2018–19 Liiga season

Sports season

2018–19 SM-liiga
League	SM-liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2018 – April 2019
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	Telia
Regular season
Best record	Kärpät
Runners-up	Tappara
Season MVP	Oliwer Kaski (Pelicans)
Top scorer	Malte Strömwall (KooKoo)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Otto Paajanen (HPK)
Finals champions	HPK
Runners-up	Kärpät
SM-liiga seasons
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 SM-liiga season was the 44th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams

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2018–19 Liiga season is located in Finland

Jukurit

HIFK

HPK

Ilves Tappara

Ilves
Tappara

JYP

KalPa

KooKoo

Kärpät

Lukko

Pelicans

SaiPa

Ässät

Sport

TPS

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Location of teams in 2018–2019 SM-liiga

Team	City	Head coach	Arena	Capacity	Captain
HIFK	Helsinki	~~(削除) Ari-Pekka Selin (削除ここまで)~~25 Jan 2019^[1] Jarno Pikkarainen	Helsingin jäähalli	8,200	Lennart Petrell
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Antti Pennanen	Patria-areena	5,360	Otto Paajanen
Ilves	Tampere	Karri Kivi	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300	Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Pekka Kangasalusta	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	4,200	Miika Roine
JYP	Jyväskylä	~~(削除) Lauri Merikivi (削除ここまで)~~14 Jan 2019^[2] Risto Dufva	Synergia-areena	4,437	Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa	Kuopio	Sami Kapanen	Niiralan monttu	5,300	Tommi Jokinen
KooKoo	Kouvola	~~(削除) Tuomas Tuokkola (削除ここまで)~~8 Jan 2019^[3] Mikko Heiskanen	Lumon arena	6,000	Toni Kähkönen
Kärpät	Oulu	Mikko Manner	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614	Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko	Rauma	Pekka Virta	Äijänsuo Arena	5,000	Janne Niskala
Pelicans	Lahti	Ville Nieminen	Isku Areena	5,371	Hannes Björninen
SaiPa	Lappeenranta	Tero Lehterä	Kisapuisto	4,820	Ville Koho
Sport	Vaasa	Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma	Vaasa Arena	4,164	Erik Riska
Tappara	Tampere	Jukka Rautakorpi	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300	Kristian Kuusela
TPS	Turku	Kalle Kaskinen	HK Arena	11,820	Lauri Korpikoski
Ässät	Pori	~~(削除) Mikael Kotkaniemi (削除ここまで)~~ 9 Nov 2018^[4] Pasi Kaukoranta	Porin jäähalli	6,350	Tommi Taimi

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
1	Kärpät	60	41	6	2	11	207	101	+106	137	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Tappara	60	32	3	6	19	177	150	+27	108
3	Pelicans	60	30	3	8	19	199	154	+45	104
4	TPS	60	29	5	6	20	164	152	+12	103
5	HPK (C)	60	25	8	8	19	168	147	+21	99
6	HIFK	60	24	8	10	18	182	169	+13	98
7	Lukko	60	26	5	8	21	170	165	+5	96	Advance to Wild-card round
8	Ilves	60	23	8	6	23	169	170	−1	91
9	SaiPa	60	21	10	5	24	156	162	−6	88
10	JYP	60	17	12	7	24	145	155	−10	82
11	Sport	60	17	11	8	24	182	205	−23	81
12	KalPa	60	18	7	8	27	153	186	−33	76
13	KooKoo	60	18	6	7	29	157	197	−40	73
14	Jukurit	60	13	8	12	27	145	179	−34	67
15	Ässät	60	9	7	6	38	117	199	−82	47

Source: Liiga
(C) Champion

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.^[5]

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Wild-card round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)

1 Kärpät 4

8 Ilves 2 8 Ilves 0

9 SaiPa 1 1 Kärpät 4

6 HIFK 2

3 Pelicans 2 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)

6 HIFK 4

1 Kärpät 3

5 HPK 4

2 Tappara 4

7 Lukko 2 7 Lukko 0

10 JYP 1 2 Tappara 2 Bronze medal game

5 HPK 4

4 TPS 1 2 Tappara 1

5 HPK 4 6 HIFK 0

Wild card round

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Lukko – JYP 2-1
16.3.2019	Lukko	JYP	5-1 ref
17.3.2019	JYP	Lukko	4-1 ref
19.3.2019	Lukko	JYP	4-1 ref
Lukko wins the series 2-1.

Ilves – SaiPa 2-1
16.3.2019	Ilves	SaiPa	3-2 OT1 ref
17.3.2019	SaiPa	Ilves	3-2 OT1 ref
19.3.2019	Ilves	SaiPa	4-2 ref
Ilves wins the series 2-1.

Quarterfinals

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Kärpät – Ilves 4-0
22.3.2019	Kärpät	Ilves	4-3 OT1 ref
23.3.2019	Ilves	Kärpät	0-4 ref
25.3.2019	Kärpät	Ilves	2-1 ref
27.3.2019	Ilves	Kärpät	2-3 OT1 ref
Kärpät wins the series 4-0.

Pelicans – HIFK 2-4
21.3.2019	Pelicans	HIFK	6-0 ref
23.3.2019	HIFK	Pelicans	3-2 ref
25.3.2019	Pelicans	HIFK	1-2 OT1 ref
27.3.2019	HIFK	Pelicans	3-1 ref
29.3.2019	Pelicans	HIFK	5-1 ref
30.3.2019	HIFK	Pelicans	2-1 ref
HIFK wins the series 4-2

Tappara – Lukko 4-0
22.3.2019	Tappara	Lukko	3-2 ref
23.3.2019	Lukko	Tappara	2-3 ref
25.3.2019	Tappara	Lukko	3-2 ref
27.3.2019	Lukko	Tappara	1-2 ref
Tappara wins the series 4-0.

TPS – HPK 1-4
21.3.2019	TPS	HPK	2-3 ref
23.3.2019	HPK	TPS	5-3 ref
25.3.2019	TPS	HPK	3-2 OT1 ref
27.3.2019	HPK	TPS	2-1 ref
29.3.2019	TPS	HPK	2-3 OT1 ref
HPK wins the series 4-1.

Semifinals

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Kärpät – HIFK 4-2
3.4.2019	Kärpät	HIFK	3-2 OT1 ref
5.4.2019	HIFK	Kärpät	3-2 ref
6.4.2019	Kärpät	HIFK	3-0 ref
8.4.2019	HIFK	Kärpät	2-0 ref
12.4.2019	Kärpät	HIFK	2-1 OT1 ref
15.4.2019	HIFK	Kärpät	0-3 ref
Kärpät wins the series 4-2.

Tappara – HPK 2-4
4.4.2019	Tappara	HPK	1-0 ref
6.4.2019	HPK	Tappara	4-1 ref
9.4.2019	Tappara	HPK	3-2 OT1 ref
11.4.2019	HPK	Tappara	2-1 OT1 ref
13.4.2019	Tappara	HPK	2-3 ref
15.4.2019	HPK	Tappara	4-3 ref
HPK wins the series 4-2.

Bronze medal game

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19 April 2019
18:30 Tappara 3–2 OT1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0) HIFK Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,002

Game reference
Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Atte Engren	Referees: Jukka-Pekka Koistinen Jari Levonen Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Teemu Riikonen
Ojamäki (Järvinen, Záborský) – 21:09 1–0 Rauhala (Karjalainen, Kemiläinen) – 28:03 2–0 2–1 42:39 – Eronen (Salminen, Tyrväinen) 2–2 56:32 – Tyrväinen (Varakas) Záborský (Malinen, Suhonen) PP1 – 75:11 3–2
6 min	Penalties	14 min
28	Shots	28

Finals

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20 April 2019
17:00 Kärpät 4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0) HPK Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,200

Game reference
Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Antti Boman Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Henri Neva Hannu Sormunen
0–1 07:18 – Turunen (Innala, Nikkilä) PP1 Hakanpää (Kupari) – 18:49 1–1 Krištof (Lasu, Kupari) – 49:42 2–1 Kukkonen (Leskinen, Lasu) EN – 57:47 3–1 Leskinen (Vehviläinen) EN – 58:21 4–1
8 min	Penalties	31 min
21	Shots	16

23 April 2019
18:30 HPK 3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0) Kärpät Ritari-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 5,113

Game reference
Emil Larmi	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Joona Elonen Markus Hägerström
0–1 13:16 – Niemelä (Kupari, Hakanpää) Tavi (Lucenius, Lindgren) PP1 – 29:13 1–1 Turunen (Paajanen, Puustinen) – 29:27 2–1 Tavi (Tuulola, Nenonen) PP1 – 41:57 3–1
8 min	Penalties	14 min
20	Shots	24

25 April 2019
18:30 Kärpät 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1) HPK Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,926

Game reference
Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Antti Boman Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Tommi Niittylä
0–1 01:14 – Nenonen (Leino, Innala) 0–2 33:14 – Riska (Kanninen) 0–3 59:04 – Tavi (Paajanen, Lindgren) EN
18 min	Penalties	20 min
19	Shots	17

27 April 2019
17:00 HPK 2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–0) Kärpät Ritari-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 5,360

Game reference
Emil Larmi	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Antti Boman Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Teemu Riikonen
Puustinen (Paajanen) – 04:19 1–0 1–1 15:37 – Osala (Karvinen, Kivihalme) SH1 Turunen (Friman) – 20:46 2–1 2–2 23:01 – Lindsten (Koblížek, Lasu) 2–3 32:45 – Lindsten (Lasu, Koblížek) 2–4 58:19 – Leskinen (Kukkonen) EN
2 min	Penalties	6 min
28	Shots	27

29 April 2019
18:30 Kärpät 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0) HPK Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,805

Game reference
Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Hannu Sormunen
Kivihalme (Koblížek, Hakanpää) – 02:48 1–0 Karvinen – 38:21 2–0
2 min	Penalties	0 min
18	Shots	29

2 May 2019
18:30 HPK 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0) Kärpät Ritari-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 5,272

Game reference
Emil Larmi	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Joona Elonen Lauri Nikulainen
Puustinen (Turunen) – 28:57 1–0
2 min	Penalties	2 min
18	Shots	27

4 May 2019
17:00 Kärpät 1–2 OT1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1) HPK Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,200

Game reference
Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Joona Elonen Lauri Nikulainen
Lindsten (Heshka, Leskinen) PP1 – 07:41 1–0 1–1 34:16 – Laatikainen (Puustinen, Turunen) 1–2 75:24 – Nenonen (Lucenius, Laatikainen) PP1
8 min	Penalties	8 min
33	Shots	18

HPK wins the finals 4-3.

Final rankings

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HPK

Kärpät

Tappara

4 HIFK

5 Pelicans

6 TPS

7 Lukko

8 Ilves

9 SaiPa

10 JYP

11 Sport

12 KalPa

13 KooKoo

14 Jukurit

15 Ässät

References

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^ "Ari-Pekka Selin ei jatka HIFK:n päävalmentajana – Jarno Pikkarainen ottaa valmennusvastuun | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2019年01月25日. Retrieved 2019年03月07日.
^ "JYPin päävalmentaja vaihtuu – Risto Dufva palaa Jyväskylään | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2019年01月14日. Retrieved 2019年03月07日.
^ "KooKoon päävalmentaja vaihtuu – Mikko Heiskanen ottaa valmennusvastuun | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2019年01月08日. Retrieved 2019年03月07日.
^ "Ässien päävalmentaja vaihtuu – tilalle takavuosien apuvalmentaja - SM-liiga - Ilta-Sanomat" (in Finnish). IS.fi. 2018年11月07日. Retrieved 2019年03月07日.
^ "Joukkuetilastot | Runkosarja 2018-2019 | Tilastot | Liiga". Liiga.fi. Retrieved 2018年09月14日.

External links

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Official site (in Finnish)

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International

Leagues

International	National Hockey League AHL ECHL Kontinental Hockey League Supreme Hockey League Champions Hockey League Continental Cup Austria League Asia League Erste Liga Tipsport Liga
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Teams

Regular season

Playoffs

Bracket

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Finals

Final rankings

See also

References

External links