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.
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. With no Division 1 league champion, Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise, the regular season champions, were promoted to the top division for this season.
Teams
Team City Arena CoachGothiques d'Amiens Amiens Coliséum Anthony MortasDucs d'Angers Angers IceParc Brennan SonneAnglet Hormadi Anglet Patinoire de la Barre David DostalBoxers de Bordeaux Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck Olivier DimetDiables Rouges de Briançon Briançon Patinoire René Froger Eric MedeirosJokers de Cergy-Pontoise Cergy-Pontoise Aren'Ice Jonathan ParedesPionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc Chamonix Centre Sportif Richard Bozon Timo SaarikoskiRapaces de Gap Gap Alp'Arena Eric BlaisBrûleurs de Loups Grenoble Patinoire Pole Sud Edo TerglavScorpions de Mulhouse Mulhouse Patinoire de l'Illberg Alexandre GagnonAigles de Nice Nice Patinoire Jean Bouin Stanislav SutorDragons de Rouen Rouen Centre sportif Guy-Boissière Fabrice Lhenry
Regular season Standings
Statistics Scoring leaders
Player Team Dragons de Rouen C/W 22 10 19 29 8 Brûleurs de Loups LW/RW 22 13 15 28 14 Dragons de Rouen C/LW 22 5 22 27 6 Ducs d'Angers C 22 11 14 25 18 Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc C 22 7 17 24 26 Brûleurs de Loups C 22 6 18 24 20 Boxers de Bordeaux D 22 4 20 24 38 Dragons de Rouen LW/RW 21 14 9 23 4 Brûleurs de Loups LW/RW 22 10 13 23 58 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.
Player Team Dragons de Rouen 21 1209 17 6 35 3 .938 1.74 Ducs d'Angers 20 1170 14 6 40 2 .913 2.05 Rapaces de Gap 20 1162 12 8 42 1 .923 2.17 Gothiques d'Amiens 13 762 6 6 29 1 .931 2.29 Brûleurs de Loups 19 1101 11 7 49 1 .911 2.67 Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise 11 653 7 4 29 1 .916 2.67
References
External links Official website Elite Prospects Hockey DB Flash Score USA