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The '''2017–18 [[Israeli League (ice hockey)|Israeli League]] season''' was the 27th season of ice hockey in [[Israel]] and 6th season of Top League. [[Holon Ninjas]] were promoted from the second division and played in the top division of Israeli hockey for the very first time.

== Teams ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
! City
! Arena
! Capacity
|-
| [[Rishon Devils]]
| [[Rishon LeZion]]
| [[Ice Peaks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|500
|-
| [[Rishon Devils|Rishon-2]]            
| [[Rishon LeZion]]       
| [[Ice Peaks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|500
|- 
| [[Maccabi Metulla Eggenbreggers|CIHS]] 
| [[Metulla]]       
| [[Canada Center]]
| style="text-align:center;"|800
|-
| [[Monfort Ma'alot|Monfort]]            
| [[Ma'alot]]        
| [[Canada Center]]
| style="text-align:center;"|800
|-
| [[Haifa Hawks]]             
| [[Haifa]]        
| [[Canada Center]]
| style="text-align:center;"|800
|-
| [[HC Bat Yam]]          
| [[Bat Yam]]         
| [[Ice Peaks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|500
|-
| [[Horses Kfar Saba|Horses]]           
| [[Kfar Saba]] 
| [[Ice Peaks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|500
|-
| [[Dragons Nes Ziona|Dragons]]   
| [[Nes Ziona]]           
| [[Ice Peaks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|500
|-
| [[Hitmen Raanana|Hitmen]]      
| [[Raanana]]      
| [[Ice Peaks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|500
|-
| [[Ninjas Holon|Ninjas]]      
| [[Holon]]                  
| [[Ice Peaks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|500
|}

== Regular season ==

=== Standings ===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width="200"|Team
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Pleyed}}
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|OTW|Won in overtime}} 
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|OTL|Lost in overtime}} 
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
! width="30"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 1. || align="left" | [[HC Bat Yam]] || 9 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 74 || 28 || +46 || '''24''' 
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 2. || align="left" | [[Rishon Devils]] || 9 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 74 || 21 || +53 || '''24'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 3. || align="left" | [[Maccabi Metulla Eggenbreggers|CIHS]] [[Metula]] || 9 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 62 || 22 || +40 || '''21'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 4. || align="left" | [[Horses Kfar Saba|Horses]] [[Kfar Saba]] || 9 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 67 || 25 || +42 || '''21'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 5. || align="left" | [[Monfort Ma'alot]] || 9 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 32 || 30 || +2 || '''15'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 6. || align="left" | [[Holon Ninjas]] || 9 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 34 || 43 || -9 || '''12'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 7. || align="left" | [[Nes Ziona Dragons]] || 9 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 30 || 52 || -22 || '''9'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 8. || align="left" | [[Ra'anana Hitmen]] || 9 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 24 || 53 || -29 || '''6'''
|- style="background:#EECFA1" align="center"
| 9. || align="left" | [[Rishon Devils|Rishon-2]] || 9 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 10 || 78 || -68 || '''3'''
|- style="background:#EECFA1" align="center"
| 10. || align="left" | [[Haifa Hawks]] || 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 5 || 60 || -55 || '''0'''
|}

=== Table ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"|Team
! colspan="10"|
|-
! style="width:70px; background:#EEEE00; color:#222266;"|Rishon Devils
! style="width:70px; background:white; color:#00245D;"|CIHS
! style="width:70px; background:#0B2161; color:#FE7903;"|Horses
! style="width:70px; background:black; color:#FFCF00;"|Hitmen
! style="width:70px; background:#1A2738; color:white;"|Monfort
! style="width:70px; background:red; color:white;"|HC Bat Yam
! style="width:70px; background:white; color:#832831;"|Dragons
! style="width:70px; background:#012FA9; color:#D81F35;"|Rishon-2
! style="width:70px; background:#CD2228; color:white;"|Hawks
! style="width:70px; background:#CCEEFF; color:black;"|Ninjas
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Rishon Devils]]
| style="background:#DCDCDC;"|
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->'''6 : 3'''
| <!-- vs. Horses -->'''9 : 3'''
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->'''14 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->'''5 : 0''' '''(F)'''
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->6 : 7
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->'''9 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''10 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''8 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->'''7 : 2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Maccabi Metulla Eggenbreggers|CIHS]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->3 : 6
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
| <!-- vs. Horses -->'''5 : 1'''
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->'''7 : 1'''
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->'''5 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->6 : 8
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->'''7 : 3'''
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''13 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''8 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->'''8 : 1'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Horses Kfar Saba]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->3 : 9
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->1 : 5
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
|<!-- vs. Hitmen -->'''5 : 0''' '''(F)'''
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->'''7 : 1'''
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->'''6 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->'''14 : 6'''
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''13 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''13 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->'''5 : 0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Ra'anana Hitmen]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->0 : 14
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->1 : 7
| <!-- vs. Horses -->0 : 5 '''(F)'''
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->2 : 8
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->5 : 6
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->2 : 4
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''8 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''3 : 1'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->3 : 8
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Monfort Ma'alot]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->0 : 5 '''(F)'''
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->2 : 5
| <!-- vs. Horses -->1 : 7
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->'''8 : 2
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
|| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->0 : 7
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->'''6 : 1'''
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''5 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''4 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->'''6 : 3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[HC Bat Yam]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->'''7 : 6'''
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->'''8 : 6'''
| <!-- vs. Horses -->2 : 6
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->'''6 : 5'''
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->'''7 : 0'''
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->'''8 : 1
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''14 : 1'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''10 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->12 : 3
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Nes Ziona Dragons]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->2 : 9
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->3 : 7
| <!-- vs. Horses -->6 : 14
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->'''4 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->1 : 6
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->1 : 8
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''6 : 1'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''5 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->2 : 5
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Rishon Devils|Rishon-2]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->2 : 10
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->0 : 13
| <!-- vs. Horses -->2 : 13
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->0 : 8
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->0 : 5
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->1 : 14
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->1 : 6
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''4 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->0 : 7
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Haifa Hawks]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->2 : 8
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->0 : 8
| <!-- vs. Horses -->0 : 13
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->1 : 3
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->0 : 4
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->0 : 10
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->0 : 5
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->2 : 4
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
| <!-- vs. Ninjas -->0 : 5
|-
| style="text-align:left; background-color:#F2F2F2;"|[[Holon Ninjas]]
| <!-- vs. Rishon Devils -->2 : 7
| <!-- vs. CIHS -->1 : 8
| <!-- vs. Horses -->0 : 5
| <!-- vs. Hitmen -->'''8: 3
| <!-- vs. Monfort -->3 : 6
| <!-- vs. HC Bat Yam -->3 : 12
| <!-- vs. Dragons -->'''5 : 2'''
| <!-- vs. Rishon-2 -->'''7 : 0'''
| <!-- vs. Hawks -->'''5 : 0'''
| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|
|}

==Play-offs==

{{8TeamBracket-with third
| RD1 = Quarterfinals
| RD2 = Semifinals
| RD3 = Finals

| RD1-seed1  = 1
| RD1-team1  = '''[[HC Bat Yam]]'''
| RD1-score1 = '''7'''
| RD1-seed2  = 8
| RD1-team2  = [[Ra'anana Hitmen]]
| RD1-score2 = 1

| RD1-seed3  = 2
| RD1-team3  = '''[[Rishon Devils]]'''
| RD1-score3 = '''14'''
| RD1-seed4  = 7
| RD1-team4  = [[Nes Ziona Dragons]]
| RD1-score4 = 1

| RD1-seed5  = 3
| RD1-team5  = [[Maccabi Metulla Eggenbreggers|CIHS]]
| RD1-score5 = '''9'''
| RD1-seed6  = 6
| RD1-team6  = [[Holon Ninjas]]
| RD1-score6 = 0

| RD1-seed7  = 4
| RD1-team7  = [[Horses Kfar Saba]]
| RD1-score7 = '''10'''
| RD1-seed8  = 5
| RD1-team8  = [[Monfort Ma'alot]]
| RD1-score8 = 3

| RD2-seed1  = 3
| RD2-team1  = '''[[Maccabi Metulla Eggenbreggers|CIHS]]'''
| RD2-score1 = '''6''' (SO)
| RD2-seed2  = 2
| RD2-team2  = [[Rishon Devils]]
| RD2-score2 = 5

| RD2-seed3  = 1
| RD2-team3  = '''[[HC Bat Yam]]'''
| RD2-score3 = '''9'''
| RD2-seed4  = 4
| RD2-team4  = [[Horses Kfar Saba]]
| RD2-score4 = 4

| RD3-seed1  = 1
| RD3-team1  = '''[[HC Bat Yam]]'''
| RD3-score1 = '''5''' 
| RD3-seed2  = 3
| RD3-team2  = [[Maccabi Metulla Eggenbreggers|CIHS]]
| RD3-score2 = 2

| RD3-seed3  = 2
| RD3-team3  = '''[[Rishon Devils]]'''
| RD3-score3 = '''5''' (F)
| RD3-seed4  = 4
| RD3-team4  = [[Horses Kfar Saba]]
| RD3-score4 = 0
}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.hawkshaifa.com/he/ice-standing/|title=REGULAR SEASON|publisher=Hawkshaifa.com|lang=}}
*[http://www.israhockey.co.il/index.php/en Ice hockey federation of Israel] israhockey.co.il
*[http://www.israhockey.co.il/index.php/en/ice-tournaments/2016-10-11-10-03-9/standings-2 Standings of teams] israhockey.co.il

{{Israeli Hockey League seasons}}

{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:2017 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:2018 in ice hockey]]