The were an
Asia League Ice Hockey team based in
Kushiro City in
Hokkaidō, Japan.
History
The club was founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1993 when Jūjō Paper and Sanyō Kokusaku Pulp merged to form
Nippon Paper.
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.
Honours
*
Asia League:
**''Winners (4)'':
2003–04,
2006–07,
2008–09,
2013–14
*
All Japan Championship:
**''Winners (7)'': 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Season-by-season record
Asia League
*prior to the 2008–2009 season, there were no shoot-outs and games ended in a tie
Past import players
*
Georgy Yevtyukhin, 1996–97 C
*
Joel Dyck 2003–2009, D
*
Chris Lindberg
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Lindberg was a member of the Canadian 1992 Winter Olympics ice hockey team, winning a silver medal. He would also play professionally in th ...
2004–05, LW
*
Derek Plante
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2005–07, D
*
Jamie McLennan
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2007–08, G
*
Tyson Nash
Tyson Scott Nash (born March 11, 1975) is a Canadian former ice hockey left winger. He announced his retirement on September 11, 2008. He last played for the Nippon Paper Cranes in Japan during the 2007–08 season.
Hockey
Nash spent his firs ...
2007–08, LW
*
Kelly Fairchild 2008–09, C
*
Brad Tiley
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Playing career
Born in Markdale, Ontario, Tiley was drafted 84th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He played junior hocke ...
2008–09, D
*
Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu 2009–10, D
* Ash Goldie 2010–11, FW
*
Mike Madill
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Madill attended St. Lawr ...
2010–11, D
*
Ray DiLauro
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Career
After playing Youth Hockey for the Philade ...
2011, D
*
Tyler Mosienko
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2011–12, C
*
John Hecimovic 2011–12, RW
References
{{Asia League Ice Hockey
Nippon Paper Industries
Asia League Ice Hockey teams
Ice hockey clubs established in 1949
Sports teams in Hokkaido
Ice hockey teams in Japan
Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2019
2019 disestablishments in Japan