The 2022–23 SM-liiga season was the 48th season of the Liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.
2022–23 SM-liiga | |
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League | SM-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 | |
Playoffs MVP | Veli-Matti Savinainen (Tappara) |
Finals champions | Tappara |
Runners-up | Pelicans |
Teams
Team | City | Head coach | Arena | Capacity | Captain |
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HIFK | Helsinki | Ville Peltonen | Helsingin jäähalli | 8,200 | Teemu Tallberg |
HPK | Hämeenlinna | Jarno Pikkarainen | Pohjantähti Areena | 5,360 | Juuso Hietanen |
Ilves | Tampere | Antti Pennanen | Nokia Arena | 13,000 | Eemeli Suomi |
Jukurit | Mikkeli | Olli Jokinen | Ikioma Areena | 4,200 | Juhamatti Aaltonen |
JYP | Jyväskylä | Jukka Rautakorpi | LähiTapiola Areena | 4,437 | Robert Rooba |
KalPa | Kuopio | Tommi Miettinen | Olvi Areena | 5,300 | Tuomas Kiiskinen |
KooKoo | Kouvola | Olli Salo | Lumon Areena | 5,950 | Heikki Liedes |
Kärpät | Oulu | Lauri Marjamäki | Oulun Energia Areena | 6,400 | Atte Ohtamaa |
Lukko | Rauma | Marko Virtanen | Kivikylän Areena | 4,700 | Anrei Hakulinen |
Pelicans | Lahti | Tommi Niemelä | Isku Areena | 5,371 | Miika Roine |
SaiPa | Lappeenranta | Ville Hämäläinen | Lappeenrannan jäähalli | 4,820 | Jarno Koskiranta |
Sport | Vaasa | Risto Dufva | Vaasan Sähkö Areena | 5,185 | Sebastian Stålberg |
Tappara | Tampere | Jussi Tapola | Nokia Arena | 13,000 | Otto Rauhala |
TPS | Turku | Jussi Ahokas | Gatorade Center | 11,820 | Juhani Jasu |
Ässät | Pori | Karri Kivi | West Areena | 6,150 | Jesse Joensuu |
Regular season
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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 SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Result |
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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
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points.
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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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 | ||||||||||||||
10 | KooKoo | 2 | 1 | Tappara | 4 | ||||||||||||||
6 | HIFK | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Ilves | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Ässät | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Tappara | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Pelicans | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Lukko | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ässät | 2 | 6 | HIFK | 4 | ||||||||||||||
9 | TPS | 1 | 2 | Ilves | 2 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||||
4 | Pelicans | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Pelicans | 4 | 2 | Ilves | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5 | KalPa | 3 | 6 | HIFK | 0 |
Wild-card round
Ässät – TPS 2-1 | |||
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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
Lukko – HIFK 2-4 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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
Ilves – Pelicans 2-4 | |||
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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
20 April 2023 18:30 | Ilves | 3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1) | HIFK | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,044 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Marek Langhamer | Goalies | Roope Taponen | Referees: Jukka-Pekka Koistinen Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Jussi Thomann Juho-Pekka Inkinen | ||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 25 |
Finals
19 April 2023 18:30 | Tappara | 5–1 (1–0, 3–1, 1–0) | Pelicans | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,904 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Christian Heljanko | Goalies | Patrik Bartošák Jasper Patrikainen | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Onni Hautamäki | |||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 19 |
21 April 2023 18:30 | Pelicans | 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Tappara | Isku Areena, Lahti Attendance: 4,403 |
Game reference | ||||||||
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Patrik Bartošák | Goalies | Christian Heljanko | Referees: Antti Boman Joonas Kova Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Joni Pekkala | |||||
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2 min | Penalties | 31 min | ||||||
47 | Shots | 48 |
22 April 2023 17:00 | Tappara | 1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2) | Pelicans | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 12,354 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Christian Heljanko | Goalies | Patrik Bartošák | Referees: Joonas Kova Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Onni Hautamäki | ||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
51 | Shots | 37 |
25 April 2023 18:30 | Pelicans | 1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Tappara | Isku Areena, Lahti Attendance: 4,403 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Patrik Bartošák | Goalies | Christian Heljanko | Referees: Antti Boman Jukka-Pekka Koistinen Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Joni Pekkala | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 43 |
27 April 2023 18:30 | Tappara | 5–4 OT1 (3–2, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0) | Pelicans | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 12,700 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christian Heljanko | Goalies | Patrik Bartošák Jasper Patrikainen | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Onni Hautamäki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Shots | 21 |
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
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