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2021–22 Liiga
League Liiga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2021 – April 2022
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) Telia
C More
Regular season
Best record Tappara
  Runners-up Jukurit
Season MVP Petrus Palmu (Jukurit)
Top scorer Anton Levtchi (Tappara)
Playoffs

The 2021–22 Liiga season was the 47th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams[]

Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
HIFK Helsinki Ville Peltonen[1] Helsingin jäähalli &0000000000008200.0000008,200 Teemu Tallberg
HPK Hämeenlinna Matti Tiilikainen[2] Pohjantähti Areena &0000000000005360.0000005,360 Markus Nenonen
Ilves Tampere Jouko Myrrä[3] Tampereen jäähalli, Hakametsä (September - November 2021)
Nokia Arena (December 2021 - present)
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Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit Mikkeli Olli Jokinen[4] Ikioma Areena &0000000000004200.0000004,200 Petrus Palmu
JYP Jyvaskyla Jyväskylä Jukka Ahvenjärvi[5] LähiTapiola Areena &0000000000004437.0000004,437 Jan Ščotka
KalPa Kuopio Tommi Miettinen[6] Olvi Areena &0000000000005300.0000005,300 Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo Kouvola Olli Salo[7] Lumon Areena &0000000000005950.0000005,950 Alexander Bonsaksen
Kärpät Oulu Lauri Mikkola[6] Oulun Energia Areena &0000000000006400.0000006,400 Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko Rauma Marko Virtanen[6] Kivikylän Areena &0000000000004700.0000004,700 Anrei Hakulinen
Pelicans Lahti Tommi Niemelä[6] Isku Areena &0000000000005371.0000005,371 Joonas Jalvanti
SaiPa Lappeenranta Pekka Virta[8] Lappeenrannan jäähalli, Kisapuisto &0000000000004820.0000004,820 Jarno Koskiranta
Sport Vaasa Risto Dufva[9] Vaasan Sähkö Areena &0000000000005185.0000005,185 Erik Riska
Tappara Tampere Jussi Tapola[6] Tampereen jäähalli, Hakametsä (September - November 2021)
Nokia Arena (December 2021 - present)
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Otto Rauhala
TPS Turku Jussi Ahokas[10] Gatorade Center &0000000000011820.00000011,820 Juhani Jasu
Assat Ässät Pori Ari-Pekka Selin[6] and Karri Kivi Isomäki Areena (renamed to West Areena) &0000000000006350.0000006,350 Jarno Kärki

Regular season[]

TPS - Ilves 11.9

TPS - Ilves 11.9.2021

Nokia Arenan avajaiset 1

Opening game of new Tampere Deck Arena in December 3. 2021

Standings[]

Top six advanced straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played a wild card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation. The top 3 teams of the regular season qualified for the Champions Hockey League and the 4th team to the Spengler Cup.

The match program was on hiatus during the EHT, Karjala Cup from 7 to 14 November. In December, Christmas was a week-long match break. In December, a new ice rink named Tampere Deck Arena (Nokia Arena) was opened in Tampere for the use of Ilves and Tappara. Two matches were played in the new arena on February 19, when Ilves hosts his own in the afternoon and Tappara in the evening.


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD PCT Final Result
1 Tappara 60 31 9 4 16 188 120 +68 .639 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Jukurit 60 31 8 4 17 166 138 +28 .628
3 Ilves 60 28 10 7 15 191 168 +23 .617
4 TPS 60 29 6 3 22 151 137 +14 .567
5 HIFK 59 27 5 8 19 174 146 +28 .559
6 Kärpät 60 24 7 9 20 171 141 +30 .528
7 HPK 60 24 9 5 22 147 135 +12 .528 Advance to Wild-card round
8 KooKoo 60 25 5 9 21 148 141 +7 .522
9 Pelicans 60 25 4 10 21 142 142 0 .517
10 Lukko 58 24 5 7 22 169 151 +18 .511
11 KalPa 60 19 9 13 19 167 159 +8 .489
12 Sport 59 18 8 7 26 120 155 −35 .435
13 JYP 60 14 8 4 34 139 221 −82 .344
14 SaiPa 60 15 3 7 35 128 193 −65 .322
15 Ässät 60 11 7 6 36 127 181 −54 .294
Source: Liiga
Rules for classification: 1) Points percentage; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points.[11]

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[12] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Flag of Finland Levtchi, AntonAnton Levtchi Tappara 55 26 35 61 +23 46
Flag of Finland Palmu, PetrusPetrus Palmu Jukurit 59 26 33 59 +27 24
Flag of the Czech Republic Jašek, LukášLukáš Jašek Pelicans 54 13 38 51 +23 30
Flag of Canada Joly, MichaelMichael Joly HPK 58 21 29 50 +18 16
Flag of Finland Suomi, EemeliEemeli Suomi Ilves 54 19 30 49 +2 34
Flag of Finland Innala, JereJere Innala HIFK 54 18 30 48 +13 30
Flag of the Czech Republic Smejkal, JiříJiří Smejkal Pelicans 44 25 20 45 +16 32
Flag of Finland Merelä, WaltteriWaltteri Merelä Tappara 57 21 23 44 +31 38
Flag of Finland Koivistoinen, EetuEetu Koivistoinen HIFK 53 19 24 43 +11 8
Flag of Finland Saarijärvi, ViliVili Saarijärvi Lukko 52 17 26 43 +19 12

Leading goaltenders[]

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of games played on 25 September 2021.[13]

Player Team(s) GP TOI W T L GA SO Sv% GAA
Flag of Finland Salminen, OskariOskari Salminen Jukurit 5 279:42 1 2 1 7 1 94.35 1.50
Flag of Russia Kareyev, AndreiAndrei Kareyev TPS 7 415:17 5 0 2 11 0 93.25 1.59
Flag of Finland Halonen, NiiloNiilo Halonen HIFK 3 180:00 3 0 0 5 0 89.80 1.67
Flag of Finland Westerholm, NiclasNiclas Westerholm SaiPa 6 358:06 2 1 3 11 1 90.83 1.84
Flag of Finland Reijola, RasmusRasmus Reijola Sport 3 177:25 2 0 1 6 1 91.89 2.03
Flag of the Czech Republic Malik, NickNick Malik KooKoo 4 235:17 2 0 2 8 0 92.16 2.04
Flag of Finland Patrikainen, JasperJasper Patrikainen Pelicans 3 142:54 1 2 0 5 0 91.67 2.10
Flag of Russia Galimov, StanislavStanislav Galimov Kärpät 6 366:32 3 3 0 13 0 92.07 2.13
Flag of Finland Heljanko, ChristianChristian Heljanko Tappara 4 238:58 2 1 1 9 0 86.76 2.26
Flag of Canada Garteig, MichaelMichael Garteig HIFK 3 179:43 0 2 1 7 0 88.89 2.34

Playoffs[]

Contrary to the best of three format used in the past seasons, the wild-card round will take place in best of two format, with overtime only played after the second game if the points are tied.The remaining rounds will be played in the best-of-7 format. [14]

Bracket[]

  Wild-card round (best-of-2) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
                                     
  7  HPK 0  
  10  Lukko 1     1  Tappara 4  
        10  Lukko 1    
      1  Tappara 4  
      8  KooKoo 1  
        2  Jukurit 3    
        8  KooKoo 4  
    1  Tappara 4
  4  TPS 1
    3  Ilves 4  
    6  Kärpät 3    
      3  Ilves 2
      4  TPS 4   Bronze medal game
    4  TPS 4    
  8  KooKoo 2     5  HIFK 3   3  Ilves 1
9  Pelicans 1     8  KooKoo 0

Wild-card round[]

The wild-card round series will be decided as a two game series. Compared to normal playoffs format both games can also end on a tie. If after two games both teams have one win or both games have ended on a tie, immediately after the second game an additional game will play played, which will determine the team that will go through to next round. The additional game will be played as five against five game and with 20 minutes periods. Sudden death rule applies. Penalties received during the 2nd game, which have not ended when 2nd game ends, will be cancelled. Only exception is game misconducts, which will carry on to the additional game.[15]

HPKLukko 0-1
24.3.2022 Lukko HPK 3-0 ref
25.3.2022 HPK Lukko 2-2 ref
Lukko wins the series 1-0.


KooKooPelicans 2-1
24.3.2022 Pelicans KooKoo 1-2 ref
25.3.2022 KooKoo Pelicans 2-3 ref
25.3.2022 KooKoo Pelicans 1-0 ref
KooKoo wins the series 2-1.


Quarter-finals[]

TapparaLukko 4-1
28.3.2022 Tappara Lukko 5-3 ref
29.3.2022 Lukko Tappara 2-1 ref
31.3.2022 Tappara Lukko 3-1 ref
2.4.2022 Lukko Tappara 2-3 OT1 ref
3.4.2022 Tappara Lukko 4-1 ref
Tappara wins the series 4-1.


IlvesKärpät 4-3
27.3.2022 Ilves Kärpät 5-1 ref
28.3.2022 Kärpät Ilves 1-2 OT1 ref
30.3.2022 Ilves Kärpät 1-2 OT1 ref
1.4.2022 Kärpät Ilves 3-2 OT1 ref
2.4.2022 Ilves Kärpät 1-0 ref
5.4.2022 Kärpät Ilves 2-1 ref
6.4.2022 Ilves Kärpät 2-1 OT1 ref
Ilves wins the series 4-3.


JukuritKooKoo 3-4
28.3.2022 Jukurit KooKoo 1-3 ref
29.3.2022 KooKoo Jukurit 3-2 ref
31.3.2022 Jukurit KooKoo 1-0 ref
2.4.2022 KooKoo Jukurit 2-3 OT1 ref
3.4.2022 Jukurit KooKoo 1-5 ref
5.4.2022 KooKoo Jukurit 1-2 ref
6.4.2022 Jukurit KooKoo 0-1 ref
KooKoo wins the series 4-3.


TPSHIFK 4-3
27.3.2022 TPS HIFK 2-0 ref
29.3.2022 HIFK TPS 4-3 OT1 ref
31.3.2022 TPS HIFK 3-4 OT1 ref
2.4.2022 HIFK TPS 5-7 ref
3.4.2022 TPS HIFK 2-1 ref
5.4.2022 HIFK TPS 3-2 ref
6.4.2022 TPS HIFK 3-1 ref
TPS wins the series 4-3.


Semifinals[]

TapparaKooKoo 4-1
8.4.2022 Tappara KooKoo 3-4 OT1 ref
9.4.2022 KooKoo Tappara 3-6 ref
11.4.2022 Tappara KooKoo 4-2 ref
12.4.2022 KooKoo Tappara 1-5 ref
14.4.2022 Tappara KooKoo 4-1 ref
Tappara wins the series 4-1.


IlvesTPS 2-4
9.4.2022 Ilves TPS 3-2 ref
10.4.2022 TPS Ilves 6-0 ref
12.4.2022 Ilves TPS 2-3 OT1 ref
13.4.2022 TPS Ilves 3-0 ref
15.4.2022 Ilves TPS 3-0 ref
16.4.2022 TPS Ilves 2-1 ref
TPS wins the series 4-2.


Bronze medal game[]

02022-04-24 24 April 2022
17:00
Ilves 3–2
(2–0, 1–2, 0–0)
KooKoo Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,606

Finals[]

02022-04-20 20 April 2022
18:30
Tappara 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
TPS Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 10,767
02022-04-23 23 April 2022
17:00
TPS 1–2 OT1
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
Tappara Gatorade Center, Turku
Attendance: 10,500
02022-04-25 25 April 2022
18:30
Tappara 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)
TPS Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,075
02022-04-26 26 April 2022
18:30
TPS 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Tappara Gatorade Center, Turku
Attendance: 10,251
02022-04-28 28 April 2022
18:30
Tappara 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
TPS Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,451

Tappara wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings[]

Gold medal icon Tappara
Silver medal icon TPS
Bronze medal icon Ilves
4 KooKoo
5 Jukurit
6 HIFK
7 Kärpät
8 Lukko
9 HPK
10 Pelicans
11 KalPa
12 Sport
13 JYP
14 SaiPa
15 Ässät

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