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Oulun Kärpät in the Champions Hockey League

Kärpät and Skellefteå at some kind of non-red-armband event in 2017. Source.

The Champions Hockey League group stage wraps up today. The top two from each group advance to the Round of 16. The final Group E games are:

Kärpät [4 - 4] Skellefteå [Kärpät wins the shootout.]

Grenoble [1 - 3] Bern

[Final Group E standings:

11    Skellefteå

11    Bern

11    Kärpät

  3    Grenoble

Skellefteå and Bern advance because each did better head-to-head against Kärpät. I think I see how that works:

Skellefteå earned 4 points off Bern. Bern earned 2 points off Skellefteå. Skellefteå finishes higher than Bern.

Skellefteå earned 4 points of Kärpät. Kärpät earned 2 points off Skellefteå. Skellefteå finishes higher than Kärpät.

Bern earned 3 points off Kärpät. Kärpät earned 3 points off Bern. Bern scored 4 goals against Kärpät. Kärpät scored 4 goals against Bern. But Bern scored 3 goals against Kärpät in one game, and Kärpät only scored 2 goals against Bern in any one game, so Bern finish higher than Kärpät.

The draw for the next round is Friday.]

Oulon Kärpät in the Champions Hockey League so far:

2008-09

GS    2008/10/8      Eisbären Berlin 3 - 2 Kärpät

GS    2008/10/22    Kärpät 0 - 2 Metallurg Magnitogorsk

GS    2008/11/12    Kärpät 2 - 2 Eisbären Berlin (Eisbären won SO.)

GS    2008/11/19    Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 - 1 Kärpät

2014-15

GS    2014/8/21      Liberec 3 - 4 Kärpät

GS    2014/8/23      Košice 1 - 2 Kärpät

GS    2014/9/5        Kärpät 2 - 2 Kölner Haie (Kärpät won SO.)

GS    2014/9/7        Kölner Haie 3 - 2 Kärpät

GS    2014/9/24      Kärpät 3 - 2 Košice

GS    2014/10/8      Kärpät 3 - 1 Liberec

 16    2014/11/4       Kärpät 3 - 1 Vienna Capitals

 16    2014/11/11     Vienna Capitals 2 - 3 Kärpät

QF    2014/12/2      SaiPa 0 - 2 Kärpät

QF    2014/12/9      Kärpät 3 - 2 SaiPa

SF    2015/1/13      Frölunda 4 - 2 Kärpät

SF    2015/1/20      Kärpät 3 - 2 Frölunda

2015-16

GS    2015/8/20      Krefeld Pinguine 0 - 2 Kärpät

GS    2015/8/22      Vienna Capitals 0 - 2 Kärpät

GS    2015/8/27      Kärpät 4 - 1 Krefeld Pinguine

GS    2015/9/5        Kärpät 4 - 0 Vienna Capitals

 32    2015/9/22      Düsseldorfer EG 0 - 2 Kärpät

 32    2015/10/6      Kärpät 3 - 0 Düsseldorfer EG

 16    2015/11/3      Sparta Prague 4 - 2 Kärpät

 16    2015/11/10    Kärpät 4 - 1 Sparta Prague

QF    2015/12/1      Espoo Blues 2 - 0 Kärpät

QF    2015/12/8      Kärpät 5 - 1 Espoo Blues

SF    2016/1/12      Lukko Rauma 2 - 3 Kärpät

SF    2016/1/19      Kärpät 2 - 2 Lukko Rauma

  F    2016/2/9        Kärpät 1 - 2 Frölunda

2016-17

GS    2016/8/16      Vítkovice 2 - 4 Kärpät

GS    2016/8/16      Krefeld Pinguine 0 - 2 Kärpät

GS    2016/8/26      Kärpät 1 - 0 Vítkovice

GS    2016/9/10      Kärpät 5 - 3 Krefeld Pinguine

 32    2016/10/4      Sparta Prague 1 - 1 Kärpät

 32    2016/10/11    Kärpät 0 - 1 Sparta Prague

2018-19

GS    2018/8/31      Kärpät 4 - 0 Dragons de Rouen

GS    2018/9/2        Kärpät 9 - 3 Nürnberg Ice Tigers

GS    2018/9/7        Dragons de Rouen 2 - 4 Kärpät

GS    2018/9/9        Nürnberg Ice Tigers 4 - 3 Kärpät

GS    2018/10/9      Kärpät 3 - 2 Mountfield

GS    2018/10/17    Mountfield 3 - 4 Kärpät

 16    2018/11/6      ZSC Lions 4 - 4 Kärpät

 16    2018/11/20    Kärpät 3 - 2 ZSC Lions

QF    2018/12/4      Red Bull Salzburg 3 - 2 Kärpät

QF    2018/12/11    Kärpät 1 - 1 Red Bull Salzburg

Whenever I see the Champions Hockey League logo I think of CIL Paints.

SC Bern in the Champions Hockey League

SC Bern's shop. Source.

The Champions Hockey League group stage continues:

Skellefteå [2 - 0] Kärpät (Oct 8)

Bern [4 - 1] Grenoble (Oct 8)

The drive from Grenoble to Bern is 309.6 km. From Skellefteå to Oulu is 381.8 around the top of the Gulf of Bothnia. But Bern to Skellefteå is 2646.5 km, and Grenoble to Oulu is 3327.3 km.

Bern is the only club in Europe with an average attendance that would interest the NHL: 16,290 in 2018-19. The next nearest is SKA St. Petersburg at 13,016. Source.

[Group E standings after 5 games:

10    Skellefteå

  9    Kärpät

  8    Bern

  3    Grenoble

Grenoble cannot advance.]

SC Bern in the Champions Hockey League:

2008-09

QT    2008/9/12      Sinupret Ice Tigers 1 - 4 Bern

QT    2008/9/13      Bern 5 - 4 Košice

GS    2008/10/8      HV71 6 - 2 Bern

GS    2008/10/22    Bern 1 - 3 Espoo Blues

GS    2008/11/12    Bern 7 - 5 HV71

GS    2008/11/19    Espoo Blues 2 - 1 Bern

2014-15

GS    2014/8/21      Třinec 7 - 0 Bern

GS    2014/8/23      Tappara Tampere 3 - 5 Bern

GS    2014/9/4        Bern 0 - 4 Třinec

GS    2014/9/6        Bern 3 - 3 Tappara Tampere (Bern won SO.)

GS    2014/9/23      Bern 0 - 2 Stavanger Oilers

GS    2014/10/7      Stavanger Oilers 5 - 2 Bern

2015-16

GS    2015/8/21      HIFK 3 - 1 Bern

GS    2015/8/23      Linköping 2 - 2 Bern (Linköping won SO.)

GS    2015/8/28      Bern 2 - 2 HIFK (Bern won SO.)

GS    2015/9/5        Bern 1 - 7 Linköping

2016-17

GS    2016/8/16      Košice 3 - 6 Bern

GS    2016/8/18      Black Wings Linz 1 - 3 Bern

GS    2016/9/3        Bern 3 - 1 Košice

GS    2016/9/6        Bern 5 - 0 Black Wings Linz

32     2016/10/4      Red Bull Salzburg 1 - 4 Bern

32     2016/10/11    Bern 3 - 3 Red Bull Salzburg

16     2016/11/1      Bern 3 - 2 JYP

16     2016/11/8      JYP 3 - 3 Bern

QF    2016/12/7      Bern 1 - 1 Sparta Prag

QF    2016/12/13    Sparta Prag 4 - 1 Bern

2017-18

GS    2017/8/14      Bern 5 - 2 Nottingham Panthers

GS    2017/8/26      Bern 4 - 0 TPS Turku

GS    2017/8/31      TPS Turku 3 - 1 Bern

GS    2017/9/2        Nottingham Panthers 4 - 2 Bern

GS    2017/10/4      Mountfield 5 - 4 Bern

GS    2017/10/10    Bern 5 - 2 Mountfield

16     2017/10/31    Bern 2 - 3 Red Bull München

16     2017/11/7      Red Bull München 2 - 5 Bern

QF    2017/12/5      Bern 3 - 2 Växjö Lakers

QF    2017/12/12    Växjö Lakers 4 - 2 Bern

2018-19

GS    2018/8/30      Växjö Lakers 1 - 2 Bern

GS    2018/9/1        Cardiff Devils 2 - 3 Bern

GS    2018/9/6        Bern 4 - 3 Växjö Lakers

GS    2018/9/8        Bern 3 - 2 Cardiff Devils

GS    2018/10/10    Bern 1 - 1 Red Bull Salzburg (Bern won SO.)

GS    2018/10/17    Red Bull Salzburg 2 - 1 Bern

16     2018/11/6      Malmö Redhawks 4 - 1 Bern

16     2018/11/20    Bern 0 - 1 Malmö Redhawks

European Ins and Outs for 2019-20

The immortal Jagr. Source.

KHL: Bratislava Slovan have quit for financial reasons, reducing the league to 24 teams.

Sweden: Timrå and Mora are relegated from the SHL, and Leksand and Oskarshamn are promoted. This is the first time Oskarshamn have made the top tier. Almtuna are relegated from the second tier and Kristianstads IK are promoted to it.

Finland: No change in the Liiga. Leki have lost their Mestis license and are replaced by Hokki.

Germany: No change in the DEL. Deggendorfer SC are relegated from DEL2 and EV Landshut are promoted from the Oberliga.

Czech Republic: Piráti Chomutov are relegated, Jaromir Jagr's Rytíři Kladno promoted. Baník Sokolov are promoted to the second tier, increasing it to 16 teams.

Slovakia: Žilina are relegated, Michalovce promoted. Slovan Bratislava are readmitted from the KHL, increasing the league to 13 clubs.

Hungary: Vienna Capitals II have shifted to the Alps Hockey League, leaving the Hungarian Erste Liga with ten teams.

Switzerland: No change in the NL. HC Sierre is promoted to the second tier Swiss League, increasing that league to 12 teams.

Austria: Medveščak Zagreb dropped out of the EBEL in late January, leaving the league with eleven clubs. Milano Rossoblu have withdrawn from the Alps Hockey League, which now has 18 teams.

Norway: The GET-ligaen take in Grüner and Narvik and relegate Ringerike to bring their complement back up to ten clubs.

Britain: Milton Keynes Lightning have exited the EIHL, leaving that league with ten clubs. They join the ten team National League.

France: Diables rouges de Briançon are promoted to Ligue Magnus, and Étoile noire de Strasbourg are relegated. Lions de Lyon have dropped down to Division 3, leaving Ligue Magnus with 11 clubs.

Not European, but:

Asia League Ice Hockey: Nippon Paper Cranes have re-emerged as Higashi Hokkaido Cranes.

Grenoble in the Champions Hockey League

Grenoble in action, 1964. Source.

Grenoble Hockey Club was founded in 1963. Journalist Albert Antoine nicknamed them the Brûleurs de Loups, and in 1992 that was adopted as the club's official title. The people of Isère are called brûleurs de loups because in the 18th century they eradicated the local wolf population by setting the woods on fire. Source. Les Brûleurs have been champions of France eight times, including last season.

Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble in the Champions Hockey League:

2015-16

GS    2015/8/21      Grenoble 1 - 4 Litvínov

GS    2015/8/27      Litvínov 6 - 4 Grenoble

GS    2015/8/29      Espoo Blues 4 - 2 Grenoble

GS    2015/9/4        Grenoble 2 - 1 Espoo Blues

Is the Champions Hockey League the first pan-European hockey championship? No. This is just the latest in a series of tournaments organized by the IIHF. From 1965 to 1996 there was the European Cup. That was replaced by the European Hockey League, which lasted only four years, and the Continental Cup, which is still going. From 2005 to 2008 there was the European Champions Cup. The Champions Hockey League was tried in 2008-09 but abandoned until it was restarted in 2014.

Recent Group E games:

Grenoble 2 - 6 Kärpät (Sept 5)

Bern 4 - 4 Skellefteå (Sept 5) SAIK won the SO.

Grenoble [1 - 4] Skellefteå (Sept 7)

Bern [1 - 1] Kärpät (Sept 7) Kärpät won the SO.

[Group E after these games:

                     Pts        GD

Kärpät             9        +6

Skellefteå        7        +4

Bern                5         -2

Grenoble         3         -8    ]

Skellefteå in the Champions Hockey League

Skellefteå versus Tychy last year. You can tell it's the Champions Hockey League because everybody has a red arm. Source.

Last season we followed the Continental Cup, the championship tournament for lower tier European hockey clubs. Now let's follow the top European club tournament, the Champions Hockey League.

The Champions Hockey League runs from August to February, concurrent with the national leagues. The tournament begins with 32 top European teams in a group stage, from which 16 emerge to participate in four rounds of playoffs to decide the champion. Top-ranked leagues (read Sweden and Finland) contribute as many as five teams, while the lowest-ranked get one apiece. Clubs from 13 countries are involved in this year's tournament.

The winner of the previous Continental Cup is reserved a place in the Champions Hockey League. However, last year's Continental Cup winner Arlan Kokshetau are not eligible, and the place has gone to runners-up Belfast Giants instead. Teams from Kazakhstan are not invited to the Champions Hockey League because the travel is too much for some of the other clubs, which probably explains why the KHL clubs are also not in this tournament.

Skellefteå AIK, from Northern Sweden, are in the Champions Hockey League for the fifth time in six years. They qualify as fifth-place finalists in the Swedish league last year. They are in Group E with Oulun Kärpät (who finished first in the regular season in Finland), SC Bern (last year's playoff champs in Switzerland), and French champion Brûleurs de Loups from Grenoble. Only two teams will advance from the group, and though Grenoble are bound to finish bottom Skellefteå will have a hard time getting past either Kärpät or Bern.

Each team in a group plays each opponent once at home and once away. The group stage goes on into October. Games this weekend:

Skellefteå 2 - 2 Bern (Aug 30) SAIK won SO.

Kärpät 3 - 1 Grenoble (Aug 30)

Skellefteå [1 - 2] Grenoble (Sept 1)

Kärpät [2 - 3] Bern (Sept 1) [Bern won in OT.]

[Following these games the Group E standings are:

                       G       GD     Pts

Kärpät             2       +1       4

Bern                2        0        3

Grenoble         2       -1        3

Skellefteå        2        0        2    ]

Skellefteå in the Champions Hockey League so far:

2014-15

GS    2014/8/21      Krefeld Pinguine 1 - 2 Skellefteå

GS    2014/8/23      SønderjyskE 1 - 4 Skellefteå

GS    2014/9/4        Skellefteå 4 - 1 SønderjyskE

GS    2014/9/6        Skellefteå 4 - 0 Krefeld Pinguine

GS    2014/9/24      Skellefteå 3 - 0 HIFK

GS    2014/10/7      HIFK 5 - 3 Skellefteå

16     2014/11/4      JYP 4 - 5 Skellefteå

16     2014/11/11    Skellefteå 3 - 2 JYP (Skellefteå won SO.)

QF    2014/12/2      Linköping 1 - 2 Skellefteå

QF    2014/12/9      Skellefteå 3 - 4 Linköping (Skellefteå won SO.)

SF    2015/1/13      Skellefteå 2 - 2 Luleå

SF    2015/1/20      Luleå 3 - 2 Skellefteå

2015-16

GS    2015/8/21      Nitra 2 - 4 Skellefteå

GS    2015/8/23      Liberec 0 - 4 Skellefteå

GS    2015/8/27      Skellefteå 2 - 2 Nitra (Skellefteå won SO.)

GS    2015/9/5        Skellefteå 5 - 2 Liberec

32     2015/9/22      Košice 4 - 3 Skellefteå

32     2015/10/6      Skellefteå 3 - 0 Košice

16     2015/11/3      Eisbären Berlin 2 - 5 Skellefteå

16     2015/11/10    Skellefteå 2 - 1 Eisbären Berlin

QF    2015/12/1      Davos 1 - 1 Skellefteå

QF    2015/12/8      Skellefteå 1 - 4 Davos

2016-17

GS    2016/8/18      Vienna Capitals 3 - 2 Skellefteå

GS    2016/8/20      KalPa 1 - 2 Skellefteå

GS    2016/8/27      Skellefteå 4 - 0 KalPa

GS    2016/9/7        Skellefteå 2 - 5 Vienna Capitals

32     2016/10/4      JYP 4 - 0 Skellefteå

32     2016/10/11    Skellefteå 4 - 2 JYP

2018-19

GS    2018/8/31      Bolzano 3 - 3 Skellefteå (Bolzano won SO.)

GS    2018/9/2        Tychy 1 - 8 Skellefteå

GS    2018/9/6        Skellefteå 6 - 2 Tychy

GS    2018/9/8        Skellefteå 2 - 1 Bolzano

GS    2018/10/9      HIFK 1 - 5 Skellefteå

GS    2018/10/16    Skellefteå 3 - 4 HIFK

16     2018/11/6      Storhamar Dragons 4 - 4 Skellefteå

16     2018/11/20    Skellefteå 3 - 2 Storhamar Dragons

QF    2018/12/4      Skellefteå 3 - 3 Plzeň

QF    2018/12/11    Plzeň 1 - 1 Skellefteå (Plzeň won SO.)

Source: German Wikipedia

Another Summer Cup

Remparts versus Jokers. Source.

It's the preseason, and again Les Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise host the Summer Cup, which for some reason they didn't name Coupe d'Été.

Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise host Dragons de Rouen, Gothiques d'Amiens and Remparts de Tours. (Source.) Amiens and Rouen play in Ligue Magnus, the top French league, and the Jokers and Remparts participate in Division 1, the second tier of French hockey.

The games:

August 23

Amiens [5 - 1] Tours

Cergy-Pontoise [1 - 5] Rouen

August 24

Rouen [5 - 3] Amiens

Cergy-Pontoise [4 - 2] Tours

August 25

Rouen [2 - 1] Tours

Cergy-Pontoise [2 - 4] Amiens

[Rouen win the tournament.]

2019 Men's Hockey Playoff Champions

Donbass.

KHL: CSKA

Finnish Liiga: HPK

Svenska Hockeyligan: Frölunda

Czech Extraliga: Třinec

Slovak Extraliga: Banská Bystrica

Swiss NL: SC Bern

Deutsche Eishockey Liga: Adler Mannheim

Asia League: Sakhalin

Austrian Erste Bank Liga: EC KAC

Belarus: Yunost Minsk

Britain: Cardiff Devils

BeNe League: HYC Herentals

Denmark: Rungsted

France: Grenoble

Alps Hockey League: Olimpija Ljubljana

Norway: Frisk Asker

Poland: GKS Tychy

Hungarian Erste Liga: Ferencvárosi

Latvia: Mogo

Ukraine: Donbass

Iceland: SA Víkingar

Allan Cup: Lacombe Generals

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey: [Sorel-Tracy]

Women's Hockey Champions 2019

Peregrine. Source.

Clarkson Cup (CWHL): Calgary Inferno

The CWHL will fold on May 1. Story. Also.

Isobel Cup (NWHL): Minnesota Whitecaps

U Sports: Guelph Gryphons

NCAA: Wisconsin Badgers

Finland: Espoo Blues

France: Remparts de Tours

Germany: Memmingen

Japan: Douru Kenetsu Peregrine

Russia: Agidel Ufa

Sweden: Luleå

Switzerland: HC Ladies Lugano

Italy: Alleghe

EWHL: KMH Budapest

Tourangelles. Source.

Ässät versus Lukko 2018-19

Ässät score, October 13th, 2018. Source.

How did Ässät and Lukko fare in head-to-head action this season?

2018/9/14        Lukko 2 - 3 Ässät

2018/10/13      Ässät 5 - 4 Lukko

2018/11/23      Lukko 2 - 3 Ässät

2018/12/28      Ässät 0 - 1 Lukko

2019/2/1          Lukko 2 - 0 Ässät

2019/3/2          Ässät 5 - 4 Lukko

Despite these results Lukko are by far the better team, finishing the reguar season [5th to 8th], while Ässät were dead last.

About Oji Eagles

Oji Eagles, 1926. Source.

The Oji Eagles ice hockey club was founded in 1925, making it a year younger the Boston Bruins, and a year older than the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks. Throughout its existence it has been owned by Oji Paper Company, headquartered in Tomakomai, Hokkaido.

The club has been extremely successful in Japanese hockey competitions. The Eagles have won the All Japan Championship 37 times in 87 years. They were champions of the Japan Ice Hockey League 13 times in its 37-year existence, and have won the Asia League playoffs three times in 15 years. They have rarely suffered a losing season or a goal difference in negative numbers.

They have worn a variety of uniforms through the years -- which you can see  here --but the classic design is the one they used during the JIHL years, modelled on the red and blue Montreal Canadians uniform.

Oji Eagles' home rink is Hakucho Arena in Tomakomai. It can hold about four thousand spectators.

Their greatest rivalry has long been with Nippon Paper Cranes, another Hokkaido club attached to a paper manufacturer. But the rivals may have just played their last match on Feb 19th, as Nippon Paper is getting out of the hockey business.

Year by year:

Pre-JIHL era

1925        Founded as the company team of Oji Paper Tomakomai.

1932        Winner -- All Japan Championship (1st time)

1933        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1935        Winner -- All Japan Championship (2nd time)

1938        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1940        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1941        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1943        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1947        Winner -- All Japan Championship (3rd time)

1950        Winner -- All Japan Championship (4th time)

1951        Winner -- All Japan Championship (5th time)

1952        Winner -- All Japan Championship (6th time)

1953        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1954        Winner -- All Japan Championship (7th time)

1955        Winner -- All Japan Championship (8th time)

1956        Winner -- All Japan Championship (9th time)

1957        Co-winner -- All Japan Championship (10th time)

1958        Winner -- All Japan Championship (11th time)

1960        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1961        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1962        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1963        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1964        Winner -- All Japan Championship (12th time)

1965        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1966        Winner -- All Japan Championship (13th time)

 

JIHL era

                   G     W     L    T       F       A        GD     P     Pos

1966-67      8      6      2    0      39      21      +18    12    2nd

1967        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1967-68      8      5      2    1      55      17      +38    11    2nd

1968        Winner -- All Japan Championship (14th time)

1968-69      8      7      0    1      63      12      +51    15    Winner (1st time)

1969        Winner -- All Japan Championship (15th time)

1969-70      8      7      1    0      62      13      +49    14    Winner (2nd time)

1970        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1970-71    12      9      3    0      55      20      +35    18    2nd

1971-72      8      6      2    0      56      25      +31    12    2nd

1972        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1972-73    12      7      3    2      58      34      +24    16    2nd

1973        Winner -- All Japan Championship (16th time)

1973-74    12    10      2    0      87      42      +35    20    Winner (3rd time)

1974        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1974-75    10      6      4    0      76      37      +39    12    3rd

1975        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1975-76    15    12      3    0    108      35      +73    24    2nd

1976        Winner -- All Japan Championship (17th time)

1976-77    15    12      2    1    117      33      +84    25    2nd

1977        Winner -- All Japan Championship (18th time)

1977-78    15    12      2    1      91      36      +55    25    2nd

1978        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1978-79    20    10      7    3    101      66      +35    23    4th

1979        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1979-80    15    10      1    4    114      41      +73    24    Winner (4th time)

1980        Winner -- All Japan Championship (19th time)

1980-81    20    16      3    1    111      51      +60    33    2nd

1981        Winner -- All Japan Championship (20th time)

1981        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1981-82    30    27      0    3    208      98    +110    57    Winner (5th time)

1982-83    30    26      3    1    221    103    +118    53    Winner (6th time)

1983        Winner -- All Japan Championship (21st time)

1983-84    30    25      4    1    176    101      +75    51    Winner (7th time)

1984        Winner -- All Japan Championship (22nd time)

1984-85    30    24      3    3    187      82    +105    51    Winner (8th time)

1985        Winner -- All Japan Championship (23rd time)

1985-86    30    18      7    5    154    108      +46    41    2nd

1986        Winner -- All Japan Championship (24th time)

1986-87    30    23      3    4    158      66      +92    50    Winner (9th time)

1987        Winner -- All Japan Championship (25th time)

1987-88    30    21      6    3    135      83      +52    45    Winner (10th time)

1988        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1988-89    30    18      5    7    166      91      +75    43    2nd

1989        Winner -- All Japan Championship (26th time)

1989-90    30    26      1    3    162      59    +103    55    Winner (11th time)

1990        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

1990-91    30    20      8    2    145      87      +58    42    2nd

                    Playoffs: won F 3 - 2. Winner (12th time)

1991-92    30    22      6    2    155      73      +82    46    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost F 1 - 3.

1992        Winner -- All Japan Championship (27th time)

1992        Winner -- All Japan Championship (28th time)

1992-93    30    20      8    2    142      78      +64    42    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost F 1 - 3.

1993-94    30    22      6    2    136      76      +60    46    2nd

                    Playoffs: Won SF 3 - 0, won F 3 - 1. Winner (13th time)

1994        Winner -- All Japan Championship (29th time)

1994-95    30    20      8    2    139      89      +50    42    3rd

1995        Winner -- All Japan Championship (30th time)

1995-96    40    25    13    2    185    131      +54    52    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost F 0 - 3.

1996        Winner -- All Japan Championship (31st time)

1996-97    30    22      4    4    152      92      +60    48    1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 2 - 1, lost F 0 - 2.

1997        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1997-98    40    22    14    4    165    129      +36    48    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 2.

1998        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

1998-99    40    21    18    1    147    142        +5    43    2nd

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, lost F 1 - 3.

1999        4th place -- All Japan Championship

1999-00    30    13    15    2    103      97        +6    28    4th

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 3.

2000        Winner -- All Japan Championship (32nd time)

2000-01    40    21    16    3    148    132      +16    45    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 2 - 3.

2001        4th place -- All Japan Championship

                   G    W OW SW SL OL     L       F       A      GD     P    Pos

2001-02    40    20    2    0    1    2     15    132    127    +5    47    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 2.

2002        Winner -- All Japan Championship (33rd time)

2002-03    32    16    1    2          2      11    131   100   +31   39    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF.

2003        4th place -- All Japan Championship

2003-04    12      8    1                1       2      38      23   +15   18    2nd, 1st round

                 12      8    0                1       3      47      37   +10   17    2nd, 2nd round

 

AIHL era

                  G     W  OW   T   OL   L       F       A     GD      P    Pos

2003-04    16      5     0    2    0     9      55      58       -3    17    4th

2004        4th place -- All Japan Championship

2004-05    42    24     2    2    1   13    181    124    +57    79    4th

                    Playoffs: lost SF 1 - 3.

2005        Winner -- All Japan Championship (34th time)

2005-06    38    22     0    4    2   10    159      87    +72    72    4th

                    Playoffs: won QF 3 - 1, lost SF 0 - 3.

2006        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2006-07    34    20     0    4    1     9    151      80    +71    65    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost QF 1 - 3.

2007        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2007-08    30    17     1    2    2     8    112      74    +38    57    3rd

                    Playoffs: won QF 3 - 0, won SF 3 - 0, won F 3 - 0. Winner (1st time)

2008        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

                  G    W   OW   SW   SL  OL    L     F       A     GD     P    Pos

2008-09    36    21    1       2      2    0    10   141    77    +64    71    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 0 - 4.

2009        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2009-10    36    21    0       3      2    3      7   141    80    +61    74    2nd

                    Playoffs: lost SF 1 - 3.

2010        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2010-11    36    21    3       2      3    0      7    161    91    +70    76    1st

                    Playoffs: lost SF 1 - 3.

2011        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2011-12    36    21    1       2      4    2      6    141    82    +59    75    1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, won F 3 - 1. Winner (2nd time)

2012        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2012-13    42    32    2       0      1    1      6    199    92  +107   102   1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, lost F 1 - 3.

2013        Winner -- All Japan Championship (35th time)

2013-14    42    32    2       5      0    0      3    194    74  +120   110    1st

                    Playoffs: won SF 3 - 0, lost F 1 - 3.

2014        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2014-15    48    21    2       5      3    3    14    156  138    +18     83    4th

                    Playoffs: lost QF 1 - 2.

2015        3rd place -- All Japan Championship

2015-16    48    26    1       1      3    1    16    158  125    +33     86    4th

                    Playoffs: lost QF 0 - 2.

2016        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2016-17    48    28    3       1      1    3    12    203  124    +79     96    3rd

                    Playoffs: lost QF 0 - 2.

2017        Winner -- All Japan Championship (36th time)

2017-18    28      9    3       3      0    1    12      74    73      +1     40    5th

                    Playoffs: won QF 2 - 1, won SF 3 - 2, lost F 1 - 3.

2018        2nd place -- All Japan Championship

2018-19    34    11    6                      3    14     87    94        -7    48    5th

                    Playoffs: lost QF 1 - 2.

2019        Winner -- All Japan Championship (37th time)

Sources: English and Japanese Wikipedia; hockeyarchives.info; ojihockey-fan.jp; jihl.or.jp