2024–25 Ligue Magnus season

2024–25 Ligue Magnus
LeagueLigue Magnus
SportIce hockey
Duration13 September 2024 – 5 April 2025
Teams12
Regular season
Best recordBrûleurs de Loups
  Runners-upDucs d'Angers
Relegated to Division 1none
Playoffs
Finals championsBrûleurs de Loups
  Runners-upDucs d'Angers

The 2024–25 Ligue Magnus season was the 104th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 13 September 2024 to 21 February 2025. The Brûleurs de Loups finished atop the standings. The postseason ran from 28 February to 5 April, 2025. The Brûleurs de Loups defeated the Ducs d'Angers 4 games to 2 for the league championship. While Rapaces de Gap finished last in the relegation round, the league announced that no promotions from Division 1 would occur, allowing Gap to avoid demotion.[1]

Teams

Team City State Arena Coach
Gothiques d'Amiens Amiens Hauts-de-France Coliséum Mario Richer
Ducs d'Angers Angers Pays de la Loire IceParc Jonathan Paredes
Anglet Hormadi Anglet Nouvelle-Aquitaine Patinoire de la Barre Stéphane Barin
Boxers de Bordeaux Bordeaux Nouvelle-Aquitaine Patinoire de Mériadeck Olivier Dimet
Diables Rouges de Briançon Briançon Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Patinoire René Froger Pierre Bergeron
Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise Cergy-Pontoise Île-de-France Aren'Ice Miika Elomo
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc Chamonix Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Centre Sportif Richard Bozon Anatoli Bogdanov
Rapaces de Gap Gap Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alp'Arena Sébastien Rohat
Brûleurs de Loups Grenoble Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Patinoire Pole Sud Per Hånberg
Spartiates de Marseille Marseille Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Palais Omnisports Marseille Grand-Est Luc Tardif
Aigles de Nice Nice Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Patinoire Jean Bouin Frantisek Stolc
Pascal Margerit
Dragons de Rouen Rouen Normandy Centre sportif Guy-Boissière Fabrice Lhenry

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brûleurs de Loups 44 32 5 2 5 212 93 +119 108 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Ducs d'Angers 44 29 3 1 11 177 111 +66 94
3 Boxers de Bordeaux 44 23 6 4 11 142 98 +44 85
4 Dragons de Rouen 44 26 1 3 14 182 144 +38 83
5 Gothiques d'Amiens 44 17 6 5 16 127 135 −8 68
6 Spartiates de Marseille 44 16 4 4 20 138 148 −10 60
7 Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc 44 12 6 7 19 126 134 −8 55
8 Aigles de Nice 44 15 0 7 22 89 134 −45 52
9 Diables Rouges de Briançon 44 14 3 3 24 115 153 −38 51 Qualification to Play Out
10 Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise 44 12 4 6 22 123 151 −28 50
11 Anglet Hormadi 44 8 7 5 24 103 164 −61 43
12 Rapaces de Gap 44 8 7 5 24 111 180 −69 43
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ligue Magnus
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

[2]

Player Team Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Brady Shaw Ducs d'Angers LW/RW 43 36 24 60 13
Christophe Boivin Brûleurs de Loups LW 42 29 28 57 26
Jan Dufek Spartiates de Marseille C/W 44 20 33 53 13
Kyle Hardy Brûleurs de Loups D 44 14 37 51 31
François Beauchemin Brûleurs de Loups C/W 40 14 34 48 46
Rolands Vīgners Dragons de Rouen LW/RW 43 16 31 47 10
Alexandre Mallet Brûleurs de Loups C/RW 38 19 27 46 55
Anthony Rech Dragons de Rouen LW/RW 42 19 27 46 22
Alexis Binner Brûleurs de Loups D 43 12 32 44 26
Matt Wilkins Ducs d'Angers C/LW 37 14 29 43 32
Sebastian Bengtsson Dragons de Rouen LW/RW 40 10 33 43 6

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
Quentin Papillon Boxers de Bordeaux 38 2245 20 11 66 6 .933 1.76
Jakub Štěpánek Brûleurs de Loups 18 1076 15 2 35 3 .930 1.95
Matija Pintarič Brûleurs de Loups 26 1568 17 5 53 6 .933 2.03
Matt O'Connor Ducs d'Angers 33 1980 22 9 70 2 .920 2.12
Conrad Mölder Aigles de Nice 33 1862 13 18 83 1 .918 2.67

Playoffs

Championship

Quarterfinals
(best-of-7)
Semifinals
(best-of-7)
Championship
(best-of-7)
                           
1 Brûleurs de Loups 3 5 4 2 - - -
8 Aigles de Nice 1 2 1 1 - - -
1 Brûleurs de Loups 4 3 5 7 3 - -
5 Gothiques d'Amiens 5** 0 3 1 2 - -
2 Ducs d'Angers 2 4 4 5 1 2* -
7 Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc 5 0 0 1 2* 1 -
1 Brûleurs de Loups 4 4 2 2 6 - -
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
2 Ducs d'Angers 2 0 0 4 2 - -
3 Boxers de Bordeaux 3 1 4 4 1 4 -
6 Spartiates de Marseille 0 2 1 1 5 1 -
2 Ducs d'Angers 4 3* 2* 2 - - -
3 Boxers de Bordeaux 3 2 1 1 - - -
4 Dragons de Rouen 3 3 4 2 6 0 2
5 Gothiques d'Amiens 1 4 3 0 7** 1 3

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

Relegation

Home \ Away ANH BRI CER GAP ANH BRI CER GAP
Anglet Hormadi 2–1 (OT) 9–0 2–4 3–0 2–1 4–3
Diables Rouges de Briançon 1–2 (OT) 4–1 3–0 0–3 4–1 3–1
Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise 0–9 1–4 1–4 1–2 1–4 5–2
Rapaces de Gap 4–2 0–3 4–1 3–4 1–3 2–5
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 Diables Rouges de Briançon[a] 6 4 0 1 1 15 8 +7 64 Saved
2 Anglet Hormadi 6 4 1 0 1 22 9 +13 57
3 Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise 6 1 0 0 5 9 25 −16 53
4 Rapaces de Gap 6 2 0 0 4 14 18 −4 49
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ligue Magnus
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams retained their points from the regular season.

References

  1. ^ "Aucune promotion ni relégation en Ligue Magnus, les Rapaces de Gap se maintiennent" [No promotion or relegation in the Magnus League, the Gap Rapaces are maintained]. L'Equipe (in French). 1 April 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Statistics 2024/25: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Statistics 2024/25: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.