2016–17 Ligue Magnus season
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The 2016–17 Ligue Magnus season was the 96th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 13 September 2016 to 24 February 2017. The Rapaces de Gap finished atop the standings. The postseason ran from 28 February to 7 April 2017. The Rapaces de Gap defeated the Dragons de Rouen 4 games to 2 for the league championship. Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine was relegated to Division 1 at the end of the season.
| 2016–17 Ligue Magnus | |
|---|---|
| League | Ligue Magnus |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 13 September 2016 – 7 April 2017 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Best record | Rapaces de Gap |
| Runners-up | Brûleurs de Loups |
| Top scorer | Samuel Takáč (LHC Les Lions) |
| Relegated to Division 1 | Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | Rapaces de Gap |
| Runners-up | Dragons de Rouen |
League restructured
In 2016, Ligue Magnus reorganized the league as a 12-team circuit, dropping 2 teams from the league. Concurrently, the league then expanded the schedule to double the number of matches between teams from two per season to four. This caused each member team's slate of games to go from 26 to 44.
Membership changes
Due to the restructure, both Diables Rouges de Briançon and LHC Les Lions were set to be demoted to Division 1. However, Morzine-Avoriaz came to an agreement with Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc to merge the two teams and form a new club called Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine.[1] The new unified club would play home games in both Chamonix and Morzine during the season.[2]
In June, Brest Albatros Hockey announced that, due to financial difficulty, they would withdraw from the league and join Division 1. Because they violated the terms of their license, the club was fined €10,000 and barred from postseason play for the 2016–17 season.[3] As a result, LHC Les Lions was allowed to remain in the league while Briançon was relegated in favor of Division 1 champion, Aigles de Nice.[4]
Teams
| Team | City | Arena | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gothiques d'Amiens | Amiens | Coliséum |  Mario Richer |
| Ducs d'Angers | Angers | Angers IceParc | Jean-François Jodoin |
| Boxers de Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Patinoire de Mériadeck |  Philippe Bozon |
| Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine | Chamonix, Morzine | Centre Sportif Richard Bozon, Škoda Arena |  Stéphane Gros, Christophe Ville |
| Ducs de Dijon | Dijon | Patinoire Trimolet | Jonathan Paredes |
| Gamyo Épinal | Épinal | Patinoire de Poissompré | Stéphane Barin Brad Gratton |
| Rapaces de Gap | Gap | Patinoire Brown-Ferrand | Luciano Basile |
| Brûleurs de Loups | Grenoble | Patinoire Pole Sud |  Edo Terglav |
| LHC Les Lions | Lyon | Patinoire Charlemagne |  Mitja Šivic |
| 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 | Rapaces de Gap | 43 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 177 | 95 | +82 | 94 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | Brûleurs de Loups[a] | 44 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 157 | 104 | +53 | 90 | |
| 3 | Dragons de Rouen | 43 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 159 | 108 | +51 | 88 | |
| 4 | Boxers de Bordeaux | 44 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 145 | 101 | +44 | 86 | |
| 5 | LHC Les Lions | 44 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 139 | 104 | +35 | 82 | |
| 6 | Ducs d'Angers | 44 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 109 | 119 | −10 | 61 | |
| 7 | Gothiques d'Amiens | 44 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 114 | 140 | −26 | 53 | |
| 8 | Gamyo Épinal | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 116 | 147 | −31 | 51 | |
| 9 | Étoile Noire de Strasbourg | 44 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 109 | 146 | −37 | 47 | Qualification to Play Out |
| 10 | Ducs de Dijon | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 99 | 154 | −55 | 44 | |
| 11 | Aigles de Nice | 44 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 109 | 147 | −38 | 44 | |
| 12 | Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine | 44 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 109 | 177 | −68 | 43 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:
- Brûleurs de Loups were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Takáč | LHC Les Lions | LW | 43 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 36 |
| Scott Fleming | LHC Les Lions | LW | 43 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 42 |
| Éric Chouinard | Brûleurs de Loups | C/W | 44 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 30 |
| David Gilbert | Boxers de Bordeaux | C/LW | 42 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 59 |
| Yanick Riendeau | Gothiques d'Amiens | C/RW | 44 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 42 |
| Joël Champagne | Gothiques d'Amiens | C | 43 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 62 |
 Artūrs Mickēvičs | LHC Les Lions | LW/RW | 44 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 28 |
| François-Pierre Guénette | Dragons de Rouen | C | 44 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 39 |
| Marc-André Thinel | Dragons de Rouen | LW/RW | 44 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 14 |
| Marc-André Bernier | Rapaces de Gap | RW | 41 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 20 |
| Anthony Rech | Rapaces de Gap | LW/RW | 30 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 24 |
| Félix Petit | Boxers de Bordeaux | C | 41 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 10 |
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.[6]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clément Fouquerel | Rapaces de Gap | 37 | 2176 | 25 | 12 | 74 | 4 | .912 | 2.04 |
| Sebastian Ylönen | Boxers de Bordeaux | 39 | 2331 | 16 | 13 | 84 | 3 | .921 | 2.16 |
 Lukáš Horák | Brûleurs de Loups | 30 | 1777 | 23 | 7 | 67 | 2 | .922 | 2.26 |
| Matija Pintarič | LHC Les Lions | 34 | 2019 | 20 | 13 | 76 | 3 | .933 | 2.26 |
| Dany Sabourin | Dragons de Rouen | 43 | 2396 | 30 | 11 | 92 | 3 | .913 | 2.30 |
Playoffs
Championship
| Quarterfinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Championship (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rapaces de Gap | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Gamyo Épinal | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rapaces de Gap | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Boxers de Bordeaux | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brûleurs de Loups | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gothiques d'Amiens | 5** | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Rapaces de Gap | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3* | 3 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are re-seeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dragons de Rouen | 3* | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dragons de Rouen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ducs d'Angers | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brûleurs de Loups | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dragons de Rouen | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Boxers de Bordeaux | 0 | 2 | 4** | 2 | 2 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | LHC Les Lions | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime
Note: ** denotes overtime and shootout
Relegation
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Étoile Noire de Strasbourg[a] | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 31 | Saved |
| 2 | Ducs de Dijon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 30 | |
| 3 | Aigles de Nice | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 28 | |
| 4 | Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 19 | Relegated |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:
- Teams retained their points in common games from the regular season.