title: 2017–18 Israeli Hockey League season
text: # 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.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | 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 |
  
  ### 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 | |
  
  ## Play-offs
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | HC Bat Yam | 7 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Ra'anana Hitmen | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Ra'anana Hitmen | 1 | 3 | CIHS | 6 (P. Sh.) | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Rishon Devils | 5 | | | |
  | 2 | Rishon Devils | 14 | 2 | Rishon Devils | 5 | | | |
  | 7 | Nes Ziona Dragons | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Nes Ziona Dragons | 1 | | | | 1 | HC Bat Yam | 5 |
  | | | | | | | 3 | CIHS | 2 |
  | 3 | CIHS | 9 | | | | | | | 3 | CIHS | 2 |
  | 6 | Holon Ninjas | 0 | | | |
  | 6 | Holon Ninjas | 0 | 1 | HC Bat Yam | 9 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
  | | | | 4 | Horses Kfar Saba | 4 |
  | 4 | Horses Kfar Saba | 10 | 4 | Horses Kfar Saba | 4 | 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 | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Play-Off | Play-Off | Play-Off | Play-Off | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | GP | G | A | Pts | GP | G | A | Pts |
  | Artiom Verny | HC Bat Yam | 9 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 26 | 49 |
  | Joshua Greenberg | 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 | 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 |
  