 The 2010 – 11 season saw virtually no change to the structure of the season or league . All teams from the previous season remained in the league , and the amount of games remained at 36 . The regular season ran from 18 September 2010 to 20 February 2011 . After two years of leading the league , Halla slipped to fourth place and Oji Eagles took the regular season honors with 76 points . <unk> Kuji of Oji lead the league with 24 goals , while his teammate Yosuke Kon led with 45 assists . However , with a couple of second @-@ place finishes , Go Tanaka of the Free Blades led the overall points race with 59 . The League also maintained the number of play @-@ off teams at four . Anyang faced Oji while Nippon faced Tohoku . Halla managed to take two of three in Japan and defeat Oji on home ice to advance . The Free Blades needed all five games to defeat the Cranes but the team came back with two straight wins to advance to the final for the first time in their short time in the league . However , a 9 @.@ 0 magnitude earthquake near the Free Blades hometown forced the League to cancel the finals . Halla had already in Japan just an hour before the disaster struck the area . Fortunately , both teams survived , but the League felt the final could not go on . On 22 March 2011 the League declared that both Halla and the Free Blades would be declared co @-@ champions . Though shortened , Masato <unk> of Oji led the playoffs with four goals , Bruce <unk> led with six assists and fellow Free Blade Brad <unk> had eights points overall . 
