Since the start of the 2008-09 season, when Jeff Newton and Anthony McHenry came on board, the Golden Kings have 155 wins and 59 losses in the regular season, and that includes an 8-0 start to this season.
The defending champions play host to the Oita HeatDevils this weekend in a showdown of the top two teams in the Western Conference.
For Oita, this series will be an excellent measuring stick, and a good test for Koto Toyama, who replaced the ultra-popular Dai Oketani, now the Iwate Big Bulls sideline supervisor, as bench boss after the Kings captured their second title last spring.