Ice hockey is a contact winter team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance and shoot a closed, vulcanized, rubber disc called a "puck" into the other team's goal. Each goal is worth one point. The team which scores the most goals is declared the winner. In a formal game, each team has six skaters on the ice at a time, barring any penalties, one of whom is the goaltender.
Asia League Ice Hockey or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in North and East Asia, with teams from Japan, Russia, and South Korea. The league is headquartered in Japan. At the end of the playoffs every year the winner is awarded the Championship Trophy.
The HC Nikkō Ice Bucks is an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan.
The Seibu Prince Rabbits were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Nishitōkyō City in Tokyo, Japan that was folded in 2009. The Rabbits played at the DyDo Drinco Ice Arena from 2006-2009. In December 2008, Prince Hotels, the team's owner, announced that the team would be folded at the conclusion of the 2008-09 season.
The 1966–67 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the first season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Five teams participated in the league, and Iwakura Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 1967–68 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the second season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Five teams participated in the league, and Iwakura Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 1969–70 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Five teams participated in the league, and the Oji Seishi Hockey won the championship.
The 1984–85 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 19th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and the Oji Seishi Hockey won the championship.
The 1986–87 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 21st season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and the Oji Seishi Hockey won the championship.
The 1987–88 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 22nd season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and the Oji Seishi Hockey won the championship.
The 1991–92 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 26th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and Kokudo Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 1992–93 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 27th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and Kokudo Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 1994–95 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 29th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and Kokudo Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 1997–98 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 32nd season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and Kokudo Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 1998–99 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 33rd season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and Kokudo Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 2002–03 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 37th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Five teams participated in the league, and Kokudo Ice Hockey Club won the championship.
The 2012–13 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 10th season of Asia League Ice Hockey, which consists of teams from China, Japan, and South Korea. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Tohoku Free Blades won the championship.
The 2014–15 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 12th season of Asia League Ice Hockey, which this season consists of nine teams from China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. The league was expanded to include one new team, HC Sakhalin, for the 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.
The Women's Japan Ice Hockey League is the premier women's ice hockey league in Japan. Also known by the nickname Smile League or Smile Japan League, it was founded in 2012 by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and is contested in addition to the All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship tournament. Nine teams participated in the 2020–21 season, of which eight were based in the northern island-province of Hokkaido and one in the Tokyo Metropolis.