 The 2005 – 06 season saw a number of changes to the make @-@ up of Asia League . In the off @-@ season , the Golden Amur withdrew from the league due to financial trouble . At the same time it was announced that Kangwon Land was showing interest in entering a team in the league . However , only a few weeks later , they withdrew their application because it was felt their team wasn 't strong enough to enter the league . The league also revised the limits on the number of imports some teams were allowed to have . Halla and the Ice Bucks were both allowed to carry an additional import player while the two Chinese teams were permitted two more import players . It was announced in July 2005 that Anyang Halla Winia would change their name to Anyang Halla . In late July , the league announced that Kangwon Land had acquired some imports and strengthened the team . They had applied again and were expected to enter the league that season . As well another new team , the Nordic Vikings , was expected to join the league . The Nordic Vikings were a Swedish @-@ Chinese joint venture that saw the team based in Beijing . As part of the venture , Swedish players were also sent to the two existing Chinese teams . This brought the league to its high point of nine teams . Even though there were more teams than in the previous season the league reduced the number of games from 42 to 38 , which resulted in an uneven schedule . For example , the Korean teams played nine games against each other , while playing four games against the teams from Japan and China except the Nordic Vikings , whom they played five times . At the end of the regular season , the Nippon Paper Cranes had captured first place for a second year in a row with 95 points . While the Cranes had a very strong showing in the point rankings , the top goal scorer was Song Dong @-@ hwan from Anyang Halla with 31 . Derek Plante led in assists with 47 and overall points with 75 . The top six teams advanced to the playoffs with the top two teams , the Cranes and Halla , receiving a bye to the semi @-@ finals . In the first round , Kokudo swept the Ice Bucks while Oji Paper defeated the Vikings three games to one . In the second round Kokudo faced Halla , who were making their playoff debut . Kokudo won that series three games to one . On the other side , the Cranes faced off against Oji Paper and swept them in three games . The final was again the Cranes vs Kokudo and once again Kokudo emerged victorious , claiming the title for the second year in a row . Kokudo had three players claiming the three top points spots for the playoffs . Joel Prpic was the top goal scorer with nine , Kiyoshi Fujita had the most assists with 12 and Takahito Suzuki had the most points with 18 . Kikuchi Naoya won MVP of the year for the second time and Young Guy of the Year went to <unk> Nishiwaki of the Cranes . 
