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2022–23 Liiga season

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2022–23 Liiga
League Liiga
Sport Ice hockey
Defending champions Tappara (2021–22)
Duration September 2022 – April 2023
Number of games 60
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) Telia
C More
Regular season
Best record Tappara
  Runners-up Ilves
Season MVP Michael Joly (HPK)
Top scorer Michael Joly (HPK)
Playoffs

The 2022–23 Liiga season was the 48th 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 Helsingin jäähalli &0000000000008200.0000008,200 Teemu Tallberg
HPK Hämeenlinna Jarno Pikkarainen Pohjantähti Areena &0000000000005360.0000005,360 Juuso Hietanen
Ilves Tampere Jouko Myrrä 5 Oct 2022[1]
Antti Pennanen		 Nokia Arena &0000000000013000.00000013,000 Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit Mikkeli Olli Jokinen Ikioma Areena &0000000000004200.0000004,200 Juhamatti Aaltonen
JYP Jyvaskyla Jyväskylä Jukka Rautakorpi LähiTapiola Areena &0000000000004437.0000004,437 Robert Rooba
KalPa Kuopio Tommi Miettinen Olvi Areena &0000000000005300.0000005,300 Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo Kouvola Olli Salo Lumon Areena &0000000000005950.0000005,950 Heikki Liedes
Kärpät Oulu Lauri Marjamäki Oulun Energia Areena &0000000000006400.0000006,400 Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko Rauma Marko Virtanen Kivikylän Areena &0000000000004700.0000004,700 Anrei Hakulinen
Pelicans Lahti Tommi Niemelä Isku Areena &0000000000005371.0000005,371 Miika Roine
SaiPa Lappeenranta Pekka Virta 14 Oct 2022[2]
Ville Hämäläinen		 Lappeenrannan jäähalli &0000000000004820.0000004,820 Jarno Koskiranta
Sport Vaasa Risto Dufva Vaasan Sähkö Areena &0000000000005185.0000005,185 Sebastian Stålberg
Tappara Tampere Jussi Tapola Nokia Arena &0000000000013000.00000013,000 Otto Rauhala
TPS Turku Jussi Ahokas Gatorade Center &0000000000011820.00000011,820 Juhani Jasu
Ässät Pori Karri Kivi West Areena &0000000000006350.0000006,350 Jesse Joensuu

Regular season[]

Porin Ässät 10-15-2022

Ässät celebrating a regular season victory against Jukurit on 15 October 2022

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.


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Tappara 60 33 6 5 16 187 140 +47 116 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Ilves 60 32 7 4 17 185 126 +59 114
3 Lukko 60 28 8 5 19 155 122 +33 105
4 Pelicans 60 30 4 5 21 166 136 +30 103
5 KalPa 60 28 5 8 19 169 145 +24 102
6 HIFK 60 24 8 9 19 155 150 +5 97
7 Kärpät 60 24 7 10 19 158 143 +15 96 Advance to Wild-card round
8 Ässät 60 25 5 6 24 129 150 −21 91
9 TPS 60 21 10 8 21 141 140 +1 91
10 KooKoo 60 19 11 5 25 155 167 −12 84
11 Jukurit 60 24 5 1 30 155 165 −10 83
12 HPK 60 17 9 14 20 153 162 −9 83
13 JYP 60 17 9 5 29 159 172 −13 74
14 Sport 60 16 3 9 32 126 177 −51 63
15 SaiPa 60 8 7 10 35 124 222 −98 48
Source: Liiga

[3]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players led the league in regular season points.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Michael Joly HPK 60 25 39 64 +9 18
Jori Lehterä Tappara 57 11 46 57 +5 45
Jerry Turkulainen JYP 60 12 42 54 –3 20
Petri Kontiola Ilves 58 12 39 51 0 40
Jaakko Rissanen KalPa 57 16 34 50 +17 26
Henrik Haapala Ilves 47 15 32 47 +9 20
Les Lancaster Ilves 60 13 34 47 +20 22
Joona Ikonen Ilves 54 23 22 45 +9 16
Veli-Matti Savinainen Tappara 54 17 27 44 +6 30
Thomas Gregoire Lukko 57 13 31 44 +23 41

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

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

Wild-card round[]

Kärpät – KooKoo 1-2
13.3.2023 Kärpät KooKoo 4-2 ref
14.3.2023 KooKoo Kärpät 4-1 ref
16.3.2023 Kärpät KooKoo 0-5 ref
KooKoo wins the series 2-1.


Ässät – TPS 2-1
13.3.2023 Ässät TPS 2-1 ref
14.3.2023 TPS Ässät 2-1 ref
16.3.2023 Ässät TPS 2-1 ref
Ässät wins the series 2-1.


Quarter-finals[]

Tappara – KooKoo 4-0
17.3.2023 Tappara KooKoo 4-0 ref
20.3.2023 KooKoo Tappara 1-6 ref
21.3.2023 Tappara KooKoo 2-1 OT1 ref
24.3.2023 KooKoo Tappara 0-3 ref
Tappara wins the series 4-0.


Lukko – HIFK 2-4
18.3.2023 Lukko HIFK 1-4 ref
20.3.2023 HIFK Lukko 1-0 OT1 ref
22.3.2023 Lukko HIFK 3-5 ref
24.3.2023 HIFK Lukko 1-2 OT1 ref
25.3.2023 Lukko HIFK 2-1 ref
27.3.2023 HIFK Lukko 3-2 OT1 ref
HIFK wins the series 4-2.


Ilves – Ässät 4-1
18.3.2023 Ilves Ässät 5-1 ref
20.3.2023 Ässät Ilves 5-2 ref
22.3.2023 Ilves Ässät 4-1 ref
24.3.2023 Ässät Ilves 1-4 ref
26.3.2023 Ilves Ässät 3-2 ref
Ilves wins the series 4-1.


Pelicans – KalPa 4-3
17.3.2023 Pelicans KalPa 2-1 ref
18.3.2023 KalPa Pelicans 3-0 ref
20.3.2023 Pelicans KalPa 2-1 ref
22.3.2023 KalPa Pelicans 3-2 ref
24.3.2023 Pelicans KalPa 3-1 ref
25.3.2023 KalPa Pelicans 5-1 ref
28.3.2023 Pelicans KalPa 4-2 ref
Pelicans wins the series 4-3.


Semi-finals[]

Tappara – HIFK 4-1
31.3.2023 HIFK Tappara 2-3 OT2 ref
1.4.2023 HIFK Tappara 4-2 ref
5.4.2023 Tappara HIFK 5-2 ref
7.4.2023 Tappara HIFK 5-2 ref
10.4.2023 Tappara HIFK 2-1 ref
Tappara wins the series 4-1.


Ilves – Pelicans 2-4
31.3.2023 Pelicans Ilves 2-3 OT1 ref
1.4.2023 Pelicans Ilves 3-2 ref
6.4.2023 Ilves Pelicans 2-3 ref
8.4.2023 Ilves Pelicans 3-2 ref
11.4.2023 Ilves Pelicans 0-2 ref
13.4.2023 Pelicans Ilves 3-1 ref
Pelicans wins the series 4-2


Bronze medal game[]

02023-04-20 20 April 2023
18:30 		Ilves 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1) 		HIFK Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,044

Finals[]

02023-04-19 19 April 2023
18:30 		Tappara 5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0) 		Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,904
02023-04-21 21 April 2023
18:30 		Pelicans 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1) 		Tappara Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
02023-04-22 22 April 2023
17:00 		Tappara 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2) 		Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,354
02023-04-25 25 April 2023
18:30 		Pelicans 1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1) 		Tappara Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
02023-04-27 27 April 2023
18:30 		Tappara 5–4 OT1
(3–2, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0) 		Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,700

Tappara wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings[]

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Ilves vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Antti Pennanen vetovastuuseen välittömästi (fi). Liiga.fi (2022-10-05).
  2. ↑ SaiPa vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Ville Hämäläinen korvaa Pekka Virran (fi). Liiga.fi (2022-10-14).
  3. ↑ Joukkuetilastot | Runkosarja 2022-2023 | Tilastot | Liiga. Liiga.fi.
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