranked team in RL ranked 4thoverall. The team lost first round of playoff will be 5th, and 6th and 7th 8th ranked teams in RL will be ranked the same in the League overall.
Import slots
  1. Daemyung killer whales 4, High-1 3 and another teams are able to have 2 import players ※ The deadline of adding players will be 2017 December 31st and each team can have max 40 players.
  2. Players with Japanese, Korean nationality will not be considered as import when registering with teams in the Asia League. However, they have to take the necessary transfer procedure in accordance with the IIHF International Transfer Regulations
  3. Russian will be considered as import players when he plays Japan and Korea.

In the event of the same number of total points, the teams ranking will be decided by the following criteria, in order of priority

  • 1. The higher number of winning points from all the games played after subtracting points earned in OT losses.
  • 2. The higher number of winning points after subtracting points earned in OT losses and GWS losses.
  • 3. The higher number of winning points after subtracting points earned in OT losses, GWS losses and GWS wins.
  • 4. The higher number of winning points earned in 60- minute wins.
  • 5. The higher number of winning points earned in the games played between the tied teams.
  • 6. The higher number of winning points earned in the games played between the tied teams after subtracting points earned in OT losses against the tied teams.
  • 7. The higher number of winning points earned in the games played between the tied games after subtracting points earned in OT losses and GWS losses against the tied teams.
  • 8. The higher number of winning points earned in the games played between the tied teams after subtracting points earned in OT losses, GWS losses and GWS wins against the tied teams.
  • 9. The higher number of winning points earned in 60- minute wins against the tied teams.
  • 10. The higher number of goals scored in the games played between the tied teams.
  • 11. Superior goal difference between the tied teams.
  • 12. The higher number of goals scored in all the games played.
  • 13. Superior goal difference in all the games played.
  • 14. Less penalty time assessed in all the games played.

◆1～9： Based on the assumption that the rankings will be determined by points.
◆10～13： Placing importance on entertainment in the Regular League, teams with higher number of goals will be ranked higher.