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 They have been replaced by HC Karlovy Vary, who have been demoted from the Czech Extraliga.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
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.
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