2022–23 Liiga season

2022–23 Liiga
League	Liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
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
Liiga seasons
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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.

Standings

Pl.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Tappara	60	33	6	5	16	187	140	116
2.	Ilves	60	32	7	4	17	185	126	114
3.	Lukko	60	28	8	5	19	155	122	105
4.	Pelicans	60	30	4	5	21	166	136	103
5.	KalPa	60	28	5	8	19	169	145	102
6.	HIFK	60	24	8	9	19	155	150	97
7.	Kärpät	60	24	7	10	19	158	143	96
8.	Ässät	60	25	5	6	24	129	150	91
9.	HC TPS	60	21	10	8	21	141	140	91
10.	KooKoo	60	19	11	5	25	155	167	84
11.	Jukurit	60	24	5	1	30	155	165	83
12.	HPK	60	17	9	14	20	153	162	83
13.	JYP	60	17	9	5	29	159	172	74
14.	Sport	60	16	3	9	32	126	177	63
15.	SaiPa	60	8	7	10	35	124	222	48

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

4/20/2023 18:30

Ilves

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

HIFK

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,044

Game reference
	Marek Langhamer	Goalies	Roope Taponen	Referees: Jukka-Pekka Koistinen Mikko Kaukokari
	Mäntykivi (Tikka) – 12:07 Tikka (Mäntykivi, Nyman) – 26:39 Virtanen (Koskiranta) – 48:23	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2	06:05 – Pakarinen (Jääskä, Luhanka) 41:26 – Teissala (Melart, Rantakari)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	25

Finals

4/19/2023 18:30

Tappara

5–1 (1–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Pelicans

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,904

Game reference
	Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Patrik Bartošák Jasper Patrikainen	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Lassi Heikkinen
	Tanus (Savinainen, Seppälä) – 07:29 / Savinainen (Kemiläinen) (PP) – 36:55 / Vittasmäki (Levtchi, Tuulola) – 39:14 / M. Davidsson (Jürgens, Ojamäki) – 39:45 / Rauhala (Puhakka, Merelä) – 40:55	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1	21:46 – Vilén (Killinen, Kangasniemi)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	19

4/21/2023 18:30

Pelicans

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Tappara

Isku Areena, Lahti Attendance: 4,403

Game reference
	Patrik Bartošák	Goalies	Christian Heljanko	Referees: Antti Boman Joonas Kova
		0–1 / 0–2	01:04 – Rauhala (Matushkin, Seppälä) / 59:04 – Merelä (Lehterä, Savinainen) (EN)
	2 min	Penalties	31 min
	47	Shots	48

4/22/2023 17:00

Tappara

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Pelicans

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 12,354

Game reference
	Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Patrik Bartošák	Referees: Joonas Kova Mikko Kaukokari
	Savinainen (Tanus) – 47:22	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	19:36 – Utunen (Kangasniemi, Ikonen) / 33:08 – Hirvonen (Jämsen, Utunen) / 58:24 – Kangasniemi (Killinen) / 59:27 – Jasek (Bryggman) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	51	Shots	37

4/25/2023 18:30

Pelicans

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Tappara

Isku Areena, Lahti Attendance: 4,403

Game reference
	Patrik Bartošák	Goalies	Christian Heljanko	Referees: Antti Boman Jukka-Pekka Koistinen
	Kelleher (Vilén, Mylläri) – 58:43	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	05:04 – Thomas (Tuulola, Granath) / 29:29 – Savinainen (Lehterä, Ojamäki) (PP) / 44:29 – Merelä (Puhakka, Matushkin)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	43

4/27/2023 18:30

Tappara

5–4 OT1 (3–2, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Pelicans

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 12,700

Game reference
	Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Patrik Bartošák Jasper Patrikainen	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Lassi Heikkinen
	Levtchi (Merelä, Matushkin) – 01:11 Tanus (Lehterä, Matushkin) – 07:03 Jurgens (Merelä, Levtchi) – 07:29 Savinainen (Kemiläinen, Merelä) – 59:59 Davidsson (Jurgens, Puhakka) – 68:57	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 3–4 4–4 5–4	12:04 – Vilen (Ikonen, Vilen) (PP1) 14:41 – Blood (Vilen) 39:01 – Kangasniemi (Roine, Jašek) (PP1) 44:14 – Jämsen (Hirvonen, Vilen)
	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

References

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