2017–18 Ligue Magnus season

2017–18 Ligue Magnus
2017–18 Ligue Magnus
League	Ligue Magnus
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	10 September 2017 – 27 March 2018
Teams	12
Regular season
Best record	Brûleurs de Loups
Runners-up	Dragons de Rouen
Relegated to Division 1	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg
Playoffs
Finals champions	Dragons de Rouen
Runners-up	Brûleurs de Loups

The 2017–18 Ligue Magnus season was the 97th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 10 September 2017 to 20 February 2018. The Dragons de Rouen finished atop the standings. The postseason ran from 23 February to 27 March 2018. The Dragons de Rouen defeated the Brûleurs de Loups 4 games to 0 for the league championship. Étoile Noire de Strasbourg was relegated to Division 1 at the end of the season.

Membership changes

Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine was scheduled to be relegated to Division 1. However, after the season, Ducs de Dijon declared bankruptcy and were removed from the league. As a result, Chamonix-Morzine remained in the league while Scorpions de Mulhouse replaced Dijon.^[1]

The Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine was dissolved when the two parent teams (Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc and Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz) ended their one-year merger.^[2] Chamonix Mont-Blanc remained in Ligue Magnus while Morzine-Avoriaz became members of Division 1.

Teams

2017–18 Ligue Magnus team map

Team	City	Arena	Coach
Gothiques d'Amiens	Amiens	Coliséum	Mario Richer
Ducs d'Angers	Angers	IceParc	Brennan Sonne
Boxers de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Patinoire de Mériadeck	Philippe Bozon
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	Chamonix	Centre Sportif Richard Bozon	Heikki Leime
Gamyo Épinal	Épinal	Patinoire de Poissompré	Brad Gratton
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Alp'Arena	Luciano Basile
Brûleurs de Loups	Grenoble	Patinoire Pole Sud	Edo Terglav
LHC Les Lions	Lyon	Patinoire Charlemagne	Mitja Šivic
Scorpions de Mulhouse	Mulhouse	Patinoire de l'Illberg	Christer Eriksson
Aigles de Nice	Nice	Patinoire Jean Bouin	Stanislav Sutor
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	Centre sportif Guy-Boissière	Fabrice Lhenry
Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Patinoire Iceberg	Daniel Bourdages

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brûleurs de Loups	44	33	1	1	9	194	108	+86	102	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Dragons de Rouen	44	30	3	2	9	181	108	+73	98
3	Rapaces de Gap	44	22	5	3	14	154	131	+23	79
4	Gothiques d'Amiens	44	20	7	4	13	143	108	+35	78
5	LHC Les Lions	44	21	4	5	14	146	137	+9	76
6	Boxers de Bordeaux	44	21	4	2	17	164	127	+37	73
7	Ducs d'Angers	44	18	4	9	13	138	136	+2	71
8	Scorpions de Mulhouse	44	11	9	4	20	135	151	−16	55
9	Aigles de Nice	44	16	3	1	24	126	157	−31	55	Qualification to Play Out
10	Gamyo Épinal	44	16	2	2	24	127	148	−21	54
11	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	44	8	2	4	30	93	178	−85	32
12	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	44	4	0	7	33	91	203	−112	19

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ligue Magnus
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alexandre Giroux	Brûleurs de Loups	LW/RW	44	25	33	58	28
Julien Correia	LHC Les Lions	F	44	18	40	58	24
Joël Champagne	Brûleurs de Loups	C	44	27	29	56	52
Marc-André Thinel	Dragons de Rouen	LW/RW	44	18	38	56	24
David Rodman	Brûleurs de Loups	LW/RW	38	11	45	56	38
Loïc Lampérier	Dragons de Rouen	C/LW	44	22	32	54	42
Danick Bouchard	Ducs d'Angers	LW/RW	44	23	29	52	18
Tommy Giroux	Gothiques d'Amiens	LW	44	24	27	51	6
Boštjan Goličič	Brûleurs de Loups	C/LW	37	19	31	50	20
Andrew Johnston	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	C/LW	44	18	32	50	38

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes.^[4]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Lukáš Horák	Brûleurs de Loups	33	1944	26	7	65	6	.921	2.01
Henri-Corentin Buysse	Gothiques d'Amiens	39	2356	25	13	83	3	.919	2.11
Matija Pintarič	Dragons de Rouen	38	2155	31	7	80	5	.920	2.23
Ronan Quemener	Boxers de Bordeaux	16	961	9	7	39	1	.921	2.44
Jeff Lerg	Rapaces de Gap	38	2273	25	13	104	1	.901	2.75

Playoffs

Championship

Quarterfinals (best-of-7)									Semifinals (best-of-7)									Championship (best-of-7)

1	Brûleurs de Loups	1	2*	2	5	3	6	-

8	Scorpions de Mulhouse	3	1	3*	2	2	2	-
									1	Brûleurs de Loups	5	3	5	2	2	3*	7

									6	Boxers de Bordeaux	3	4*	3	3*	3*	2	3
2	Dragons de Rouen	4	2	3	4	3	-	-

7	Ducs d'Angers	0	3	0	2	2	-	-
																		1	Brûleurs de Loups	3	0	3	4	-	-	-
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
																		2	Dragons de Rouen	4	3	4*	5*	-	-	-
3	Rapaces de Gap	2	3	1	3	-	-	-

6	Boxers de Bordeaux	3	5	3	4	-	-	-
									2	Dragons de Rouen	0	2	2	4	1	3	-

									4	Gothiques d'Amiens	1	1	3**	1	0	2	-
4	Gothiques d'Amiens	3**	1	5	5*	3*	4	-

5	LHC Les Lions	2	4	7	4	2	3	-

Note: * denotes overtime
Note: ** denotes overtime and shootout

Relegation

Home \ Away	CHA	EPI	NIC	STR	CHA	EPI	NIC	STR
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	—	4–6	3–5	0–2	—	2–1	3–5	0–7
Gamyo Épinal	6–4	—	6–4	3–6	1–2	—	1–10	3–2
Aigles de Nice	5–3	4–6	—	1–5	5–3	10–1	—	1–3
Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	2–0	6–3	5–1	—	7–0	2–3	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on Final. Source: Ligue Magnus
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gamyo Épinal^[a]	6	3	3	20	28	−8	32	Saved
2	Aigles de Nice	6	3	3	26	21	+5	29
3	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	6	1	5	12	26	−14	24
4	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	6	5	1	25	8	+17	23	Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ligue Magnus
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:

^ Teams retained their points in common games from the regular season.

References

^ "Ligue Magnus : les Scorpions de Mulhouse en liquidation judiciaire" [Magnus League: the Scorpions de Mulhouse in judicial liquidation]. L'Equipe. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
^ Théveniau, Yves (24 October 2017). "Comme on se retrouve…". ledauphine.com. Groupe EBRA. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Statistics 2017/18: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Statistics 2017/18: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

External links

[table_note_EPI0.13354880089571-5] Teams retained their points in common games from the regular season.

[1] "Ligue Magnus : les Scorpions de Mulhouse en liquidation judiciaire" [Magnus League: the Scorpions de Mulhouse in judicial liquidation]. L'Equipe. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

[dauph-d3-2] Théveniau, Yves (24 October 2017). "Comme on se retrouve…". ledauphine.com. Groupe EBRA. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[3] "Statistics 2017/18: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[4] "Statistics 2017/18: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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