2016–17 Czech 1. Liga season
# 2016–17 Czech 1. Liga season

The 2016–17 Czech 1. liga season was the 23rd season of the Czech 1. liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league.

Motor České Budějovice and HC Dukla Jihlava have won this season of the league, HC Dukla Jihlava succeeded in the Extraliga qualification.

HC Most was relegated to the Czech 2. liga after 6 years in the Czech 1. Liga. They have been replaced by HC Karlovy Vary, who have been demoted from the Czech Extraliga.

## Format

14 teams compete in the league, with the top 6 teams at the end of the regular season play qualifying for the playoffs. The teams that finish 7th through 10th play a play-in series (best-of-five) to determine who will join the top six into the playoff quarter-finals (best-of-seven). No final is played. Instead, two teams which win the semifinals are declared co-champions and both advance to the qualifying group against two worst placed teams at the end of the Extraliga regular season.

The four lowest ranked teams (11–14) after the regular season play in a play-out group (12 games, all regular-season matches are counted into the ranking). The worst team after 12 rounds is relegated to the Czech 2. Liga.

## Regular season

| Pl. | | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Motor České Budějovice | 52 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 171:101 | 111 |
| 2. | HC Dukla Jihlava | 52 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 155:101 | 107 |
| 3. | HC Kladno | 52 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 156:112 | 101 |
| 4. | HC Slavia Praha | 52 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 128:134 | 88 |
| 5. | SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | 52 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 135:144 | 81 |
| 6. | HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi | 52 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 147:162 | 77 |
| 7. | LHK Jestřábi Prostějov | 52 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 162:155 | 77 |
| 8. | HC Benátky nad Jizerou | 52 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 124:138 | 73 |
| 9. | HC Frýdek-Místek | 52 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 146:153 | 72 |
| 10. | HC ZUBR Přerov | 52 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 136:143 | 70 |
| 11. | HC Stadion Litoměřice | 52 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 131:133 | 68 |
| 12. | AZ Havířov | 52 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 127:131 | 64 |
| 13. | Sportovní Klub Kadaň | 52 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 124:160 | 58 |
| 14. | HC Most | 52 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 111:186 | 45 |

## Playoffs

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Motor České Budějovice | | | | | |
| | | Motor České Budějovice | 4 | | |
| | | HC ZUBR Prerov | 0 | | |
| HC ZUBR Prerov | 3 | HC ZUBR Prerov | 0 | | |
| LHK Jestřábi Prostějov | 1 | | | | |
| LHK Jestřábi Prostějov | 1 | | | Motor České Budějovice | 4 |
| | | | | HC Slavia Praha | 1 |
| HC Slavia Praha | | | | HC Slavia Praha | 1 |
| | | HC Slavia Praha | 4 | | |
| | | SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | 0 | | |
| SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | | SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | not played | |
| HC Dukla Jihlava | | | | | | | |
| | | HC Dukla Jihlava | 4 | | | | |
| | | HC Frýdek-Místek | 1 | | | | |
| HC Benátky nad Jizerou | 2 | HC Frýdek-Místek | 1 | | | | |
| HC Frýdek-Místek | 3 | | | | | | |
| HC Frýdek-Místek | 3 | | | HC Dukla Jihlava | 4 | | |
| | | | | HC Kladno | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| HC Kladno | | | | HC Kladno | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | HC Kladno | 4 | | | | not played |
| | | HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi | 0 | | | | |
| HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi | | HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi | 0 | | | | |

## 2017–18 Extraliga qualification

| Pl. | | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 36:31 | 20 |
| 2. | HC Dukla Jihlava | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 32:29 | 20 |
| 3. | HC Karlovy Vary | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 30:29 | 19 |
| 4. | Motor České Budějovice | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20:29 | 13 |

HC Dynamo Pardubice have qualified to the Extraliga for the 2017–18 season.

HC Dukla Jihlava have qualified to the Extraliga for the 2017–18 season.

HC Karlovy Vary failed to qualify for the 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season. They will play in the Czech 1. Liga.

Motor České Budějovice failed to qualify for the 2017–18 Czech Extraliga season. They will resume playing in the Czech 1. Liga.

## Play-out

| Pl. | | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Stadion Litoměřice | 58 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 149:149 | 78 |
| 2. | AZ Havířov | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 138:148 | 69 |
| 3. | Sportovní Klub Kadaň | 58 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 143:176 | 68 |
| 4. | HC Most | 58 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 134:208 | 56 |

HC Most was relegated.

