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{{Infobox sports season
| title            = 2016–17 Asia League Ice Hockey
| league           = [[Asia League Ice Hockey]]
| sport            = [[ice hockey]]
| logo             = 
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| duration         = August 27, 2016 – April 11, 2017<ref>[http://www.alhockey.com/news/docs/16-17_Schedule-List_20160809_EN.pdf Asia League Ice Hockey 2016-2017 Game Schedule], Retrieved August 9, 2016</ref> 
| no_of_games      = 230
| no_of_teams      = 9
| attendance       =
| TV               =
| season           = Regular season
| season_champs    = {{Flagicon|KOR}} [[Anyang Halla]]
| season_champ_name= Regular season leaders
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| playoffs         = Playoffs
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| finals           = 
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| finals_champ     = {{Flagicon|KOR}} Anyang Halla
| finals_runner-up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[HC Sakhalin|PSK Sakhalin]]
| finals_MVP       = {{Flagicon|KOR}}[[Matt Dalton]]
| finals_MVP_link  = 
| seasonslist      = 
| seasonslistnames = Asia League Ice Hockey
| prevseason_link  = 2015–16 Asia League Ice Hockey season
| prevseason_year  = 2015–16
| nextseason_link  = 2017–18 Asia League Ice Hockey season
| nextseason_year  = 2017–18 
}}

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]].<ref name="eskw">{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=21703 |title=Daemyung Killer Whales |accessdate=June 12, 2016 |publisher=www.elitepospects.com }}</ref><ref>[http://hockeyinasia.hockey/2016/05/daemyung-killer-whales/ Daemyung Killer Whales, hockeyinasia], Retrieved June 12, 2016</ref> [[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.<ref>[http://hockeyinasia.hockey/2016/05/asia-league-team-officials-meet-in-tokyo-to-discuss-expansion-and-import-players/ Asia league team officials meet in Tokyo to discuss expansion and import players], Retrieved June 12, 2016 </ref>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="width:48%; text-align:left"
! style="width:20%"  align=left | Club
! style="width:18%" | City/Area
! style="width:10%" | Joined ALIH
|-
| '''[[Nippon Paper Cranes]]'''
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kushiro]]
| align=center | 2003
|-
| '''[[Anyang Halla]]'''
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Anyang, South Korea|Anyang]]
| align=center | 2003
|-
| '''[[Nikko Ice Bucks]]'''
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nikkō]]
| align=center | 2003
|-
| '''[[Oji Eagles]]'''
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomakomai]]
| align=center | 2003
|-
| '''[[High1]]'''
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Chuncheon]]
| align=center | 2005
|-
| '''[[China Dragon]]'''
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]]
|  align=center | 2007
|-
| ''' [[Tohoku Free Blades]]'''
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hachinohe, Aomori|Hachinohe]]
| align=center | 2009
|-
| '''[[Daemyung Killer Whales]]'''
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Incheon]]
|  align=center | 2016
|-
| '''[[PSK Sakhalin]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk]]
|  align=center | 2014
|}

==Regular season==
Below is the final standings in the regular season.<ref name="AL2">{{cite web|url=http://www.alhockey.com/popup/27/standings.html
|title=Final standings, ALIH|accessdate=26 March 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! width="30" | Place
! width="150" align="left"| Team
! width="30" | GP
! width="30" | W
! width="30" | OTW
! width="30" | SOW
! width="30" | SOL
! width="30" | OTL
! width="30" | L
! width="70" | GF-GA
! width="70" | Pts
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 1 ||align="left"| '''y''' - [[Anyang Halla]] || 48 ||36||3||2||2||0||5||210–91||'''120'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 2 ||align="left"| '''y''' - [[HC Sakhalin|PSK Sakhalin]] || 48 ||33||3||0||2||2||8||214–101||'''109'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 3 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Oji Eagles]] || 48 ||28||3||1||1||3||12||203–134||'''96'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 4 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Tohoku Free Blades]] || 48 ||26||1||1||0||3||17||185–135||'''85'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 5 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Nippon Paper Cranes]] || 48 ||23||1||1||3||3||17||169–153||'''79'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center"
| 6 ||align="left"| '''x''' - [[Nikko Ice Bucks|Nikko IceBucks]] || 48 ||17||4||3||1||3||20||157–153||'''69'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 7 ||align="left"| '''e''' - [[High1]] || 48 ||10||1||4||0||3||30||118–197||'''43'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 8 ||align="left"| '''e''' - [[Daemyung Killer Whales]] || 48 ||7||1||0||1||2||37||107–231||'''26'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 9 ||align="left"| '''e''' - [[China Dragon]] || 48 ||4||3||0||2||1||38||106–274||'''21'''
|}

<small>'''y''' – Clinched first-round bye; '''x''' – Clinched playoff spot; '''e''' - Eliminated from playoff contention.</small>

==Playoffs== 
[[File:Anyang Halla Sakhalin 2017 ALIH Final 20170408.jpg|thumb|right|Opening faceoff of game one of the Final between Anyang Halla and Sakhalin.]]

{{8TeamBracket
| RD1= First round 
| RD2= Semifinal
| RD3= Final
| group1      =  
| group2      =  
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=
| RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=
| RD1-score2=
| RD1-seed3=3
| RD1-team3=Oji Eagles
| RD1-score3=0
| RD1-seed4=6
| RD1-team4='''Nikko'''
| RD1-score4='''2'''
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5=
| RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6=
| RD1-score6=
| RD1-seed7=4
| RD1-team7='''Tohoku'''
| RD1-score7='''2'''
| RD1-seed8=5
| RD1-team8=Nippon
| RD1-score8=0
| RD2-seed1=2
| RD2-team1='''Sakhalin'''
| RD2-score1='''3'''
| RD2-seed2=6
| RD2-team2=Nikko
| RD2-score2=1
| RD2-seed3=1
| RD2-team3='''Anyang Halla'''
| RD2-score3='''3'''
| RD2-seed4=4
| RD2-team4=Tohoku
| RD2-score4=0
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1='''Anyang Halla'''
| RD3-score1='''3'''
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2=Sakhalin
| RD3-score2=0
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Asia League Ice Hockey}}

[[Category:Asia League Ice Hockey seasons]]
[[Category:2016 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:2017 in ice hockey]]

{{Wikipedia}}