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Latest revision as of 16:35, 8 July 2023

2020–21 Liiga
League Liiga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration October 2020 – May 2021
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) Telia
C More
Regular season
Best record Lukko
Runners-up HIFK
Season MVP Robin Press (Lukko)
Top scorer Petri Kontiola (HPK)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Eetu Koivistoinen (Lukko)
Finals champions Lukko
  Runners-up TPS
Liiga seasons

The 2020–21 Liiga season was the 46th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all the games had to be played to a very limited audience or no audience at all.[1] Two teams have temporarily let go of their coaches due to financial reasons: JYP and SaiPa.[2] The season was Hakametsä's last full season.

Regular season

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 Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation. Due to several games having been cancelled due to COVID-19 cases in various teams in March 2021, not all teams got an even number of games, therefore Liiga decided that the rankings of the regular season will be determined by points per game average.[3]

Pl. Team GP W L OTW OTL Goals Pts P/SP
1. Lukko 60 38 15 6 1 114:90 127 2,12
2. HIFK 50 26 13 7 4 153:113 96 1,92
3. TPS 59 27 14 7 11 165:140 106 1,80
4. Tappara 59 26 20 8 5 171:151 99 1,68
5. KalPa 58 25 18 7 8 152:125 97 1,67
6. Pelicans 58 25 21 10 2 169:147 97 1,67
7. Kärpät 58 25 21 10 2 143:134 97 1,67
8. Ilves 53 25 18 3 7 161:142 88 1,66
9. KooKoo 55 25 19 5 6 165:125 91 1,65
10. Sport 54 19 23 6 6 123:140 75 1,39
11. HPK 57 16 22 6 13 143:172 72 1,26
12. Ässät 58 15 28 6 9 150:193 66 1,14
13. SaiPa 53 13 31 3 6 95:147 51 0,96
14. Jukurit 57 13 34 5 5 120:199 54 0,95
15. JYP 59 13 34 4 8 139:211 55 0,93

Playoffs

Contrary to the best of three format used in the past seasons, the wild-card round will take place in two games and the aggregate score decides the team which advances.[4] The remaining rounds will be played in the best-of-5 format instead of the typical best-of-7 format[5]

Bracket

  Wild-card round (agg-of-2) Quarter-finals (best-of-5) Semi-finals (best-of-5) Finals (best-of-5)
                                     
    1  Lukko 3  
8  Ilves 6     8  Ilves 0    
  1  Lukko 3  
9  KooKoo 4    
  4  Tappara 1    
4  Tappara 3
   
  5  KalPa 1  
    1  Lukko 3
  3  TPS 1
  2  HIFK 3    
7  Kärpät 0    
  2  HIFK 1
7  Kärpät 7  
  3  TPS 3  
10  Sport 3     3  TPS 3
 
    6  Pelicans 2  

Wild-card round

The worse ranked team will play the first game at home. The aggregate score of the two games decides the winner of the round. There will be no over-time or penalty shoot-outs in the first game even if the score is tied. If the aggregate score is tied after the second game, overtime will be played in 20 minute periods until a goal is scored.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sport 3–7 Kärpät 2–4 1–3
KooKoo 4–6 Ilves 1–4 3–2

Quarter-finals

Lukko – Ilves 3-0
19.4.2021 Lukko Ilves 5-3 ref
20.4.2021 Lukko Ilves 4-1 ref
22.4.2021 Ilves Lukko 2-5 ref
Lukko wins the series 3-0.


TPS – Pelicans 3-2
19.4.2021 TPS Pelicans 3-5 ref
20.4.2021 TPS Pelicans 2-0 ref
22.4.2021 Pelicans TPS 2-3 ref
23.4.2021 Pelicans TPS 5-3 ref
25.4.2021 TPS Pelicans 2-1 ref
TPS wins the series 3-2.


HIFK – Kärpät 3-0
19.4.2021 HIFK Kärpät 3-2 ref
20.4.2021 HIFK Kärpät 5-4 OT2 ref
22.4.2021 Kärpät HIFK 2-5 ref
HIFK wins the series 3-0.


Tappara – KalPa 3-1
19.4.2021 Tappara KalPa 1-0 ref
20.4.2021 Tappara KalPa 3-4 OT2 ref
22.4.2021 KalPa Tappara 1-2 ref
23.4.2021 KalPa Tappara 2-3 ref
Tappara wins the series 3-1.


Semi-finals

Lukko – Tappara 3-1
29.4.2021 Lukko Tappara 3-2 OT1 ref
30.4.2021 Lukko Tappara 1-4 ref
2.5.2021 Tappara Lukko 1-4 ref
3.5.2021 Tappara Lukko 0-1 ref
Lukko wins the series 3-1.


HIFK – TPS 1-3
29.4.2021 HIFK TPS 4-1 ref
30.4.2021 HIFK TPS 2-3 OT1 ref
2.5.2021 TPS HIFK 3-0 ref
3.5.2021 TPS HIFK 3-2 OT1 ref
TPS wins the series 3-1.


Bronze medal game

5/6/2021
18:30 		HIFK 7–1
(4–0, 3–0, 0–1) 		Tappara Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

Finals

5/7/2021
18:30 		Lukko 1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2) 		TPS Kivikylän Areena, Rauma
5/8/2021
17:00 		Lukko 4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		TPS Kivikylän Areena, Rauma
5/10/2021
16:00 		TPS 1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2) 		Lukko Gatorade Center, Turku
5/11/2021
16:00 		TPS 2–6
(0–2, 2–2, 0–2) 		Lukko Gatorade Center, Turku

Lukko wins the finals 3-1.

Final rankings

Gold medal icon.png Lukko
Silver medal icon.png TPS
Bronze medal icon.png HIFK
4 Tappara
5 KalPa
6 Pelicans
7 Kärpät
8 Ilves
9 KooKoo
10 Sport
11 HPK
12 Ässät
13 SaiPa
14 Jukurit
15 JYP

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Liiga jatkuu ensi viikolla - joulukuun ottelut pelataan ilman yleisöä | Uutiset | Liiga" (in fi). Liiga.fi. 2020-12-12. https://liiga.fi/fi/uutiset/2020/12/12/liiga-jatkuu-ensi-viikolla-joulukuun-ottelut-pelataan-ilman-yleisoa. 
  2. ↑ "SaiPa joutui koviin ratkaisuihin - valmennus ja urheilujohto lomautettiin | Yle Urheilu | yle.fi" (in fi). Yle.fi. 2020-11-08. https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11636942. 
  3. ↑ "Pistekeskiarvo määrää Liigan runkosarjansijoitukset | Uutiset | Liiga" (in fi). Liiga.fi. 2021-03-15. https://liiga.fi/fi/uutiset/2021/03/15/pistekeskiarvo-maaraa-liigan-runkosarjasijoitukset. 
  4. ↑ "Liiga avaa kevään playoffs-ohjelmaa – Ensimmäisellä kierroksella pelataan CHL-formaatilla | Uutiset | Liiga" (in fi). Liiga.fi. 2021-04-02. https://liiga.fi/fi/uutiset/2021/04/02/liiga-avaa-kevaan-playoffs-ohjelmaa-ensimmaisella-kierroksella-pelataan-chl-formaatilla. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Liigan playoffs-ohjelma julkaistu – Näillä askelmerkeillä ratkaisupeleihin | Uutiset | Liiga" (in fi). Liiga.fi. 2021-04-12. https://liiga.fi/fi/uutiset/2021/04/12/liigan-playoffs-ohjelma-julkaistu-nailla-askelmerkeilla-ratkaisupeleihin. 

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