Nippon Paper Cranes

Nippon Paper Cranes
Greatest successes
	Won the Asia League Ice Hockey 2004 , 2007 , 2009 , 2014 ; Japanese champion 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011;
Club information
history	Jūjō Papaer Kushiro Ice Hockey Club (1949–1994) ; Nippon Paper Cranes (since 1994)
Location	Kushiro , Japan
Club colors	blue
league	Asia League Ice Hockey
Venue	Jūjō Skate Center
2017/18	7th place (preliminary round)

The Nippon Paper Cranes ( Japanese 日本製紙クレインズ Nippon Seishi Kureinzu ) are a Japanese ice hockey team based in Kushiro , which currently plays in the Asia League Ice Hockey .

history

The club was established in 1949 as jujo Papaer Kushiro Ice Hockey Club , founded in 1994 the name was Nippon Paper Cranes changed when jujo Papaer and Sanyō Kokusaku Pulp with the support of the Nippon Paper Industries , belongs to the Group which club since then merged.

The Paper Cranes won the first season of the Asia League Ice Hockey in 2004 , in the following two years they could win the regular season, but in the play-off final they failed twice against the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team (today's Seibu Prince Rabbits ). In 2006 , the Japanese championship was won for the first time in the club's history.

With a 3: 1 play-off victory in the final of the 2006/07 season, the Paper Cranes secured their second ALIH title after 2004 against the Seibu Prince Rabbits. The third title was also in a tight final series against the in 2008/09 Seibu Prince Rabbits won 4-3. In 2014 the team from Kushiro won their fourth title in the Asia League. In 2015, the paper cranes could not qualify for the playoffs for the first time. There are also four Japanese national championships.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime , SOS = victories after shootout , U = draws, SON = defeats after shootout, OTN = defeats after overtime, N = defeats, ET = goals scored, GT = goals conceded , Pt = points

season	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	U	SON	OTN	N	ET	GT	Pt	space	Playoffs
2003/04	16	13	0	-	0	-	0	3	80	49	39	1st place	master
2004/05	42	31	0	-	5	-	0	6th	206	85	98	1st place	final
2005/06	38	30th	2	-	1	-	0	5	240	66	95	1st place	final
2006/07	34	27	1	-	1	-	2	3	198	79	86	1st place	master
2007/08	30th	15th	1	-	2	-	1	11	97	85	50	4th Place	final
2008/09	36	18th	3	2	-	2	3	8th	120	95	69	4th Place	master
2009/10	36	18th	3	3	-	2	0	10	128	101	68	3rd place	final
2010/11	36	21st	2	1	-	3	2	7th	141	95	74	2nd place	Semifinals
2011/12	36	16	1	3	-	1	1	14th	128	110	58	4th Place	Semifinals
2012/13	42	17th	4th	6th	-	3	3	9	176	130	77	3rd place	Semifinals
2013/14	42	22nd	2	2	-	1	0	15th	168	126	75	3rd place	master
2014/15	48	15th	3	6th	-	4th	2	18th	160	157	69	6th place	not qualified
2015/16	48	25th	3	2	-	2	2	14th	166	125	88	3rd place	Semifinals
2016/17	48	23	1	1	-	3	3	17th	169	153	79	5th place	Quarter finals
2017/18	28	9	1	1	-	3	1	13	79	91	35	7th place	not qualified

Well-known former players

Web links

Official Homepage (Japanese)