2016–17 Ligue Magnus season

2016–17 Ligue Magnus
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
Relegated to Division 1	Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine
Playoffs
Finals champions	Rapaces de Gap
Runners-up	Dragons de Rouen

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.

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

2016–17 Ligue Magnus team map

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ligue Magnus
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

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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

Home \ Away	CHA	DIJ	NIC	STR	CHA	DIJ	NIC	STR
Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine	—	7–2	1–5	1–3	—	6–7	4–2	1–5
Ducs de Dijon	2–7	—	4–3	0–3	7–6	—	4–1	3–5
Aigles de Nice	5–1	3–4	—	4–0	2–4	1–4	—	4–3
Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	3–1	3–0	0–4	—	5–1	5–3	3–4	—

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	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg^[a]	6	4	2	19	13	+6	31	Saved
2	Ducs de Dijon	6	3	3	20	25	−5	30
3	Aigles de Nice	6	3	3	19	16	+3	28
4	Pionniers de Chamonix-Morzine	6	2	4	20	24	−4	19	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

^ "Chamonix / Morzine : tout savoir sur les Pionniers du hockey". lessorsavoyard.fr. Groupe Rossel-La Voix. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ Alapetite, Alexis (2016-04-13). "Création d'une nouvelle équipe avec la fusion de Morzine et de Chamonix". parlonssports.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-28.
^ "HC Brest Albatros". Euro Hockey. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
^ "France 2 Team Standings 2015 - 2016". Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ "Statistics 2016/17: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Statistics 2016/17: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

External links

[table_note_GRE0.82774509528081-5] Brûleurs de Loups were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.

[table_note_STR0.39312070533313-8] Teams retained their points in common games from the regular season.

[1] "Chamonix / Morzine : tout savoir sur les Pionniers du hockey". lessorsavoyard.fr. Groupe Rossel-La Voix. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[2] Alapetite, Alexis (2016-04-13). "Création d'une nouvelle équipe avec la fusion de Morzine et de Chamonix". parlonssports.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-28.

[3] "HC Brest Albatros". Euro Hockey. Retrieved 3 September 2025.

[4] "France 2 Team Standings 2015 - 2016". Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[6] "Statistics 2016/17: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[7] "Statistics 2016/17: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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