Oji Eagles

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

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.

History

The club was founded as the Oji Eagles in 1925. They have won the Japan League 13 times, the All Japan Championship 36 times and the Asia League 2 times. Oji became a founding member of Asia League Ice Hockey in 2003.

Honours

• Asia League:
  • Winners (2): 2007-08, 2011-12
• 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 (36): 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, 2013, 2017

Current roster

Oji Eagles players warm-up before a game

Goaltenders
#	Country	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
30		Ogino Junji	L	2001	Osaka, Japan
39		Narisawa Yuta	L	2010	Kushiro, Japan
61		Haruna Masahito	L	2006	Kushiro, Japan

Defencemen
#	Country	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
5		Hashiba Ryo	R	2009	Tomakomai, Japan
6		Kawashima Makoto	L	2003	Obihiro, Japan
20		Yamashita Takafumi	R	2006	Tomakomai, Japan
23		Haga Yosuke – A	R	2009	Kushiro, Japan
28		Chris Harrington	R	2010	St. Cloud, United States
34		Hashimoto Ryo	L	2011	Iwanai, Japan
44		Aaron Keller	R	2003	Kamloops, BC, Canada
88		Sasaki Kazumasa	R	2008	Tomakomai, Japan

Forwards
#	Country	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Ogawa Katsuya – A	LW	R	2008	Tomakomai, Japan
7		Domeki Masato – C	C/W	R	2002	Tomakomai, Japan
8		Kon Yousuke	C	L	2009	Kitahiroshima, Japan
9		Sato Sho	LW	L	2009	Kushiro, Japan
10		Mitamura Kouhei	LW	L	2010	Obihiro, Japan
13		Ogawa Masafumi	C	L	2005	Tomakomai, Japan
14		Ohsawa Yuto		L	2012	Tomakomai, Japan
16		Saito Tetsuya	C	R	2002	Kushiro, Japan
17		Takada Kota		R	2012	Kushiro, Japan
18		Kaneko Ryouhei	C/LW	L	2010	Tokyo, Japan
19		Saito Takeshi	RW	R	2002	Kushiro, Japan
21		Kuji Shuuhei	LW	R	2010	Tomakomai, Japan
32		Marc Cavosie	C/LW	L	2011	Albany, NY, United States
48		Takahashi Seiji	RW	R	2011	Tomakomai, Japan
53		Terao Hiromichi		L	2012	Nikko, Japan

Year-by-year record

complete records for previous seasons^[1]

*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
• Irek Gimayev 1987-1991, D
• 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

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)