2013–14 Liiga season explained

2013–14 SM-liiga
League:SM-liiga
Sport:Ice hockey
Duration:September 2013 – April 2014
No Of Teams:14
Tv:Nelonen
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Kärpät
Season Champ Name:Best record
Second Place:Tappara
Mvp:Michael Keränen
Mvp Link:Lasse Oksanen trophy
Top Scorer:Ville Vahalahti
Top Scorer Link:Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Mvp:Juhamatti Aaltonen
Playoffs Mvp Link:Jari Kurri trophy
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:Kanada-malja
Finals Champ:Kärpät
Finals Runner-Up:Tappara
Seasonslist:List of SM-liiga seasons
Seasonslistnames:SM-liiga
Prevseason Link:2012–13 SM-liiga season
Prevseason Year:2012–13
Nextseason Link:2014–15 SM-liiga season
Nextseason Year:2014–15

The 2013–14 SM-liiga season is the 39th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by Kärpät who defeated Tappara in the finals.

This was the first season in which the league was known as "Liiga" in marketing purposes, having dropped the "SM" prefix. It was also the last season in the SM-liiga for Jokerit, which joined the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League after the season.

Teams

Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
Ville Uusitalo
Kim Hirschovits
Ville Peltonen
Ville Viitaluoma
Masi Marjamäki
Ossi Väänänen
Eric Perrin
Jussi Timonen
Lasse Kukkonen
Otto Honkaheimo
Tommi Paakkolanvaara
Ville Koho
Ville Nieminen
Tapio Laakso

Regular season

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

TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGA+/−P
align=left Kärpät60 36 8 7 9 190 106 +84 131
align=left Tappara60 31 8 7 14 168 128 +40 116
align=left Lukko60 30 4 3 23 153 138 +15 101
align=left SaiPa60 26 9 4 21 160 134 +26 100
align=left JYP60 26 7 6 21 154 149 +5 98
align=left Blues60 28 3 3 26 137 146 -9 93
align=left Jokerit60 25 5 8 22 156 145 +11 93
align=left Pelicans60 25 6 5 24 156 156 0 92
align=left HIFK60 25 4 5 26 147 145 +2 88
align=left HPK60 22 9 3 26 140 136 +4 87
align=left Ilves60 24 3 6 27 143 146 -3 84
align=left Ässät60 16 7 5 32 134 177 -43 67
align=left TPS60 12 6 11 31 135 197 -62 59
align=left KalPa60 12 3 9 36 101 172 -71 51

Playoffs

Wild card round (best-of-three)

(7) Jokerit vs. (10) HPK

HPK wins the series 2-0.

(8) Pelicans vs. (9) HIFK

Pelicans wins the series 2-0

Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

(1) Kärpät vs. (10) HPK

Kärpät wins the series 4-0

(2) Tappara vs. (8) Pelicans

Tappara wins the series 4-2

(3) Lukko vs (6) Blues

Lukko wins the series 4–3.

(4) SaiPa vs. (5) JYP

SaiPa wins the series 4–3.

Semifinals (best-of-seven)

(1) Kärpät vs. (4) SaiPa

Kärpät wins the series 4–1.

(2) Tappara vs. (3) Lukko

Tappara wins the series 4–3.

Finals (best-of-seven)

Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.

Final rankings

Kärpät
Tappara
Lukko
4SaiPa
5JYP
6Blues
7Pelicans
8HPK
9Jokerit
10HIFK
11
12Ässät
13
14KalPa

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