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Prince Hotels & Resorts negotiated with over twenty companies to find a new owner, but did not succeed due to the economic situation in Japan, and due to the declining popularity of ice hockey itself. Prince Hotels & Resorts announced the disbanding of the team as of March 31, 2009.
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in 1991. They changed their name to the Kokudo Ice Hockey Club according to the change of their parent company's name. They merged with the Seibu
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in 1974. Since then, they have won the League 13 times and the All Japan
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470:Chris Yule
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