2022–23 Liiga season explained

2022–23 SM-liiga
League:SM-liiga
Sport:Ice hockey
Defending Champs:Tappara
Duration:September 2022 – April 2023
No Of Games:60
No Of Teams:15
Tv:Telia
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Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Tappara
Season Champ Name:Best record
Second Place:Ilves
Mvp:Michael Joly (HPK)
Mvp Link:Lasse Oksanen trophy
Top Scorer:Michael Joly (HPK)
Top Scorer Link:Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Link:Jari Kurri Trophy
Playoffs Mvp:Veli-Matti Savinainen (Tappara)
Playoffs Mvp Link:Jari Kurri Trophy
Finals Champ:Tappara
Finals Runner-Up:Pelicans
Seasonslist:List of Liiga seasons
Seasonslistnames:SM-liiga
Prevseason Link:2021–22 Liiga season
Prevseason Year:2021–22
Nextseason Link:2023–24 Liiga season
Nextseason Year:2023–24

The 2022–23 SM-liiga season was the 48th season of the Liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams

Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
Teemu Tallberg
Jarno PikkarainenJuuso Hietanen
Eemeli Suomi
Juhamatti Aaltonen
Robert Rooba
Tuomas Kiiskinen
Olli SaloHeikki Liedes
Atte Ohtamaa
Anrei Hakulinen
Tommi NiemeläMiika Roine
Jarno Koskiranta
Sebastian Stålberg
Otto Rauhala
Jussi AhokasJuhani Jasu
Karri KiviWest AreenaJesse Joensuu

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 SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.

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Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points.

PlayerTeamdata-sort-type="number" style="width: 4em;"
Michael JolyHPK60253964+918
Jori LehteräTappara57114657+545
Jerry TurkulainenJYP60124254–320
Petri KontiolaIlves58123951040
Jaakko RissanenKalPa57163450+1726
Henrik HaapalaIlves47153247+920
Les LancasterIlves60133447+2022
Joona IkonenIlves54232245+916
Veli-Matti SavinainenTappara54172744+630
Thomas GregoireLukko57133144+2341

Playoffs

Finals

Tappara wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings

Tappara
Pelicans
Ilves
4HIFK
5Lukko
6KalPa
7Ässät
8KooKoo
9Kärpät
10TPS
11Jukurit
12HPK
13JYP
14Sport
15SaiPa

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ilves vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Antti Pennanen vetovastuuseen välittömästi. Liiga.fi . 2022-10-05. 2022-10-14. fi.
  2. Web site: SaiPa vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Ville Hämäläinen korvaa Pekka Virran. Liiga.fi . 2022-10-14. 2022-10-14. fi.
  3. Web site: Joukkuetilastot | Runkosarja 2022-2023 | Tilastot | Liiga . Liiga.fi . 2022-09-10.