Ligue Magnus 2014/15

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Master:	Rapaces de Gap
Relegated:	Drakkars de Caen
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The 2014/15 season was the 93rd season of Ligue Magnus , the top French ice hockey division . The championship won for the third time after 1977 and 1978 the Rapaces de Gap , which Gamyo Épinal defeated 4-3 in the playoff final. The Drakkars de Caen were relegated to Division 1 and will be replaced by the Boxers de Bordeaux in the coming season .

Attendees

Amiens Angers Brest Briançon Caen Chamonix Dijon Epinal Gap Grenoble Lyon Morzine Rouen Strasbourg

Map of all club locations for the 2014/15 season

team	Hometown	Stadion	Stadium capacity
Gothiques d'Amiens	Amiens	Coliseum	3,400
Ducs d'Angers	Angers	Patinoire du Haras	1,033
Albatross de Brest	Brest	Rïnkla Stadium	1,500
Diables Rouges de Briançon	Briançon	Patinoire René Froger	2,150
Drakkars de Caen	Caen	Patinoire de Caen la mer	1,499
Chamois de Chamonix	Chamonix	Center Sportif Richard Bozon	1,700
Ducs de Dijon	Dijon	Patinoire Trimolet	1,200
Gamyo Epinal	Epinal	Patinoire de Poissompré	1,400
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Stade de glace Alp'Arena	2,700
Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	Grenoble	Patinoire Polesud	3,496
Lions de Lyon	Lyon	Patinoire Charlemagne	4,200
Pingouins de Morzine	Morzine	Škoda Arena	1,280
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	L'Île Lacroix	2,747
Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	L'Iceberg	1,600

mode

In the main round, the 14 teams play 26 games each. The top twelve teams qualify for the playoffs in which the champions will be played, with the top four teams seeded for the playoff quarter-finals. The last two places in the main round face each other in the relegation, the loser of which is relegated directly to the second division. Each team receives two points for a win after regular playing time and overtime, one point for a loss after overtime and zero points for a defeat after normal playing time.

Main round

table

	club	Sp	S.	N	OTN	T	GT	+/-	Points
1.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	26th	18th	4th	4th	94	67	+27	40
2.	Dragons de Rouen	26th	19th	0	7th	121	73	+48	38
3.	Rapaces de Gap	26th	18th	2	6th	88	71	+17	38
4th	Ducs d'Angers	26th	17th	4th	5	97	66	+31	38
5.	Diables Rouges de Briançon (M)	26th	16	2	8th	94	78	+16	34
6th	Chamois de Chamonix	26th	14th	5	7th	96	85	+11	33
7th	Gothiques d'Amiens	26th	14th	4th	8th	100	81	+19	32
8th.	Gamyo Epinal	26th	12	1	13	78	85	–7	25th
9.	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	26th	11	2	13	74	101	-27	24
10.	Pingouins de Morzine	26th	12	0	14th	76	102	-26	23
11.	Ducs de Dijon	26th	9	2	15th	72	88	-16	20th
12.	Albatross de Brest	26th	8th	4th	14th	73	98	-25	20th
13.	Lions de Lyon (N)	26th	8th	3	15th	87	115	-28	19th
14th	Drakkars de Caen	26th	6th	6th	14th	66	106	-40	18th

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, N = defeats, OTS = wins after extra time ( overtime ), OTN = losses after extra time, TVH = goal difference

	Qualification for the quarter-finals
	Qualification for the round of 16
	Participation in the relegation
(M)	M aster of the preseason
(N)	A ufsteiger from the Division 1

Best scorer

The season's top scorer, Julien Desrosiers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

Nat.	player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
	Julien Desrosiers	Dragons de Rouen	26th	9	38	47	+20	32
	Francis Charland	Dragons de Rouen	26th	26th	18th	44	+22	6th
	Félix Petit	Brûleurs de Loups	26th	7th	29	36	+19	12
	Yannick Tifu	Ducs d'Angers	26th	14th	21st	35	+5	48
	Loïc Lampérier	Dragons de Rouen	26th	12	20th	32	+11	18th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded , SO = shutouts ; Fat: best value

Nat.	player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
	Jean-Sébastien Aubin	Ducs d'Angers	22nd	1290: 56	51	2	92.4	2.37
	Clement Fouquerel	Chamois de Chamonix	23	1434: 27	66	2	91.9	2.76
	Henri-Corentin Buysse	Ducs de Dijon	24	1401: 04	70	1	91.9	3.00
	Michal Zajkowski	Brûleurs de Loups	26th	1559: 23	64	0	91.8	2.46
	Mitch O'Keefe	Gothiques d'Amiens	25th	1517: 33	73	3	90.0	2.89

Play-offs

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	3	Rapaces de Gap
		bye
						3	Rapaces de Gap	3
						7th	Gothiques d'Amiens	2
	7th	Gothiques d'Amiens	3
	10	Pingouins de Morzine	0
											3	Rapaces de Gap	4th
											11	Ducs de Dijon	1
	1	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble
		bye
						1	Brûleurs de loups de Grenoble	2
						11	Ducs de Dijon	3
	6th	Chamois de Chamonix	0
	11	Ducs de Dijon	3
																3	Rapaces de Gap	4th
																8th	Gamyo Epinal	3
	4th	Ducs d'Angers
		bye
						4th	Ducs d'Angers	3
						5	Diables Rouges de Briançon	0
	5	Diables Rouges de Briançon	3
	12	Albatross de Brest	2
											4th	Ducs d'Angers	3
											8th	Gamyo Epinal	4th
	2	Dragons de Rouen
		bye
						2	Dragons de Rouen	1
						8th	Gamyo Epinal	3
	8th	Gamyo Epinal	3
	9	Étoile Noire de Strasbourg	2

final

The series took place from March 24th to April 5th, 2015.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Rapaces de Gap	-	Gamyo Epinal	4: 3	2: 3	9-0	2: 8	2: 3	3: 1	4: 2	5: 3

French champions squad

French champion Rapaces de Gap

Goalkeepers: Aurélien Bertrand , Charles Lavigne Defenders: Jeremy Baridon , Brett Bartman , Loic Chapelier , Alexandre Cornaire , Dominik Kramar , Chad Langlais , Ryan Ruikka , Teddy Trabichet , Matt Wahl Attackers: Nicolas Arrossamena , Kévin Da Costa , Matthieu Frecon , Boštjan Goličič , Nicholas Pard , Michaël Pérez , Karel Richter , Nicolas Ritz , Sébastien Rohat , Paul Schmitt , Radim Valchar , Roman Vondráček Coaching staff: Luciano Basile , Eric Blais

Relegation

The series took place from February 22nd to 28th, 2015.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Lions de Lyon	-	Drakkars de Caen	4-0	6: 4	6: 2	5: 4	7: 5	-	-	-

Web links

• Ligue Magnus (French)