2023–24 FFHG Division 1 season

2023–24 FFHG Division 1
2023–24 FFHG Division 1
League	FFHG Division 1
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	10 October 2023 – 21 April 2024
Teams	14
Regular season
Best record	Corsaires de Nantes
Runners-up	Ducs d'Angers
Promoted to Ligue Magnus	none
Relegated to Division 2	none
Playoffs
Finals champions	Corsaires de Nantes
Runners-up	Éléphants de Chambéry

The 2023–24 FFHG Division 1 season was the 28th season of FFHG Division 1 and the 93rd season of second-tier professional ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 10 October 2023 to 6 March 2024. The Corsaires de Nantes finished atop the standings. The postseason ran from 16 March to 21 April 2024. The Corsaires de Nantes defeated the Éléphants de Chambéry 3 games to 2 for the league championship, however, as Nantes did not submit an application for a license with Ligue Magnus, they were not promoted. The Diables Rouges de Valenciennes finished last in the relegation round, however, as the league was set to expand by 2 teams for the 2024–25 season, no demotion occurred.

Membership changes

The Spartiates de Marseille were promoted to Ligue Magnus. The Diables Rouges de Briançon were slated to take their place in Division 1, however, due to the bankruptcy of Scorpions de Mulhouse, Briançon remained in the top division.^[1] Because Mulhouse was dropped to Division 2, the league offered their potential spot in the league was available for another Division 2 team. In the end, the Diables Rouges de Valenciennes were able to purchase a license and joined Division 1.^[2]

The Vipers de Montpellier were relegated to Division 2 and replaced by Les Comètes de Meudon.^[3]

Teams

2023–24 teams in Division 1

Team	City	Arena	Founded
Brest Albatros Hockey	Brest	Rinkla Stadium	Tommy Flinck
Drakkars de Caen	Caen	Patinoire de Caen la mer	Julien Guimard
Éléphants de Chambéry	Chambéry	Patinoire de Buisson rond	Pierre Bergeron
Dogs de Cholet	Cholet	Glisséo	Julien Pihant
Corsaires de Dunkerque	Dunkirk	Patinoire Michel-Raffoux	Jonathan Lafrance
Épinal Hockey Club	Épinal	Patinoire de Poissompré	Ján Plch
Yétis du Mont-Blanc	Megève Saint-Gervais-les-Bains	Le Palais, Megève Patinoire municipale, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains	Etienne Croz Rémi Peronnard
Les Comètes de Meudon	Meudon	UCPA Sport Station	Kévin Arrault
Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	Morzine	Škoda Arena	Anthony Mortas
Corsaires de Nantes	Nantes	Centre de loisirs du Petit Port	Martin Lacroix
Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne	Neuilly-sur-Marne	Patinoire municipale	Serge Forcier
Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Patinoire Iceberg	Daniel Bourdages
Remparts de Tours	Tours	Centre Municpial des Sports	Frank Spinozzi
Diables Rouges de Valenciennes	Valenciennes	Patinoire Valigloo	Romain Sadoine

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corsaires de Nantes^[a]	26	20	0	2	4	117	49	+68	56	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Drakkars de Caen	26	14	5	3	4	109	65	+44	55
3	Épinal Hockey Club	26	14	5	1	6	97	80	+17	53
4	Corsaires de Dunkerque	26	13	4	2	7	119	79	+40	49
5	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	26	12	4	2	8	91	71	+20	46
6	Remparts de Tours	26	10	3	3	10	89	79	+10	39
7	Éléphants de Chambéry	26	11	3	0	12	84	89	−5	39
8	Dogs de Cholet	26	10	1	5	10	99	101	−2	37
9	Les Comètes de Meudon	26	6	6	6	8	95	108	−13	36	Missed Playoffs
10	Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne	26	8	3	4	11	94	103	−9	34	Missed Playoffs
11	Brest Albatros Hockey	26	8	3	2	13	84	116	−32	32	Qualification to Play Out
12	Yétis du Mont-Blanc	26	7	0	8	11	78	115	−37	29
13	Diables Rouges de Valenciennes	26	5	3	2	16	81	111	−30	23
14	Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	26	3	1	1	21	75	146	−71	12

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

^ Corsaires de Nantes were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jeremiah Luedtke	Corsaires de Nantes	C/RW	26	15	31	46	28
Mikuláš Bícha	Drakkars de Caen	LW	26	10	30	40	14
Joé Dubé	Brest Albatros Hockey	C	26	20	18	38	10
Joseph Broutin	Corsaires de Dunkerque	C	26	11	27	38	16
Marc Beckstead	Drakkars de Caen	C/RW	26	21	16	37	18
Vít Budínský	Corsaires de Dunkerque	RW	24	20	16	36	43
Ilya Altybarmakyan	Diables Rouges de Valenciennes	F	25	17	19	36	22
Félix Chamberland	Drakkars de Caen	LW	26	15	21	36	26
Raphaël Bastille	Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne	LW	16	13	23	36	18
Max Kaufman	Les Comètes de Meudon	F	23	20	15	35	16
Peter Hrehorčák	Épinal Hockey Club	W	26	16	19	35	22
Gauthier Gibert	Corsaires de Nantes	RW	26	15	20	35	12
Alexei Mikhnov	Brest Albatros Hockey	LW/RW	25	14	21	35	38
Gatis Sprukts	Dogs de Cholet	C/LW	26	8	27	35	12

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.

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Michael Luba	Corsaires de Nantes	25	1468	19	4	40	7	.946	1.64
Sébastien Raibon	Remparts de Tours	19	1053	7	7	40	2	.924	2.28
Ronan Quemener	Drakkars de Caen	26	1563	14	6	61	2	.936	2.34
Tomáš Hiadlovský	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	26	1576	12	9	68	1	.917	2.59
Antoine Bonvalot	Épinal Hockey Club	21	1239	12	4	54	1	.910	2.62

Playoffs

Championship

Quarterfinals (best-of-5)							Semifinals (best-of-5)							Championship (best-of-5)

1	Corsaires de Nantes	5	6	3	5	-

8	Dogs de Cholet	2	0	4	3	-
							1	Corsaires de Nantes	0	4	7	4	-

							4	Corsaires de Dunkerque	3	1	5	3	-
4	Corsaires de Dunkerque	5	3	2	4	5

5	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	2	5	3*	1	2
														1	Corsaires de Nantes	4	1	3	4*	5

														7	Éléphants de Chambéry	2	2	4*	3	2
3	Épinal Hockey Club	2	6	2	-	-

6	Remparts de Tours	1	0	0	-	-
							3	Épinal Hockey Club	2	3**	0	3	-

							7	Éléphants de Chambéry	3	2	4	6	-
2	Drakkars de Caen	1	3*	2	1	-

7	Éléphants de Chambéry	4	2	3	3	-

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

Relegation

Home \ Away	BRE	MON	MOR	VAL	BRE	MON	MOR	VAL
Brest Albatros Hockey	—	5–2	1–2	2–3	—	4–8	3–7	4–3
Yétis du Mont-Blanc	2–5	—	5–4 ^(OT)	1–4	8–4	—	4–3	5–2
Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	2–1	4–5 ^(OT)	—	3–1	7–3	3–4	—	6–2
Diables Rouges de Valenciennes	3–2	4–1	1–3	—	3–4	2–5	2–6	—

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	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brest Albatros Hockey^[a]	6	2	0	0	4	19	25	−6	23	Saved
2	Yétis du Mont-Blanc	6	3	1	0	2	25	22	+3	19
3	Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	6	4	0	1	1	25	16	+9	17
4	Diables Rouges de Valenciennes	6	2	0	0	4	15	21	−6	13

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 from regular season common games.

References

^ "Mulhouse liquidé, Nantes et Marseille sollicités, Gap concerné !" [Mulhouse liquidated, Nantes and Marseilles requested, Gap concerned]. Le Dauphine (in French). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Jérémy Côté takes the road to Valenciennes" [Jérémy Côté prend le chemin de Valenciennes]. Journal Express (in French). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
^ "« Le projet, c'est de construire une ville de hockey » : les Comètes de Meudon grandissent à toute vitesse" ["The project is to build a city of hockey": Meudon's Comets are growing at full speed.]. Le Parisien. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
^ "Statistics 2023/24: Players". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

External links

[table_note_NAN0.89948124061314-4] Corsaires de Nantes were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.

[table_note_BRE0.62498619576217-6] Teams retained their points from regular season common games.

[1] "Mulhouse liquidé, Nantes et Marseille sollicités, Gap concerné !" [Mulhouse liquidated, Nantes and Marseilles requested, Gap concerned]. Le Dauphine (in French). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[2] "Jérémy Côté takes the road to Valenciennes" [Jérémy Côté prend le chemin de Valenciennes]. Journal Express (in French). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2025.

[3] "« Le projet, c'est de construire une ville de hockey » : les Comètes de Meudon grandissent à toute vitesse" ["The project is to build a city of hockey": Meudon's Comets are growing at full speed.]. Le Parisien. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

[5] "Statistics 2023/24: Players". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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FFHG Division 1
Teams	Drakkars de Caen Éléphants de Chambéry Dogs de Cholet Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan Bouquetins Corsaires de Dunkerque Épinal Hockey Club Lyon Hockey Club Les Comètes de Meudon Yétis du Mont-Blanc Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz Corsaires de Nantes Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne Étoile Noire de Strasbourg Remparts de Tours Diables Rouges de Valenciennes Ours de Villard-de-Lans
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See also: Ligue Magnus FFHG Division 2 FFHG Division 3 IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup