2019–20 Naisten Liiga season

2019–20 Naisten Liiga season
League	Naisten Liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	7 September 2019 – 12 March 2020
Number of games	30
Number of teams	10 in Preliminary series 12 in Divisional series
Regular Season
Season champions	Kiekko-Espoo
Runners-up	Kärpät Oulu
Season MVP	Tanja Niskanen (KalPa)
Top scorer	Saila Saari (Kärpät)
Aurora Borealis Cup
Finals champions	not awarded
Naisten Liiga seasons
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Naisten Liiga season was the thirty-seventh season of the Naisten Liiga, the premier level of women's ice hockey in Finland, since the league’s establishment in 1982.

The postseason was cancelled by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association on 12 March 2020 in response to public health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Aurora Borealis Cup Final between Kiekko-Espoo and KalPa was scheduled to begin on 14 March 2020. With the cancellation of the remainder of the season, the 2019–20 season became the first and only Naisten Liiga season to date in which the Finnish Championship was not awarded.

Regular season

Preliminaries

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Kiekko-Espoo	20	18	1	1	0	120	36	+84	57	Advance to Upper Division
2	KalPa	20	13	1	2	4	96	41	+55	43
3	HPK	20	13	0	3	4	85	67	+18	42
4	Team Kuortane	20	11	3	1	5	85	52	+33	40
5	Kärpät	20	11	3	0	6	54	35	+19	39
6	Ilves	20	8	2	2	8	56	54	+2	30
7	HIFK	20	6	2	3	9	65	61	+4	25	Advance to Lower Division
8	TPS	20	3	1	1	15	40	82	−42	12
9	Lukko	20	2	0	0	18	28	98	−70	6
10	Sport	20	2	0	0	18	35	139	−104	6

Upper Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Kiekko-Espoo	30	20	3	2	5	145	60	+85	68	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Kärpät	30	19	3	1	7	90	53	+37	64
3	KalPa	30	17	4	2	7	124	60	+64	61
4	HPK	30	18	1	4	7	109	71	+38	60
5	Team Kuortane	30	14	4	2	10	106	100	+6	52
6	Ilves	30	9	2	5	14	77	95	−18	36

Lower Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	HIFK	10	9	0	0	1	59	13	+46	27	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sport	10	5	2	1	2	38	30	+8	20
3	Lukko	10	3	2	1	4	29	30	−1	14	Proceed to Qualification series
4	RoKi	10	3	1	2	4	35	37	−2	13
5	TPS	10	2	3	1	4	21	28	−7	13
6	APV	10	0	0	3	7	11	55	−44	3

Playoffs

The Naisten Liiga 2019–2020 Playoffs began 22 February 2020.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Kiekko-Espoo	3
	8	Sport	0
						1	Kiekko-Espoo	3
						5	Team Kuortane	0
	4	HPK	2
	5	Team Kuortane	3
											SF1	Kiekko-Espoo	–
											SF2	KalPa	–
	3	KalPa	3
	6	Ilves	0
						3	KalPa	3
						2	Kärpät	2
	2	Kärpät	3
	7	HIFK	0

Quarterfinals

K-Espoo – Sport 3-0 22.2.2020 K-Espoo Sport 9-2 (ref) 23.2.2020 Sport K-Espoo 1-11 (ref) 26.2.2020 K-Espoo Sport 9-2 (ref) Kiekko-Espoo won the series 3–0. KalPa – Ilves 3-0 22.2.2020 KalPa Ilves 2-0 (ref) 23.2.2020 Ilves KalPa 2-5 (ref) 26.2.2020 KalPa Ilves 3-0 (ref) KalPa won the series 3–0.

HPK – Kuortane 2-3 22.2.2020 HPK Kuortane 4-7 (ref) 23.2.2020 Kuortane HPK 4-5 SO (ref) 26.2.2020 HPK Kuortane 4-3 (ref) 29.2.2020 Kuortane HPK 2-1 (ref) 1.3.2020 HPK Kuortane 1-3 (ref) Team Kuortane won the series 3–2. Kärpät – HIFK 3-0 22.2.2020 Kärpät HIFK 4-3 OT (ref) 23.2.2020 HIFK Kärpät 1-3 (ref) 27.2.2020 Kärpät HIFK 3-2 (ref) Kärpät won the series 3–0.

Semifinals

K-Espoo – Kuortane 3–0 3.3.2020 K-Espoo Kuortane 6-3 (ref) 5.3.2020 Kuortane K-Espoo 1-4 (ref) 7.3.2020 K-Espoo Kuortane 7-3 (ref) Kiekko-Espoo won the series 3–0.

Kärpät – KalPa 2–3 3.3.2020 Kärpät KalPa 3-4 (ref) 5.3.2020 KalPa Kärpät 0-1 (ref) 7.3.2020 Kärpät KalPa 2-3 (ref) 8.3.2020 KalPa Kärpät 1-6 (ref) 11.3.2020 Kärpät KalPa 1-4 (ref) KalPa won the series 3–2.

External links

• Naisten Liiga official website (in Finnish)

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