Asia League Ice Hockey or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and formerly Russia. The league is headquartered in Japan. At the end of the playoffs every year the winner is awarded the Championship Trophy.
Jared John Staal is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the AHL's Charlotte Checkers.
Wojciech "Wojtek" Wolski is a Polish-Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers, Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals. After leaving the NHL in 2013, Wolski continued his career in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Kunlun Red Star.
Colton Gillies is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He spent time playing for both the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL. Gillies spent the last five years of his professional career playing overseas, most notably spending time in the KHL playing for Dinamo Riga. He is the nephew of NHL hockey player Clark Gillies.
Wacey Rabbit is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and current assistant coach of the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Rodney Coleman Jarrett is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman, who played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Islanders. As of 2021, he is an owner and the head coach of the Soo Thunderbirds in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
Logan Pyett is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for HSC Csíkszereda in the Erste Liga. Pyett was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the seventh round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, 212th overall.
Matt Pope is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who last played with the Cardiff Devils of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League. Pope joined Cardiff from the Tohoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey (AL).
Brad Farynuk is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing with Tohoku Free Blades in the Asia Hockey League. He has played over 300 professional hockey games.
Tara Leigh-Anne Watchorn is a Canadian women's ice hockey player who has competed for the Canadian national women's ice hockey team. She made her debut for Team Canada in the 2010 Four Nations Cup and played for Canada most recently at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She chose to withdraw from playing in the 2018 Olympics, however a future comeback is still possible. Watchorn was born in Ajax, Ontario, but grew up in Newcastle, Ontario.
Nicolas "Nick" St. Pierre is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is contracted with Tohoku Free Blades in Japan for the 2018-19 AL season. He most recently played with EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He played with HC Plzeň in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season.
Marc Cavosie is an American former professional ice hockey player who last played for the Tohoku Free Blades of the Asia League Ice Hockey. He was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 4th round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Rhiner Allen Cruz Montero is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He played for Team Spain in the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019.
Kazuhisa Makita is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Nikita Sergeevich Scherbak is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.
Brendan Lemieux is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Buffalo Sabres selected Lemieux in the second round, 31st overall, of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. He previously played for the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings.
Tyler Robert Stephenson is an American professional baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Reds selected him in the first round, 11th overall, of the 2015 MLB Draft.
Chandler Stephenson is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals organization, who had drafted him in 2012.
Daniel Stuart Johnson is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played for the Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball and for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Matt Luff is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
