2017–18 Israeli Hockey League season

The 2017–18 Israeli League season will be the 27th season of ice hockey in Israel and 6th season of Top League. Rishon Devils are the current champions, after winning the 2016-17 Israeli Hockey League season. Holon Ninjas were promoted from the second division and are playing in the top division of Israel Hockey for the very first time.

2017–18 Israeli League season
League	Israeli League
Sport	Ice Hockey
Duration	16 October 2017 – 26 May 2018
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Season champions	HC Bat Yam
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	HC Bat Yam
Runners-up	CIHS

Teams

CIHS

Rishon Devils
Rishon-2

Monfort Ma'alot

HC Bat Yam

Haifa Hawks

Horses

Dragons

Hitmen

Ninjas

Teams of the 2017–18 Top Israeli League

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Rishon Devils	Rishon LeZion	Ice Peaks	500
Rishon-2	Rishon LeZion	Ice Peaks	500
CIHS	Metulla	Canada Center	800
Monfort	Ma'alot	Canada Center	800
Haifa Hawks	Haifa	Canada Center	800
HC Bat Yam	Bat Yam	Ice Peaks	500
Horses	Kfar Saba	Ice Peaks	500
Dragons	Nes Ziona	Ice Peaks	500
Hitmen	Raanana	Ice Peaks	500
Ninjas	Holon	Ice Peaks	500

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HC Bat Yam	9	8	0	0	1	74	28	+46	24
2	Rishon Devils	9	8	0	0	1	74	21	+53	24
3	CIHS Metula	9	7	0	0	2	62	22	+40	21
4	Horses Kfar Saba	9	7	0	0	2	67	25	+42	21
5	Monfort Ma'alot	9	5	0	0	4	32	30	+2	15
6	Holon Ninjas	9	4	0	0	5	34	43	−9	12
7	Nes Ziona Dragons	9	3	0	0	6	30	52	−22	9
8	Ra'anana Hitmen	9	2	0	0	7	24	53	−29	6
9	Rishon-2	9	1	0	0	8	10	78	−68	3
10	Haifa Hawks	9	0	0	0	9	5	60	−55	0

Source:

Table

Home \ Away	RIS	CHS	HOR	HIT	MON	BTY	DRA	RS2	HAW	NIN
Rishon Devils		6–3	9–3	14–0	5–0 (F)	6–7	9–2	10–2	8–2	7–2
CIHS	3–6		5–1	7–1	5–2	6–8	7–3	13–0	8–0	8–1
Horses Kfar Saba	3–9	1–5		5–0 (F)	7–1	6–2	14–6	13–2	13–0	5–0
Ra'anana Hitmen	0–14	1–7	0–5 (F)		2–8	5–6	2–4	8–0	3–1	3–8
Monfort Ma'alot	0–5 (F)	2–5	1–7	8–2		0–7	6–1	5–0	4–0	6–3
HC Bat Yam	7–6	8–6	2–6	6–5	7–0		8–1	14–1	10–0	12–3
Nes Ziona Dragons	2–9	3–7	6–14	4–2	1–6	1–8		6–1	5–0	2–5
Rishon-2	2–10	0–13	2–13	0–8	0–5	1–14	1–6		4–2	0–7
Haifa Hawks	2–8	0–8	0–13	1–3	0–4	0–10	0–5	2–4		0–5
Holon Ninjas	2–7	1–8	0–5	8: 3	3–6	3–12	5–2	7–0	5–0

Source:

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	HC Bat Yam	7
	8	Ra'anana Hitmen	1
						3	CIHS	6 (P. Sh.)
						2	Rishon Devils	5
	2	Rishon Devils	14
	7	Nes Ziona Dragons	1
											1	HC Bat Yam	5
											3	CIHS	2
	3	CIHS	9
	6	Holon Ninjas	0
						1	HC Bat Yam	9		Third place
						4	Horses Kfar Saba	4
	4	Horses Kfar Saba	10								2	Rishon Devils	5 (F)
	5	Monfort Ma'alot	3								4	Horses Kfar Saba	0

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season and play-offs points at the conclusion of games played on Mai 29, 2018.

Player	Team	Regular Season				Play-Off				TOTAL
		GP	G	A	Pts	GP	G	A	Pts	GP	G	A	Pts
Artiom Verny[1]	HC Bat Yam	9	20	17	37	3	3	9	12	12	23	26	49
Joshua Greenberg[2]	HC Bat Yam	9	21	15	36	3	1	6	7	12	22	21	43
Viktor Vorobjev	Horses	7	11	24	35	2	1	4	5	9	12	28	40
Arseniy Bondarev	Rishon Devils	8	15	19	34	2	4	0	4	10	19	19	38
Mikhael Zishe Horowitz	CIHS	9	15	12	27	3	3	0	3	12	18	12	30
Ilia Spektor[3]	Horses	8	18	8	26	2	7	2	9	10	25	10	35
Michael Mazeika	CIHS	9	15	10	25	3	2	4	6	12	17	14	31
Ilia Dinov	Rishon Devils	9	11	10	21	2	3	2	5	11	14	12	26
Evgeni Mokhov	Holon Ninjas	9	10	7	17	1	0	0	0	10	10	7	17
Evgeni Margoulis	Rishon Devils	9	7	9	16	2	0	2	2	11	7	11	18
Itay Shalev Ben Tov	Monfort Ma'alot	6	11	4	15	1	0	1	1	7	11	5	16
Evgeni Kniter	CIHS	9	3	11	14	3	1	4	5	12	4	15	19
Evgueni Nataltchenko	HC Bat Yam	9	9	5	14	3	3	1	4	12	12	6	18
Maias Wadi Sabag	CIHS	9	5	8	13	3	1	1	2	12	6	9	15
Ostap Rodichev	HC Bat Yam	9	8	4	12	2	0	0	0	11	8	4	12
Anton Krivobrukhov	Rishon Devils	9	9	3	12	2	3	0	3	11	12	3	15
Nisim Botbol Rosental	HC Bat Yam	9	1	10	11	3	0	1	1	12	1	11	12
Daniel Haim Lonkry	CIHS	8	9	2	11	3	4	2	6	11	13	4	17
Nikolay Kolomiza	Dragons	9	8	3	11	1	1	0	1	10	9	3	12
Michail Kozhevnikov	HC Bat Yam	3	3	7	10	3	2	1	3	6	5	8	13
Aviv Milner	HC Bat Yam	2	0	0	0	3	7	5	12	5	3	7	12
Evgenij Kozhevnikov	HC Bat Yam	2	2	4	6	2	4	2	6	4	6	6	12
Ori Kafri	Horses	7	4	2	6	2	2	3	5	9	6	5	11

References

1. Artiom Verny on eliteprospects
2. Joshua Greenberg on eliteprospects
3. Ilia Spektor on eliteprospects

External links

• "REGULAR SEASON". Hawkshaifa.com.
• Ice hockey federation of Israel israhockey.co.il
• Standings of teams israhockey.co.il
• Schedule & Scores israhockey.co.il
• 2017 - 2018 REGULAR SEASON STATS eliteprospects.com
• Champions of Israel on the site hockeyarenas
• Final HC Bat-Yam - CIHS