Championship experience dots the Shiga Lakestars roster.
From head coach Koto Toyama's stint as an assistant coach for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's 2009-10 title-winning team to veteran forwards Ray Nixon and Jeff Parmer teaming up to help lead the squad to a second championship under Kazuo Nakamura in May 2011, those experiences serve as building blocks for the Lakestars.
Toyama, 32, is a bench boss for a fourth franchise in as many seasons.
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