Oji Eagles

Oji Eagles
City	Tomakomai, Hokkaidō
League	Asia League Ice Hockey
Founded	1925 (1925)
Home arena	Hakucho Arena (capacity 4,015)
Colors
Owner(s)	Oji Paper Company
General manager	Honma Sadaki
Head coach	Yamanaka Takeshi
Captain	Saito Tetsuya
Website http://www.ojipaper.co.jp/hockey/

Oji Eagles (王子製紙アイスホッケー部, Ōji Seishi Aisu Hokkē-bu^?) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tomakomai city on Hokkaidō, Japan. Oji is a member of Asia League Ice Hockey. The club was founded as the Oji Eagles in 1925. They have won the Japan League 13 times and the All Japan Championship 34 times. Oji became a founding member of Asia League Ice Hockey in 2003.

Honours

• Asia League:
  • Winners (1): 2007-08

• Japan League:
  • Winners (13): 1968-69, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94

• All Japan Championship:
  • Winners (34): 1932, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2005

Current roster

Oji Eagles players warm-up before a game

Goaltenders
#	Country	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
30		Ogino Junji			Osaka, Japan
39		Narisawa Yuuta		2010	Kushiro, Japan
61		Haruna Masahito	L		Kushiro, Japan

Defencemen
#	Country	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
5		Hashiba Ryo	R	2009	Japan
6		Kawashima Makoto	L		Obihiro, Japan
20		Yamashita Takafumi	R	2006	Hokkaidō, Japan
23		Haga Yosuke	R	2009	Hokkaidō, Japan
27		Minami Ryota	R	2008	Japan
28		Chris Harrington	R	2010	St. Cloud, United States
34		Hashimoto Ryo	L	2011	Japan
44		Aaron Keller	R		Canada
88		Sasaki Kazumasa		2008	Japan

Forwards
#	Country	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Ogawa Katsuya	W		2008	Japan
7		Domeki Masato	C/W	R		Eniwa, Japan
8		Kon Yousuke	C	L	2009	Hokkaidō, Japan
9		Sato Sho	W	L	2009	Japan
10		Mitamura Kouhei		L	2010	Japan
13		Ogawa Masafumi – A	C		2005	Tomakomai, Japan
16		Saito Tetsuya – A	C	R		Kushiro, Japan
17		Ishizuka Takeshi			2006	Japan
18		Kaneko Ryouhei		L	2010	Japan
19		Saito Takeshi – C	W	R		Kushiro, Japan
21		Kuji Shuuhei		R	2010	Tomakomai, Japan
32		Marc Cavosie	LW/C	L	2011	Albany, NY, USA
48		Takahashi Seiji	R		2011	Japan

Year-by-year record

complete records for previous seasons^[1]

Season	GP	W	W(OT)	W(GWS)*	T	L(GWS)*	L(OT)	L	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	Playoffs
2003–04	16	5	0	—	2	—	0	9	55	58	17	4th/5	No Playoffs due to shortened season
2004–05	42	24	2	—	2	—	1	13	181	124	79	4th/8	Lost in semi-finals
2005–06	38	22	0	—	4	—	2	10	159	87	72	4th/9	Lost in semi-finals
2006–07	34	20	0	—	4	—	1	9	141	80	65	3rd/8	Lost in quarter-finals
2007–08	30	17	1	—	2	—	2	8	112	74	57	3rd/7	Won Championship
2008–09	36	21	1	2	—	2	0	10	141	77	71	3rd/7	Lost in semi-finals
2009–10	36	21	0	3	—	2	3	7	141	80	74	2nd/7	Lost in Semi-finals

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

Past import players

• Vyacheslav Starshinov 1975-78, F
• Vladimir Shadrin 1979-1983, C
• Yuri Lyapkin 1979-1982, D
• Valery Belousov 1982-1984, F
• Anatoli Fedotov 1995-96/1998-00, D (Former Jets/Mighty Ducks)
• Vladimir Kramskoy 1995-00, D
• Igor Dorofeyev 1998-00, F
• Michael Yoshino 1997-99, F
• Sergei Pryakhin 1998-99, RW (Former Flames)
• Matt Oikawa 1999-00, RW
• Sergei Bautin 2000-02, D (Former Jets/Red Wings/Sharks)
• Aaron Keller 2002- , F
• Burt Henderson 2003-07, D
• Dusty Imoo 2003-06, G
• Greg Parks 2003-04, RW (Former Islanders)
• Dan Daikawa 2004-05, D
• Tavis Hansen 2004-05, RW (Former Jets/Coyotes)
• Jason Podollan 2005-06, RW (Former Panthers/Maple Leafs/Kings/Islanders)
• Jarrod Skalde 2006-07, C (Former Devils/Mighty Ducks/Flames/Sharks/Stars/Blackhawks/Thrashers/Flyers)
• Shane Endicott 2007-09, C (Former Penguins)
• Ricard Persson 2007-09, D (Former Devils/Blues/Senators)

References

1. ^ "Archive Record". Alhockey.com. http://www.alhockey.com/schedule_record/archive_record/index.html. Retrieved 12 January 2009. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• (Japanese) Official website
• Asia League Ice Hockey - Official site