2015–16 Ligue Magnus season

League restructured

Membership changes

Teams

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links

Standings

Statistics

Championship

Relegation

Play-out

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

2015–16 Ligue Magnus
2015–16 Ligue Magnus
League	Ligue Magnus
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	19 September 2015 – 2 April 2016
Teams	14
Regular season
Best record	Rapaces de Gap
Runners-up	Gamyo Épinal
Relegated to Division 1	LHC Les Lions,; Diables Rouges de Briançon
Playoffs
Finals champions	Dragons de Rouen
Runners-up	Ducs d'Angers

The 2015–16 Ligue Magnus season was the 95th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 19 September 2015 to 6 February 2016. The Rapaces de Gap finished atop the standings. The postseason ran from 19 February to 26 March 2016. The Dragons de Rouen defeated the Ducs d'Angers 4 games to 0 for the league championship. LHC Les Lions and Diables Rouges de Briançon were relegated to Division 1 at the end of the season.

In 2016, Ligue Magnus announced plans to reorganized the league as a 12-team circuit. As a result, the six teams that failed to make the postseason would play in a relegation round. The top three relegation finishers would remain in Ligue Magnus. The bottom two would automatically be demoted to Division 1. The fourth-place team would play an additional best-of-three series against the Division 1 champion with the winner joining Ligue Magnus and the loser joining Division 1.

The Drakkars de Caen were relegated to Division 1 and replaced by Boxers de Bordeaux.

2015–16 Ligue Magnus team map

Team	City	Arena	Coach
Gothiques d'Amiens	Amiens	Coliséum	Olivier Duclos Barry Smith
Ducs d'Angers	Angers	Angers IceParc	Jean-François Jodoin
Boxers de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Patinoire de Mériadeck	Martin Lacroix
Brest Albatros Hockey	Brest	Rinkla Stadium	Sébastien Oprandi
Diables Rouges de Briançon	Briançon	Patinoire René Froger	Alexis Billard Patric Wener
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	Chamonix	Centre Sportif Richard Bozon	Stéphane Gros
Ducs de Dijon	Dijon	Patinoire Trimolet	Jonathan Paredes
Gamyo Épinal	Épinal	Patinoire de Poissompré	Stéphane Barin
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Patinoire Brown-Ferrand	Luciano Basile
Brûleurs de Loups	Grenoble	Patinoire Pole Sud	Edo Terglav
LHC Les Lions	Lyon	Patinoire Charlemagne	François Dusseau Mitja Šivic
Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	Morzine	Škoda Arena	Miroslav Fryčer Tommie Hartogs
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	Centre sportif Guy-Boissière	Fabrice Lhenry
Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Patinoire Iceberg	Daniel Bourdages

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rapaces de Gap	26	17	3	1	5	106	76	+30	58	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Gamyo Épinal^[a]	26	16	5	1	4	100	64	+36	56
3	Ducs d'Angers	26	18	0	1	7	110	84	+26	55
4	Brûleurs de Loups	26	16	1	3	6	110	75	+35	53
5	Dragons de Rouen	26	16	1	1	8	114	73	+41	51
6	Brest Albatros Hockey	26	12	4	0	10	72	82	−10	44
7	Gothiques d'Amiens	26	12	1	2	11	89	87	+2	40
8	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	26	10	3	2	11	80	92	−12	38
9	Boxers de Bordeaux	26	9	3	2	12	87	89	−2	35	Qualification to Play Out
10	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	26	8	0	3	15	71	84	−13	27
11	Diables Rouges de Briançon	26	6	2	2	16	76	101	−25	24
12	LHC Les Lions	26	6	1	3	16	67	107	−40	23
13	Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	26	5	1	3	17	69	107	−38	20
14	Ducs de Dijon	26	4	2	3	17	73	103	−30	19

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

^ Épinal were deprived of 3 points by a decision of the Federation.

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Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maxime Lacroix	Ducs d'Angers	C	26	22	25	47	14
Éric Chouinard	Brûleurs de Loups	C/W	26	23	20	43	8
Joël Champagne	Gothiques d'Amiens	C	26	16	26	42	38
Ken Ograjenšek	Gamyo Épinal	RW	26	16	19	35	18
Marc-André Thinel	Dragons de Rouen	LW/RW	26	14	20	34	22
Jason Krog	Dragons de Rouen	C	26	10	24	34	6
Francis Charland	Boxers de Bordeaux	RW	26	14	19	33	2
Yanick Riendeau	Ducs de Dijon	C/RW	24	19	13	32	30
Julien Desrosiers	Boxers de Bordeaux	C/LW	25	12	20	32	12
Sébastien Trudeau	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	RW	26	12	20	32	10
Yannick Riendeau	Ducs d'Angers	LW/RW	19	7	25	32	12

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes.^[2]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Andrej Hočevar	Gamyo Épinal	23	1374	19	4	52	2	.925	2.27
Ervīns Muštukovs	Brûleurs de Loups	17	1044	10	7	43	1	.923	2.47
Raphaël Girard	Ducs d'Angers	12	693	10	2	30	0	.910	2.60
Evan Mosher	Rapaces de Gap	20	1176	15	5	53	1	.902	2.71
Dany Sabourin	Dragons de Rouen	24	1443	15	9	66	2	.892	2.75

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

1	Rapaces de Gap	9	4	5	2	2	-	-

8	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	2	1	3	3	1	-	-
									1	Rapaces de Gap	4	5	2	0	1	6	-

									5	Dragons de Rouen	5	2	0	4	3	7*	-
2	Gamyo Épinal	4	7	4	1	4	-	-

7	Gothiques d'Amiens	2	2	2	2*	3	-	-
																		5	Dragons de Rouen	3**	4	6	9	-	-	-
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
																		3	Ducs d'Angers	2	2	2	1	-	-	-
3	Ducs d'Angers	6	5	2	2	3*	-	-

6	Brest Albatros Hockey	2	2	4	0	2	-	-
									2	Gamyo Épinal	1	7	3	0	6	3	4

									3	Ducs d'Angers	4	1	1	4	2	4**	5**
4	Brûleurs de Loups	2	3	1	1	1	-	-

5	Dragons de Rouen	4	4	3	0	2*	-	-

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

Home \ Away	BOR	BRI	CHA	DIJ	LYO	MOR	BOR	BRI	CHA	DIJ	LYO	MOR
Boxers de Bordeaux	—	3–2 ^(SO)	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–6	—	1–2	6–1	4–3 ^(OT)	2–1 ^(OT)	0–1
Diables Rouges de Briançon	2–3 ^(SO)	—	1–4	1–4	5–4 ^(OT)	5–2	2–1	—	4–5	1–3	4–6	0–4
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	2–3	4–1	—	1–4	6–4	6–5 ^(OT)	1–6	5–4	—	1–2 ^(SO)	3–2 ^(OT)	2–1 ^(OT)
Ducs de Dijon	1–3	4–1	4–1	—	3–5	7–3	3–4 ^(OT)	3–1	2–1 ^(SO)	—	7–4	2–1
LHC Les Lions	0–3	4–5 ^(OT)	4–6	5–3	—	4–3 ^(OT)	1–2 ^(OT)	6–4	2–3 ^(OT)	4–7	—	2–3
Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	6–3	2–5	5–6 ^(OT)	3–7	3–4 ^(OT)	—	1–0	4–0	1–2 ^(OT)	1–2	3–2	—

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	Boxers de Bordeaux^[a]	10	4	3	0	3	28	19	+9	40	Saved
2	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	10	3	3	1	3	31	32	−1	35
3	Ducs de Dijon	10	6	1	1	2	36	24	+12	30
4	Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz	10	4	0	3	3	29	31	−2	28	Play-out
5	LHC Les Lions	10	2	1	3	4	32	39	−7	27	Relegated
6	Diables Rouges de Briançon	10	2	1	1	6	25	36	−11	20	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.

29 March to 2 April 2016

^ "Statistics 2015/16: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Statistics 2015/16: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

Championship
(best-of-3)

Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz

Aigles de Nice

[table_note_EPI0.31088205860503-1] Épinal were deprived of 3 points by a decision of the Federation.

[table_note_BOR0.082653928586586-4] Teams retained their points in common games from the regular season.

[2] "Statistics 2015/16: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[3] "Statistics 2015/16: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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