 Further changes were seen in the league in the 2006 – 07 season . After the last season The Nordic Vikings were looking for sponsors for the team . However , they failed to find sufficient sponsorship and left the league due to financial trouble . Harbin moved their home rink to Beijing and changed their name to Hosa to reflect this . Qiqihar acquired a new sponsor and changed their name to Changchun Fuao . Kokudo also changed their name to the Seibu Prince Rabbits . With eight teams , the league further reduced the number of games played to 34 , which again resulted in an uneven play schedule . The Chinese @-@ based teams , for example , played each other and the Korean teams each six times but only played the Japanese teams four times . The Paper Cranes easily won the regular season again finishing first with 86 points . With the previous year 's goal leader not participating the scoring race went to Tim Smith of Kangwon Land . He led the league with 30 goals . Patrik Martinec of Halla led the league with 53 assists and 71 points . The playoffs followed the same format as the year before and six teams advanced . Kangwon Land swept Halla in three games and Oji Paper beat the Ice Bucks three games to one . While it was inevitable with two Korean teams facing each other , it marks the first time a non @-@ Japanese team won a playoff series in Asia League . The second round was over quickly as the Cranes and Rabbits who both had byes swept their opponents in three games each . For the third year in a row the final was between the Paper Cranes and the Rabbits . The Cranes took the series in four games . Joel Prpic won himself another scoring title as he led the playoffs in goals , 8 , and points , 17 . Kengo Itoh for the Cranes had the most assists with 13 . At the awards ceremony Itoh also took the award for MVP of the Year while Jun Tonosaki received the award for Young Guy of the Year . 
