 The 2007 – 08 season started with a further reduction in teams . Harbin and Qiqihar combined into a single team and became owned and operated by the San Jose Sharks . They took the name of their new owner and became the China Sharks . Kangwon Land renamed to High1 . With only seven teams , the league reduced the number of games played to its lowest at just 30 games . The league continued with an unbalanced schedule and the Korean and Chinese teams played each other more than the Japanese teams did . After three years of dominance , the Nippon Paper Cranes slipped to fourth place and the regular season was won by the Prince Rabbits . Alex Kim , playing for High1 , recorded the most goals with 23 and most points with 51 . Joel Prpic continued to find himself on top of the pack with 30 assists . With six of seven teams going to the playoffs , the Sharks were the only team that didn 't find themselves in a playoff spot . The first round was over quickly as the Cranes swept Halla in three games and Oji did the same to the Ice Bucks . Nippon faced their rivals , the Rabbits , in the second round and defeated them three to one . High1 couldn 't repeat their success from the previous year by winning a series and were swept by Oji in three games . For the first time , the final series was not between the Cranes and Rabbits . Oji continued to roll over their opponents and swept the Cranes , marking the only time a team in Asia League had swept its way through three rounds . Due to their dominance on the ice , the point race was also swept by Oji . Takeshi Saito led the playoffs with nine assists and 15 points , while Shane Endicott had the most goals with 6 . Kunihiko Sakurai , also from Oji , won the MVP of the Year and <unk> Hyun @-@ <unk> , from High1 , won the Young Guy of the Year award . 
