Nikkō Ice Bucks
| HC Nikkō Ice Bucks | |
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| City: | Nikkō, Tochigi |
| League: | Asia League Ice Hockey |
| Founded: | 1999 |
| Home Arena: | Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena (capacity 2,000) |
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The HC Nikkō Ice Bucks (Japanese: ホッケークラブ日光アイスバックス) are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan.
History
The Nikkō area has a long history of ice hockey, with the Furukawa Electric semi-professional team (one of the oldest in Japan) having been established in 1925, and becoming a founding member of the Japanese Ice Hockey League in 1966. In 1999, however, the team was forced to disband due to financial difficulties.
A outflow of support from the city and local financing allowed the team to be recreated as a club team, supported locally. It was renamed the HC Nikkō IceBucks and joined the league in time for the next season's start. The team, despite fervent local support, was never one of the successes of the JIHL even when they were supported as Furukawa Electric, and had a rocky start as the HC Nikkō IceBucks, having to relaunch their business model in 2001. The team has consistently placed near or at the bottom of the league.
When the league expanded into the Asia League Ice Hockey, Nikkō was one of the teams that was part of the new league. In the summer of 2005, the team arranged to play a number of its home games in Kobe, Hyogo, and changed its name to the Nikkō Kobe Ice Bucks to reflect its new two-city home. The team's name reverted to the Nikkō Ice Bucks after the squad ceased playing in Kobe in 2007.
On January 29, 2020, It was announce that five players would represent Japan in the 3rd round of qualifiers for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Honours
- Japan League championships: none
- Asia League championships: none
- All-Japan Championship: 2015, 2019, 2023
Year-by-year record
JIHL 1999-2004
| Season | GP | W | W(OT) | W(PS) | T | L(PS) | L(OT) | L | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-00 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 45 | 106 | 11 | 6th/6 | Out of playoffs | ||||
| 2000-01 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 91 | 164 | 21 | 6th/6 | Out of playoffs | ||||
| 2001-02 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 103 | 163 | 23.0 | 6th/6 | Out of playoffs | |
| 2002-03 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 114 | 23.0 | 5th/5 | Out of playoffs | |
| 2003-04 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 56 | 0.0 | 4th/4 | None |
ALIH 2003-present
| Season | GP | W | W(OT) | W(GWS)* | T | L(GWS)* | L(OT) | L | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 16 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | — | 0 | 12 | 38 | 67 | 6 | 5th/5 | No Playoffs due to shortened season |
| 2004–05 | 42 | 13 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 24 | 110 | 125 | 45 | 6th/8 | - |
| 2005–06 | 38 | 16 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 17 | 103 | 118 | 55 | 6th/9 | Lost in quarter-final |
| 2006–07 | 34 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 0 | 21 | 90 | 158 | 37 | 6th/8 | Lost in semi-final |
| 2007–08 | 30 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 0 | 18 | 60 | 109 | 30 | 6th/7 | Lost in quarter-final |
| 2008–09 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 27 | 74 | 161 | 20 | 7th/7 | - |
| 2009–10 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 17 | 103 | 118 | 46 | 6th/7 | - |
| 2010–11 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 2 | 20 | 95 | 112 | 40 | 6th/7 | - |
| 2011–12 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 4 | — | 0 | 1 | 13 | 158 | 103 | 63 | 3rd/7 | - |
| 2012–13 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | 19 | 123 | 141 | 59 | 5th/7 | - |
| Totals | 346 | 110 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 188 | 954 | 1212 | - | - | - |
*prior to the 2008–2009 season, there were no shootouts and games ended in a tie
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