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2023–24 Liiga season

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Ice hockey season
Sports season
2023–24 SM-liiga
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
Defending championsTappara (2022–23)
DurationSeptember 2023 – April 2024
Number of games60
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)Telia
C More
Regular season
Season championsTappara
  Runners-upIlves
Season MVP Jerry Turkulainen (JYP)
Top scorer Oula Palve (Ilves)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Christian Heljanko
Finals championsTappara
  Runners-upPelicans
Liiga seasons

The 2023–24 Liiga season was the 49th season of the Liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since its formation in 1975.

Format

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The regular season started on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, with a match between Rauman Lukko and Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho in Rauma. The match was the only one of the day. As in previous seasons, 450 matches will be played in the regular season, 60 for each team. There are 25 full rounds of seven matches played, 16 of which are on Saturdays. A little more than half of the regular season, 262 matches, are played on Fridays and Saturdays. Most weekday games are played on Wednesdays (98). There were a total of 106 game days in the regular season, i.e. eight less than in the previous season.[1]

As usual, the series is on break in November for a week and a half while the national teams play in the Euro Hockey Tour. The Christmas break lasts 5–7 days, depending on the team, with the exception of KalPa, which participates on the 26th–31st of December in the Spengler Cup in Switzerland.[2] For other teams, the Christmas break ends on Saint Stephen's day, 26 December. The regular season ends on Tuesday, 12 March 2024.[1]

Teams

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2023–24 Liiga season is located in Finland
Jukurit
HIFK
HPK
Ilves Tappara
JYP
KalPa
KooKoo
Kärpät
Lukko
Pelicans
SaiPa
Ässät
Sport
TPS
Location of teams in 2023–24 SM-liiga
Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
HIFK Helsinki Ville Peltonen Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 Jori Lehterä
HPK Hämeenlinna Maso Lehtonen Pohjantähti Areena 5,360 Juuso Hietanen
Ilves Tampere Antti Pennanen Nokia Arena 12,700 Niklas Friman
Jukurit Mikkeli Olli Jokinen Ikioma Areena 4,200 Pekka Jormakka
JYP Jyväskylä (削除) Jukka Rautakorpi (削除ここまで) 20 Dec 2023[3]
Mikko Heiskanen 		LähiTapiola Areena 4,437 Teemu Eronen
KalPa Kuopio Petri Karjalainen Olvi Areena 5,300 Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo Kouvola Olli Salo Lumon Areena 5,950 Otto Paajanen
Kärpät Oulu (削除) Lauri Marjamäki (削除ここまで) 18 Dec 2023[4]
Ville Mäntymaa 		Oulun Energia Areena 6,300 Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko Rauma Tomi Lämsä Kivikylän Areena 4,500 Julius Mattila
Pelicans Lahti Tommi Niemelä Isku Areena 4,403 Miika Roine
SaiPa Lappeenranta Ville Hämäläinen Lappeenrannan jäähalli 4,820 Miska Siikonen
Sport Vaasa Risto Dufva Vaasan Sähkö Areena 5,185 Sebastian Stålberg
Tappara Tampere Rikard Grönborg Nokia Arena 12,700 Otto Rauhala
TPS Turku Tommi Miettinen Gatorade Center 10,500 Juhani Jasu
Ässät Pori Jere Härkälä Enersense Areena 6,150 Jesse Joensuu

Regular season standings

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Top six advanced straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions play a wild card round for the final two spots. The SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation to the Mestis.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Tappara 60 34 8 5 13 200 141 +59 123 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Ilves 60 33 7 7 13 197 144 +53 120
3 Pelicans 60 31 4 8 17 177 147 +30 109
4 Kärpät 60 28 8 6 18 174 147 +27 106
5 Jukurit 60 30 3 7 20 197 147 +50 103
6 HIFK 60 26 7 11 16 179 139 +40 103
7 KalPa 60 25 6 7 22 169 156 +13 94 Advance to Wild-card round
8 Lukko 60 22 10 6 22 157 160 −3 92
9 TPS 60 17 14 5 24 150 166 −16 84
10 Sport 60 21 5 10 24 155 174 −19 83
11 Ässät 60 19 7 10 24 136 144 −8 81
12 KooKoo 60 17 11 6 26 175 178 −3 79
13 JYP 60 16 7 7 30 152 196 −44 69
14 HPK 60 15 4 6 35 111 184 −73 59
15 SaiPa 60 5 10 10 35 125 231 −106 45
Source: [1]


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Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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The following shows the top ten players leading the league in points.[6]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Finland Oula Palve Ilves 60 20 44 64 +19 63
Finland Jerry Turkulainen JYP 60 21 42 63 +4 18
Finland Eemeli Suomi Ilves 58 21 38 59 +17 22
Finland Teemu Turunen Kärpät 60 30 27 57 +3 20
Finland Anton Levtchi Tappara 55 19 38 57 +11 22
Finland Ville Koivunen Kärpät 59 22 34 56 +7 26
Finland Jori Lehterä HIFK 57 6 50 56 +10 36
United States Ryan Lasch Pelicans 55 9 45 54 +14 14
Canada Nathan Schnarr Pelicans 51 18 32 50 +23 28
Canada Ben Tardif KooKoo 57 15 35 50 +10 74

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 Tappara 4
7 KalPa 2 9 TPS 2
10 Sport 0 1 Tappara 4
7 KalPa 1
2 Ilves 1 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 KalPa 4
1 Tappara 4
3 Pelicans 1
3 Pelicans 4
8 Lukko 1 6 HIFK 3
9 TPS 2 3 Pelicans 4 Bronze medal game
4 Kärpät 1
4 Kärpät 4 4 Kärpät 3
5 Jukurit 2 7 KalPa 2


Wild-card round

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KalPa – Sport 2-0
15.3.2024 KalPa Sport 4-1 ref
17.3.2024 Sport KalPa 2-4 ref
KalPa wins the series 2-0.
Lukko – TPS 1-2
15.3.2024 Lukko TPS 3-2 OT1 ref
16.3.2024 TPS Lukko 2-1 ref
18.3.2024 Lukko TPS 3-5 ref
TPS wins the series 2-1.

Quarter-finals

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Tappara – TPS 4-2
20.3.2024 Tappara TPS 4-1 ref
22.3.2024 TPS Tappara 4-2 ref
23.3.2024 Tappara TPS 4-0 ref
26.3.2024 TPS Tappara 2-1 OT1 ref
28.3.2024 Tappara TPS 5-2 ref
30.3.2024 TPS Tappara 4-5 OT1 ref
Tappara wins the series 4-2.
Pelicans – HIFK 4-3
20.3.2024 Pelicans HIFK 4-2 ref
22.3.2024 HIFK Pelicans 1-4 ref
23.3.2024 Pelicans HIFK 3-2 OT1 ref
26.3.2024 HIFK Pelicans 2-1 OT3 ref
28.3.2024 Pelicans HIFK 0-3 ref
30.3.2024 HIFK Pelicans 2-1 OT1 ref
2.4.2024 Pelicans HIFK 4-3 ref
Pelicans wins the series 4-3.
Ilves – KalPa 1-4
21.3.2024 Ilves KalPa 3-4 OT1 ref
23.3.2024 KalPa Ilves 1-0 OT1 ref
25.3.2024 Ilves KalPa 3-2 OT1 ref
27.3.2024 KalPa Ilves 4-2 ref
29.3.2024 Ilves KalPa 2-4 ref
KalPa wins the series 4-1.
Kärpät – Jukurit 4-2
20.3.2024 Kärpät Jukurit 4-1 ref
22.3.2024 Jukurit Kärpät 1-2 OT1 ref
23.3.2024 Kärpät Jukurit 5-2 ref
26.3.2024 Jukurit Kärpät 5-2 ref
28.3.2024 Kärpät Jukurit 2-3 ref
30.3.2024 Jukurit Kärpät 3-4 OT1 ref
Kärpät wins the series 4-2.

Semi-finals

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Tappara – KalPa 4-1
5.4.2024 Tappara KalPa 3-2 OT1 ref
6.4.2024 KalPa Tappara 4-5 ref
9.4.2024 Tappara KalPa 1-2 ref
12.4.2024 KalPa Tappara 0-4 ref
13.4.2024 Tappara KalPa 3-1 ref
Tappara wins the series 4-1.
Pelicans – Kärpät 4-1
5.4.2024 Pelicans Kärpät 2-1 ref
6.4.2024 Kärpät Pelicans 3-5 ref
9.4.2024 Pelicans Kärpät 1-0 ref
12.4.2024 Kärpät Pelicans 1-0 ref
13.4.2024 Pelicans Kärpät 2-1 OT1 ref
Pelicans wins the series 4-1.

Bronze medal game

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19 April 2024
18:30 Kärpät 3–2 OT1
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0) KalPa Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 4,528
Game reference
Tomi Karhunen GoaliesStefanos Lekkas Referees:
Kristian Vikman
Riku Brander
Linesmen:
Luka Mäkinen
Juho-Pekka Inkinen
Björkqvist (Antonen, Junttila) – 17:50 1–0
1–1 28:19 – Simontaival (Elorinne, Räsänen) (DP)
1–2 28:44 – Räsänen (Simontaival, Gallet)
Berglund (Koivisto, Turunen) – 47:58 2–2
Turunen (Koivunen, Koivisto) (PP1) – 71:08 3–2
4 minPenalties8 min
25Shots28

Finals

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20 April 2024
17:00 Tappara 3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1) Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,144
Game reference
Christian Heljanko GoaliesNiklas Kokko Referees:
Joonas Kova
Antti Boman
Linesmen:
Samuli Niskanen
Lauri Nikulainen
Puhakka (Halloran, Keskinen) – 02:04 1–0
Leskinen (Halloran, Keskinen) – 19:02 2–0
Savinainen (Kontiola, Juolevi) – 49:29 3–0
3–1 59:54 – Horký (Bryggman, Lasch)
2 minPenalties8 min
25Shots24
22 April 2024
18:30 Pelicans 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0) Tappara Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
Game reference
Niklas Kokko GoaliesChristian Heljanko Referees:
Aleksi Rantala
Stefan Fonselius
Linesmen:
Hannu Sormunen
Joni Pekkala
0–1 14:52 – Liedes (Rauhala, Ekberg)
0–2 28:02 – Savinainen (Camper, Kontiola)
0–3 34:21 – Tuulola (Savinainen, Granath)
Horký (Schnarr) – 37:53 1–3
Utunen (Jordán, Lasch) – 55:23 2–3
6 minPenalties6 min
52Shots48
24 April 2024
18:30 Tappara 1–2 OT2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,313
Game reference
Christian Heljanko GoaliesNiklas Kokko Referees:
Joonas Kova
Antti Boman
Linesmen:
Samuli Niskanen
Lauri Nikulainen
0–1 16:47 – Horký
Rauhala (Vittasmäki) – 20:27 1–1
1–2 84:40 – Carlsson (Lasch, Bryggman)
6 minPenalties27 min
58Shots61
26 April 2024
18:30 Pelicans 3–4 OT1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–3, 0–1) Tappara Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
Game reference
Niklas Kokko GoaliesChristian Heljanko Referees:
Aleksi Rantala
Stefan Fonselius
Linesmen:
Hannu Sormunen
Joni Pekkala
Haatanen (Král, Aaltonen) – 0:49 1–0
Utunen (Král, Schnarr) – 15:26 2–0
2–1 44:19 – Levtchi (Savinainen, Somppi)
2–2 50:35 – Levtchi (Tanus, Kontiola) (PP)
2–3 55:42 – Levtchi (Somppi, Savinainen)
Haatanen (Král, Horký) (PG-VR) – 59:20 3–3
3–4 60:48 – Baptiste (Savinainen, Kemiläinen)
6 minPenalties4 min
29Shots55
28 April 2024
17:00 Tappara 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0) Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,700
Game reference
Christian Heljanko GoaliesNiklas Kokko Referees:
Antti Boman
Joonas Kova
Linesmen:
Samuli Niskanen
Lauri Nikulainen
Liedes (Rauhala, Baptiste) – 31:30 1–0
Levtchi (Kontiola, Kemiläinen) (PP) – 41:29 2–0
Granath (ENG - PP) – 58:13 3–0
4 minPenalties6 min
48Shots34

Tappara wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings

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

Broadcast rights

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For the 2023–2024 season, Telia had transferred the television rights of the SM-liiga to MTV, which it owns. Telia had acquired the broadcast rights starting from the 2018–2019 season, and with the new agreement MTV has the rights until the end of the 2026–2027 season. MTV pays more than 90 million euros for television rights over four seasons, and the company has admitted that the operation is loss-making.[7] The broadcasts are produced by MTV and during the season games can be seen live from C More, Discovery+, DNA, Elisa Viihde, MTV and Telia.[8]

Attendances

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# Ice hockey club Average attendance[9]
1 Tappara 8,494
2 Ilves 8,126
3 IFK Helsingfors 7,873
4 HC TPS 5,410
5 Ässät 4,657
6 Kärpät 4,633
7 Lukko 3,638
8 Vaasan Sport 3,619
9 Lahti Pelicans 3,548
10 KooKoo 3,434
11 KalPa 3,403
12 JYP 3,252
13 HPK 3,149
14 Mikkelin Jukurit 2,933
15 SaiPa 2,357

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kauden 2023–24 otteluohjelma tarjoaa huippuhetkiä koko runkosarjan ajalle". liiga.fi. Retrieved 2023年11月06日.
  2. ^ "KalPa mukaan Spengler Cupiin!". kalpa.fi. Retrieved 2023年11月06日.
  3. ^ "Jukka Rautakorpi sai potkut Jypistä - Liiga - Aamulehti" (in Finnish). Aamulehti. 2023年12月20日. Retrieved 2024年03月18日.
  4. ^ "SM-liiga: Lauri Marjamäelle potkut Kärpistä - SM-liiga - Ilta-Sanomat" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 2023年12月18日. Retrieved 2024年03月18日.
  5. ^ "Joukkuetilastot | Runkosarja 2022-2023 | Tilastot | Liiga". Liiga.fi. Retrieved 2022年09月10日.
  6. ^ "Player stats" . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Telia siirsi kaikessa hiljaisuudessa kymmenien miljoonien eurojen tappiolliset Liiga-oikeudet MTV:lle – pian MTV aloitti muutosneuvottelut". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2023年09月14日. Retrieved 2023年11月06日.
  8. ^ "Katso, mistä näet jääkiekon Liigaa halvimmalla – samalla lähetyksellä eri suoratoistopalveluissa täysin eri hinta". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2023年09月13日. Retrieved 2023年11月06日.
  9. ^ https://liiga.fi/en/stats/teamstats/season?tilasto=yleisomaara&kaudesta=2024&kauteen=2024&sarja=runkosarja
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