Nippon Paper Cranes

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Founded	1949
Home ice	Kushiro Ice Arena
Based in	Kushiro, Hokkaidō
Colours	Navy
League	Asia League Ice Hockey
Head coach	Syunji Tanaka
General Manager	Kaoru Shimanuki,Osamu Ono
Owner	Nippon Paper Industries

The Nippon Paper Cranes (日本製紙クレインズ, Nippon Seishi Kureinzu) are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan.

The club were founded as Jūjō Papaer Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1994 when Jūjō Paper and Sanyō Kokusaku Pulp merged to form Nippon Paper.

They won the inaugural Asia League Ice Hockey championship in the 2003-04 season. They also won the 2006 (73rd) All Japan Ice Hockey Championship for the first time in their history.

Import players

• Joel Dyck 2003-present, D
• Darcy Mitani 2003-present, C
• Chris Lindberg 2004-05, LW (Former Flames/Nordiques)
• Derek Plante 2005-07, D (Former Sabres/Stars/Blackhawks/Flyers)
• Jamie McLennan 2007-08, G (Former Islanders/Blues/Wild/Flames/Rangers)
• Tyson Nash 2007-present, LW (Former Blues/Coyotes)
• Kelly Fairchild 2008-present, C (Former Leafs/Stars/Avalanche)
• Brad Tiley 2008-present, D (Former Coyotes/Flyers)
• Chris Yule, 2008-present, F

External links

• Template:Ja icon Official website