 After several years of many changes to the teams , the 2008 – 09 season came with only one change . Oji Paper renamed themselves to Oji Eagles in July 2008 . The league increased China 's allowance to seven import players to help their competitiveness . Prior to the start of the regular season a series of exhibition games , dubbed " Anyang Cup 2008 " was held in Anyang . Five of the seven teams in the league participated with the Ice Bucks and Rabbits sitting out . Oji won the exhibition tournament without losing a game . The league increased the amount of games played to 36 and balanced the schedule by having all teams play each other an equal amount . Early in the season the Halla coach , Shim Eui @-@ sik was suspended for refusal to play after a disputed goal against High1 . Halla was forced to forfeit the game , but at the end of the regular season they had finished in first place with 76 points , becoming the first non @-@ Japanese team to do so . Brock Radunske of Halla finished first in goals and points with 29 and 57 respectively . Kunihiko Sakurai , a previous MVP , finished on top with 40 assists in the regular season . The league reduced the number of teams making the playoffs and only five teams advanced . The first round saw a short three games series between the Cranes and High1 . The Cranes swept High1 in two games . The second round found the regular season winners , Halla , facing the Cranes and Oji facing the Rabbits . Halla and the Cranes took it to seven games , but Halla lost on home ice . After the previous year 's record setting playoff run , Oji found themselves swept by the Rabbits in four games . For the fourth time in five years the final was between the Rabbits and Cranes . The Cranes won for the second time . The Cranes swept the playoffs point race with Kengo Itoh taking the lead with 16 assists and 21 points . <unk> Nishiwaki led with 12 goals . Brock Radunske took the award for MVP of the Year marking the first time the award has gone to an import player . Young Guy of the Year went to Kim Ki @-@ sung , also from Halla . 
