at the start of the 2017 season, hopcutt continued to recovery from tibia injury and his recovery was delayed beyond january. it wasn't until on 13 april 2017 when he made his first appearance of the season, coming on as a late substitute, against ifk norrköping in the final of the svenska cupen, as they won 4–1 to qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 uefa europa league with manager graham potter. between 26 april 2017 and 7 may 2017, hopcutt scored four times in three matches against afc eskilstuna, if elfsborg (twice) and hammarby. however, in a follow up match against malmö on 14 may 2017, he was sent–off for a straight red card following a push on franz brorsson, who was also sent–off as well, as östersunds fk lost 2–1. after serving a two match suspension, hopcutt then scored his fifth goal of the season on 3 june 2017, in a 3–1 win over gif sundsvall. in the summer transfer of 2017, hopcutt was linked a move to wolverhampton wanderers but the move never happened. amid to the transfer speculation, hopcutt remained at the club and scored on his european debut, in a 2–0 win against galatasaray on 13 july 2017. after beating galatasary in the return leg, hopcutt was part of the squad when he helped the side defeated the teams of fola esch, and paok (in which he set up a goal for saman ghoddos) to secure the club's historic entry into the europa league group stage. hopcutt spent the rest of the 2017 season, starting for the side in the number of matches. at the end of the 2017 season, he went on to make twenty–eight appearances and scoring six times in all competitions.