2023–24 Liiga season

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2023–24 SM-liiga
League Liiga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2023 – April 2024
Number of games 60
Number of teams 15
Regular season
Season champions Tappara
Runners-up Ilves
Season MVP Jerry Turkulainen (JYP)
Top scorer Oula Palve (Ilves)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Christian Heljanko
Finals champions Tappara
  Runners-up Pelicans
Liiga seasons

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

Format

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]

Regular season standings

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

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  KalPa 2     9  TPS 2    
  1  Tappara 4  
10  Sport 0    
  7  KalPa 1    
2  Ilves 1
   
  7  KalPa 4  
    1  Tappara 4
  3  Pelicans 1
  3  Pelicans 4    
6  HIFK 3    
  3  Pelicans 4
8  Lukko 1  
  4  Kärpät 1  
9  TPS 2     4  Kärpät 4
 
    5  Jukurit 2  

Wild-card round

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

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

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

4/19/24
18:30 		Kärpät 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0) 		KalPa Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 4,528

Finals

4/20
17:00 		Tappara 3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1) 		Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,144
4/22
18:30 		Pelicans 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0) 		Tappara Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
4/24
18:30 		Tappara 1–2 OT2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) 		Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,313
4/26/24
18:30 		Pelicans 3–4 OT
(2–0, 0–0, 1–3, 0–1) 		Tappara Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
4/28/24
17:00 		Tappara 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		Pelicans Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,700

Tappara wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings

Gold medal icon.png Tappara
Silver medal icon.png Pelicans
Bronze medal icon.png 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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kauden 2023–24 otteluohjelma tarjoaa huippuhetkiä koko runkosarjan ajalle". https://liiga.fi/en/news/16951. 
  2. ↑ "KalPa mukaan Spengler Cupiin!" (in en). https://kalpa.fi/fi-fi/article/uutiset/kalpa-mukaan-spengler-cupiin/6413/. 
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