2017–18 Czech 1. Liga season

The '1st Czech Ice Hockey League 2017-18 was the 25th year of the second highest ice hockey competition in the Czech Republic. From the previous year of the extraleague to this year the team HC Energie Karlovy Vary was demoted, the team HC Dukla Jihlava advanced to the extraleague. The team HC Most came down from the first league after the 2016-17 season, which was replaced by VHK ROBE Vsetín. The competition was not staged this year and after it ended one team from the second league was added to the competition. 
==Format==
14 teams compete in the league, with the top 8 teams at the end of the regular season play play-offs. No final is played. Instead, two teams which win the semifinals advance to the qualifying group against two worst placed teams at the end of the Extraliga regular season. The better of these two teams after the regular season is the champion of the league.
==Regular season==
Pl.	 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	HC Energie Karlovy Vary 	52	30	6 	7 	9 	170:84 	109
2. 	ČEZ Motor České Budějovice	52	30	4 	3 	15	158:104	101
3. 	Rytíři Kladno 	52	27	8 	4 	13	156:112	97
4. 	HC Slavia Praha 	52	26	5 	4 	17	149:117	92
5. 	HC Zubr Přerov 	52	25	6 	2 	19	147:135	89
6. 	LHK Jestřábi Prostějov 	52	23	7 	3 	19	168:138	86
7. 	AZ Havířov 	52	22	5 	5 	20	138:133	81
8. 	VHK ROBE Vsetín 	52	20	8 	4 	20	168:144	80
9. 	SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč 	52	22	5 	2 	23	122:130	78
10.	HC Frýdek-Místek 	52	20	4 	8 	20	133:134	76
11.	HC Stadion Litoměřice 	52	20	3 	6 	23	135:150	72
12.	HC Slovan Ústí nad Labem 	52	18	1 	9 	24	149:185	65
13.	HC Benátky nad Jizerou 	52	11	1 	4 	36	118:227	39
14.	SK Kadaň 	52	7 	2 	2 	41	105:222	27
==Playoffs==
===Quarter Finals===
*HC Energie Karlovy Vary defeated VHK ROBE Vsetín 4 games to none
*ČEZ Motor České Budějovice defeated AZ Havířov 4 games to 1
Rytíři Kladno defeated LHK Jestřábi Prostějov 4 games to 2
*HC Slavia Praha defeated HC Zubr Přerov 4 games to none
===Semi Finals===
*HC Energie Karlovy Vary defeated HC Slavia Praha 4 games to none
*Rytíři Kladno defeated ČEZ Motor České Budějovice 4 games to 1
*HC Energie Karlovy Vary earn promotion to Extraliga
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