2023–24 Ligue Magnus season

2023–24 Ligue Magnus
2023–24 Ligue Magnus
League	Ligue Magnus
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	9 September 2023 – 15 April 2024
Teams	12
Regular season
Best record	Dragons de Rouen
Runners-up	Ducs d'Angers
Relegated to Division 1	Diables Rouges de Briançon
Playoffs
Finals champions	Dragons de Rouen
Runners-up	Boxers de Bordeaux

The 2023–24 Ligue Magnus season was the 103rd season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 9 September 2023 to 1 March 2024. The Dragons de Rouen finished atop the standings. The postseason ran from 8 March to 15 April 2024. The Dragons de Rouen defeated the Boxers de Bordeaux 4 games to 2 for the league championship. The Diables Rouges de Briançon were relegated to Division 1 at the end of the season.

Member changes

The Diables Rouges de Briançon were slated to be relegated to Division 1, however, the Scorpions de Mulhouse declared bankruptcy in May 2023 and were removed from the league.^[1] As a result, Briançon remained in Ligue Magnus while Mulhouse was replaced by Spartiates de Marseille.

Teams

2023–24 Ligue Magnus team map

Team	City	Arena	Coach
Gothiques d'Amiens	Amiens	Coliséum	Mario Richer
Ducs d'Angers	Angers	IceParc	Jason O'Leary
Anglet Hormadi	Anglet	Patinoire de la Barre	Pierrick Rézard
Boxers de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Patinoire de Mériadeck	Olivier Dimet
Diables Rouges de Briançon	Briançon	Patinoire René Froger	Márton Vas
Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	Cergy-Pontoise	Aren'Ice	Miika Elomo
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	Chamonix	Centre Sportif Richard Bozon	Janne Sinkkonen
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Alp'Arena	Eric Blais, Sébastien Oprandi
Brûleurs de Loups	Grenoble	Patinoire Pole Sud	Jyrki Aho, Jean-François Dufour, Edo Terglav
Spartiates de Marseille	Marseille	Palais Omnisports Marseille Grand-Est	Luc Tardif
Aigles de Nice	Nice	Patinoire Jean Bouin	Frantisek Stolc
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	Centre sportif Guy-Boissière	Fabrice Lhenry

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dragons de Rouen	44	35	2	1	6	194	105	+89	110	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Ducs d'Angers	44	33	1	0	10	164	104	+60	101
3	Brûleurs de Loups	44	28	2	2	12	184	113	+71	90
4	Boxers de Bordeaux	44	19	5	4	16	148	126	+22	71
5	Spartiates de Marseille	44	19	4	1	20	114	111	+3	66
6	Gothiques d'Amiens	44	18	3	5	18	144	149	−5	65
7	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise^[a]	44	20	2	5	17	142	132	+10	63
8	Aigles de Nice	44	15	4	1	24	128	174	−46	54
9	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	44	13	4	4	23	111	147	−36	51	Qualification to Play Out
10	Anglet Hormadi	44	10	2	6	26	116	170	−54	40
11	Diables Rouges de Briançon	44	11	2	2	29	110	174	−64	39
12	Rapaces de Gap	44	11	1	1	31	118	168	−50	36

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

^ Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

^[2]

Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alexandre Lavoie	Brûleurs de Loups	C/RW	43	15	42	57	14
Nicolas Deschamps	Brûleurs de Loups	C/W	43	17	36	53	20
Nikita Scherbak	Ducs d'Angers	LW/RW	41	10	37	47	63
Rolands Vīgners	Dragons de Rouen	LW/RW	41	27	19	46	10
Alex Barber	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	F	43	21	25	46	36
Samuel Salonen	Boxers de Bordeaux	RW	44	21	25	46	10
Anthony Rech	Dragons de Rouen	LW/RW	43	19	27	46	28
Tomas Simonsen	Gothiques d'Amiens	RW	44	21	23	44	10
Loïc Lampérier	Dragons de Rouen	C/LW	42	20	24	44	14
Aleksi Hämäläinen	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	C/LW	44	16	28	44	24

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.^[3]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Evan Cowley	Ducs d'Angers	39	2319	30	8	78	7	.935	2.02
Raphaël Garnier	Brûleurs de Loups	16	971	10	3	34	2	.918	2.10
Matija Pintarič	Dragons de Rouen	40	2252	29	5	82	0	.929	2.18
Marek Čiliak	Spartiates de Marseille	39	2281	17	16	87	5	.927	2.29
Quentin Papillon	Boxers de Bordeaux	34	2013	15	12	82	1	.927	2.45

Playoffs

Championship

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

1	Dragons de Rouen	5	3	3	4	6	-	-

8	Aigles de Nice	1	2	4*	2	3	-	-
									1	Dragons de Rouen	7	5	6	5	-	-	-

									7	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	2	2	1	1	-	-	-
2	Ducs d'Angers	1	5	0	1	5	1	-

7	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	3	2	3	3	2	3	-
																		1	Dragons de Rouen	2	2	6	2*	5	3*	-
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
																		4	Boxers de Bordeaux	3	4	3	1	3	2	-
3	Brûleurs de Loups	5	5	6	3	-	-	-

6	Gothiques d'Amiens	3	1	2	2	-	-	-
									3	Brûleurs de Loups	2	1	4	3	3	-	-

									4	Boxers de Bordeaux	3	3	2	4	4	-	-
4	Boxers de Bordeaux	5	1	5	1	2	4	2*

5	Spartiates de Marseille	2	2	2	3	3**	0	1

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

Relegation

Home \ Away	ANH	BRI	CHA	GAP	ANH	BRI	CHA	GAP
Anglet Hormadi	—	5–1	5–2	5–3	—	3–6	4–6	4–3
Diables Rouges de Briançon	1–5	—	1–2	4–5	6–3	—	5–1	3–5
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	2–5	2–1	—	3–6	6–4	1–5	—	4–1
Rapaces de Gap	3–5	5–4	6–3	—	3–4	5–3	1–4	—

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	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	6	3	3	18	22	−4	9	Saved
2	Anglet Hormadi	6	4	2	26	21	+5	12
3	Rapaces de Gap	6	3	3	23	23	0	9
4	Diables Rouges de Briançon	6	2	4	20	21	−1	6	Relegated

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

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.
^ "Statistics 2023/24: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Statistics 2023/24: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

External links

[table_note_CER0.44412796266569-2] Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.

[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.

[3] "Statistics 2023/24: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[4] "Statistics 2023/24: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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Teams	Gothiques d'Amiens Ducs d'Angers Anglet Hormadi Élite Boxers de Bordeaux Diables Rouges de Briançon Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc Rapaces de Gap Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble Spartiates de Marseille Aigles de Nice Dragons de Rouen
Former Teams	Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne Brest Albatros Hockey Chamonix HC Corsaires de Dunkerque Diables Noirs de Tours Drakkars de Caen Ducs de Dijon Étoile Noire de Strasbourg LHC Les Lions Ours de Villard-de-Lans Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz Sangliers Arvernes de Clermont-Ferrand Scorpions de Mulhouse Wildcats d'Épinal Yétis du Mont-Blanc
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