2016–17 Asia League Ice Hockey season
# 2016–17 Asia League Ice Hockey season

The 2016–17 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the 14th season of Asia League Ice Hockey. The league consisted of nine teams from China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea. A new team for the season was the Daemyung Killer Whales. Daemyung Sangmu left the league. In addition, two more teams from China applied to join the league prior to this season. However, their inclusion was not possible earlier than the 2017–18 season.

## Participating teams

The table below reveals participating teams in the 2016–17 season, their residence, and when they joined Asia League Ice Hockey.

| Club | City/Area | Joined ALIH |
| - | - | - |
| Nippon Paper Cranes | Kushiro | 2003 |
| Anyang Halla | Anyang | 2003 |
| Nikko Ice Bucks | Nikkō | 2003 |
| Oji Eagles | Tomakomai | 2003 |
| High1 | Chuncheon | 2005 |
| China Dragon | Shanghai | 2007 |
| Tohoku Free Blades | Hachinohe | 2009 |
| Daemyung Killer Whales | Incheon | 2016 |
| PSK Sakhalin | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 2014 |

## Regular season

Below is the final standings in the regular season.

| Place | Team | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | y - Anyang Halla | 48 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 210–91 | 120 |
| 2 | y - PSK Sakhalin | 48 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 214–101 | 109 |
| 3 | x - Oji Eagles | 48 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 203–134 | 96 |
| 4 | x - Tohoku Free Blades | 48 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 185–135 | 85 |
| 5 | x - Nippon Paper Cranes | 48 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 169–153 | 79 |
| 6 | x - Nikko IceBucks | 48 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 157–153 | 69 |
| 7 | e - High1 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 118–197 | 43 |
| 8 | e - Daemyung Killer Whales | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 107–231 | 26 |
| 9 | e - China Dragon | 48 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 106–274 | 21 |

y – Clinched first-round bye; x – Clinched playoff spot; e - Eliminated from playoff contention.

## Playoffs

| First round | First round | First round | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 2 | Sakhalin | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Oji Eagles | 0 | 6 | Nikko | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Nikko | 2 | | | | 1 | Anyang Halla | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Sakhalin | 0 |
| | | | 1 | Anyang Halla | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Tohoku | 2 | 4 | Tohoku | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Nippon | 0 | | | | | | |
