2019-20 Ligue Magnus season

2019–20 Ligue Magnus
League	Ligue Magnus
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	10 September 2019 – 11 March 2020
Teams	11
Regular season
Best record	Dragons de Rouen
Runners-up	Ducs d'Angers
Relegated to Division 1	none
Playoffs
Finals champions	cancelled

The 2019–20 Ligue Magnus season was the 99th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. The regular season ran from 10 September 2019 to 21 February 2020. The Dragons de Rouen finished atop the standings. The postseason began on 23 February but was suspended and later cancelled on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Due to the league operating with only 11-teams this season (below the desired 12-team format), no relegation would take place.

Membership changes

Étoile Noire de Strasbourg was relegated to Division 1 and replaced by Diables Rouges de Briançon.^[2]
After the previous season, LHC Les Lions declared bankruptcy and were removed from the league.^[3] Because no Division 1 team was able to sign a license with the league on short notice, Ligue Magnus played as an eleven-team circuit for this season.

Teams

2019–20 Ligue Magnus team map

Team	City	Arena	Coach
Gothiques d'Amiens	Amiens	Coliséum	Mario Richer
Ducs d'Angers	Angers	IceParc	Brennan Sonne
Anglet Hormadi	Anglet	Patinoire de la Barre	Heikki Leime
Boxers de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Patinoire de Mériadeck	Olivier Dimet
Diables Rouges de Briançon	Briançon	Patinoire René Froger	Claude Devèze Eric Medeiros
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	Yorick Treille
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	Brûleurs de Loups	40	24	8	2	6	199	108	+91	90	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Dragons de Rouen	40	24	6	2	8	152	89	+63	86
3	Ducs d'Angers	40	24	4	2	10	155	96	+59	82
4	Gothiques d'Amiens	40	23	2	6	9	130	109	+21	79
5	Scorpions de Mulhouse	40	17	4	3	16	132	114	+18	62
6	Boxers de Bordeaux	40	17	3	3	17	118	118	0	60
7	Rapaces de Gap	40	13	4	4	19	103	124	−21	51
8	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	40	12	4	5	19	128	153	−25	49
9	Anglet Hormadi	40	13	2	3	22	93	148	−55	46	Qualification to Play Out
10	Aigles de Nice	40	10	3	9	18	108	130	−22	45
11	Diables Rouges de Briançon	40	2	1	2	35	73	202	−129	10

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

Statistics

Scoring leaders

^[4]

Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alex Aleardi	Brûleurs de Loups	C/RW	40	26	37	63	28
Tommy Giroux	Gothiques d'Amiens	LW	40	21	40	61	4
Danick Bouchard	Ducs d'Angers	LW/RW	39	30	26	56	26
Joël Champagne	Brûleurs de Loups	C	39	21	34	55	50
Damien Fleury	Brûleurs de Loups	LW/RW	38	24	29	53	94
Philippe Halley	Gothiques d'Amiens	C	39	22	31	53	26
Denny Kearney	Brûleurs de Loups	LW/RW	37	20	32	52	60
Kyle Hardy	Brûleurs de Loups	D	40	14	38	52	64
Rolands Vīgners	Scorpions de Mulhouse	LW/RW	37	16	33	49	14
Nicolas Deschamps	Dragons de Rouen	C/W	40	12	33	45	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.^[5]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Matija Pintarič	Dragons de Rouen	39	2296	29	10	80	5	.924	2.09
Florian Hardy	Ducs d'Angers	38	2236	26	12	88	5	.910	2.36
Clément Fouquerel	Boxers de Bordeaux	30	1776	15	15	73	3	.927	2.47
Henri-Corentin Buysse	Gothiques d'Amiens	37	2130	22	13	90	2	.917	2.54
Lukáš Horák	Brûleurs de Loups	35	2072	28	6	89	4	.915	2.58

Playoffs

Championship

Note: After the completion of the quarterfinal round, the remainder of the postseason was cancelled.

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

1	Brûleurs de Loups	4	3	7	5	-	-	-

8	Pionniers de Chamonix Mont-Blanc	3	1	0	4	-	-	-
									1	Brûleurs de Loups	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

									5	Scorpions de Mulhouse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Dragons de Rouen	2*	3	4	7	-	-	-

7	Rapaces de Gap	1	2	1	5	-	-	-

(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)

3	Ducs d'Angers	2	2	4	3	-	-	-

6	Boxers de Bordeaux	0	1	3	1	-	-	-
									2	Dragons de Rouen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

									3	Ducs d'Angers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Gothiques d'Amiens	3	1	3	2*	3	3	2

5	Scorpions de Mulhouse	4*	2*	2	1	0	4	4

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

Relegation

Home \ Away	ANH	BRI	NIC	ANH	BRI	NIC
Anglet Hormadi	—	6–1	4–3 ^(OT)	—	6–4	4–2
Diables Rouges de Briançon	1–6	—	4–7	4–6	—	1–9
Aigles de Nice	3–4 ^(OT)	7–4	—	2–4	9–1	—

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	Anglet Hormadi^[a]	4	3	1	0	0	20	10	+10	57	Saved
2	Aigles de Nice	4	2	0	1	1	21	13	+8	52
3	Diables Rouges de Briançon	4	0	0	0	4	10	28	−18	10

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 from the regular season.

References

"Coronavirus : la Ligue Magnus de hockey sur glace arrêtée, pas de champion en 2020" [Coronavirus: Magnus Ice Hockey League stopped, no champion in 2020]. Le Parisien. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
"D1 – Finale. Sacrés Diables Rouges !" [D1 – Final. Holy Red Devils.]. Hockey France. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 1 September 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 2019/20: Players". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
"Statistics 2019/20: Goalies". Ligue Magnus. Retrieved 31 August 2025.