The 1973–74 Série A season was the 53rd season of the Série A, the top level of ice hockey in France. Sporting Hockey Club Saint Gervais won their second league title.
Synerglace Ligue Magnus is the current name for the top men's division of the French ice hockey pyramid, established in 1906. The league was renamed in 2004 to take the name of its championship trophy, the Magnus Cup. The trophy was in turn named for Frenchman and IIHF founder Louis Magnus. During the 2015–16 and 2016-17 seasons, the league was officially known as Saxoprint Ligue Magnus, due to a sponsorship deal with Saxoprint, the online printing subsidiary of German conglomerate Cewe.
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.3 million. France, a sovereign state, is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.
The Sporting Club Saint Gervais is a French ice hockey team based in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in Haute-Savoie. The club won six Ligue Magnus titles, two Coupe de France and the As Cup in 1985. Starting in the 2002–2003 season, SHC Saint Gervais merged with the Club des Sports de Megève to form the Avalanche du Mont-Blanc which currently plays in the FFHG Division 1, the second level of the French ice hockey leagues system.
