Stadium
Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Nikkō, Japan
The Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena is not a monument to the old days. The building opened in 1992.
What you see is a compact space.
The surface is the centre of gravity here. The locally based HC Tochigi Nikkō Ice Bucks play in the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH), and they are familiar faces in this room.
The highest attendance was 1,762 spectators, a number reached during a 2014 Olympic pre-qualification match against South Korea. That was a tournament that included Great Britain and Romania, but this venue has not hosted anything larger since.
Who plays here
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Nikkō Ice Bucks
114 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct | Nikkō Ice Bucks — Yokohama Grits | 2:1 |
| 17 Oct | Nikkō Ice Bucks — Yokohama Grits | 4:7 |
| 11 Oct | Nikkō Ice Bucks — Tohoku Free Blades | 2:4 |
| 10 Oct | Nikkō Ice Bucks — Tohoku Free Blades | 5:2 |
| 21 Sep | Nikkō Ice Bucks — HL Anyang | 1:2 |
| 20 Sep | Nikkō Ice Bucks — HL Anyang | 6:2 |
| 18 Sep | Nikkō Ice Bucks — HL Anyang | 4:3 |
| 15 Mar | Nikkō Ice Bucks — HL Anyang | 2:5 |