Nippon Paper Cranes

The Nippon Paper Cranes (日本製紙クレインズ, Nippon Seishi Kureinzu) were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan.

They won the inaugural Asia League Ice Hockey title in the 2003–04 season, and have won it four times overall.

They also have won the All Japan Ice hockey Championship seven times.

After the 2018–19 season, the team was dissolved due to financial difficulties, and was replaced by the East Hokkaido Cranes.

[1] *prior to the 2008–2009 season, there were no shoot-outs and games ended in a tie