2020–21 Ligue Magnus season

2020–21 Ligue Magnus
2020–21 Ligue Magnus
League	Ligue Magnus
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	26 September 2020 – 2 April 2021
Teams	12
Regular season
Best record	Dragons de Rouen
Runners-up	Ducs d'Angers
Relegated to Division 1	none

The 2020–21 Ligue Magnus season was the 100th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 26 September 2020 to 2 April 2021. The Dragons de Rouen finished atop the standings. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, no postseason was held and relegation was cancelled.

COVID

Due to quarantine and other government policies regarding positive COVID tests, the league had an unbalanced schedule for the season. While all teams played one another at least twice, Nice played an additional four games, each against a different opponent. In order to not give those teams an advantage for playing more game than their contemporaries, they had their points totals adjusted down in the following way: the points gained in the confrontations which took place three times instead of two are reduced to two thirds of their value and rounded down to the nearest whole number. This resulted in Bordeaux, Briançon and Gap losing 2 points in the standings and Nice losing 6.^[1]

Member changes

While no relegation or promotion was scheduled to happen for this season, Ligue Magnus had an open position due to the bankruptcy of the LHC Les Lions just prior to the previous season.^[2] With no Division 1 league champion, Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise, the regular season champions, were promoted to the top division for this season.

Teams

2020–21 Ligue Magnus team map

Team	City	Arena	Coach
Gothiques d'Amiens	Amiens	Coliséum	Anthony Mortas
Ducs d'Angers	Angers	IceParc	Brennan Sonne
Anglet Hormadi	Anglet	Patinoire de la Barre	David Dostal
Boxers de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Patinoire de Mériadeck	Olivier Dimet
Diables Rouges de Briançon	Briançon	Patinoire René Froger	Eric Medeiros
Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	Cergy-Pontoise	Aren'Ice	Jonathan Paredes
Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	Chamonix	Centre Sportif Richard Bozon	Timo Saarikoski
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Alp'Arena	Eric Blais
Brûleurs de Loups	Grenoble	Patinoire Pole Sud	Edo Terglav
Scorpions de Mulhouse	Mulhouse	Patinoire de l'Illberg	Alexandre Gagnon
Aigles de Nice	Nice	Patinoire Jean Bouin	Stanislav Sutor
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	22	17	1	2	2	101	39	+62	55	Won league championship
2	Ducs d'Angers	22	15	2	1	4	88	47	+41	50	No postseason held
3	Brûleurs de Loups	22	14	0	1	7	92	67	+25	43
4	Rapaces de Gap^[a]	23	9	5	2	7	76	59	+17	37
5	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	22	11	1	1	9	71	82	−11	36
6	Gothiques d'Amiens	22	10	1	0	11	68	60	+8	32
7	Boxers de Bordeaux^[b]	23	9	3	1	10	75	74	+1	32
8	Scorpions de Mulhouse	22	9	0	2	11	60	71	−11	29
9	Aigles de Nice^[c]	26	10	1	1	14	64	83	−19	27
10	Anglet Hormadi	23	6	1	2	14	71	97	−26	22
11	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	22	7	0	0	15	60	88	−28	21
12	Diables Rouges de Briançon^[d]	23	3	1	3	16	46	105	−59	12

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

^ Rapaces de Gap were deprived of 2 points by a decision of the Federation.
^ Boxers de Bordeaux were deprived of 2 points by a decision of the Federation.
^ Aigles de Nice were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.
^ Diables Rouges de Briançon were deprived of 2 points by a decision of the Federation.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nicolas Deschamps	Dragons de Rouen	C/W	22	10	19	29	8
Damien Fleury	Brûleurs de Loups	LW/RW	22	13	15	28	14
Anthony Guttig	Dragons de Rouen	C/LW	22	5	22	27	6
Philippe Halley	Ducs d'Angers	C	22	11	14	25	18
Andrei Rychagov	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	C	22	7	17	24	26
Joël Champagne	Brûleurs de Loups	C	22	6	18	24	20
Simon Bourque	Boxers de Bordeaux	D	22	4	20	24	38
Rolands Vīgners	Dragons de Rouen	LW/RW	21	14	9	23	4
Sacha Treille	Brûleurs de Loups	LW/RW	22	10	13	23	58
Johan Skinnars	Boxers de Bordeaux	C/W	23	7	16	23	2

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.^[4]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Matija Pintarič	Dragons de Rouen	21	1209	17	6	35	3	.938	1.74
Florian Hardy	Ducs d'Angers	20	1170	14	6	40	2	.913	2.05
Julian Junca	Rapaces de Gap	20	1162	12	8	42	1	.923	2.17
Henri-Corentin Buysse	Gothiques d'Amiens	13	762	6	6	29	1	.931	2.29
Lukáš Horák	Brûleurs de Loups	19	1101	11	7	49	1	.911	2.67
Sebastian Ylönen	Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise	11	653	7	4	29	1	.916	2.67

References

^ "Ligue Magnus 2020/2021". Flash Score. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Le tribunal de commerce de Lyon a prononcé mardi la liquidation judiciaire des Lions, finalistes de la Coupe de France en 2018-2019, mais non admis cette saison en Ligue Magnus". L'Equipe. October 25, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
^ "Statistics 2020/21: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Statistics 2020/21: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

External links

[table_note_GAP0.63017266133343-3] Rapaces de Gap were deprived of 2 points by a decision of the Federation.

[table_note_BOR0.63017266133343-4] Boxers de Bordeaux were deprived of 2 points by a decision of the Federation.

[table_note_NIC0.63017266133343-5] Aigles de Nice were deprived of 6 points by a decision of the Federation.

[table_note_BRI0.63017266133343-6] Diables Rouges de Briançon were deprived of 2 points by a decision of the Federation.

[1] "Ligue Magnus 2020/2021". Flash Score. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[2] "Le tribunal de commerce de Lyon a prononcé mardi la liquidation judiciaire des Lions, finalistes de la Coupe de France en 2018-2019, mais non admis cette saison en Ligue Magnus". L'Equipe. October 25, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2025.

[7] "Statistics 2020/21: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[8] "Statistics 2020/21: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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Ligue Magnus
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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