2025–26 Liiga season

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The 2025–26 Liiga season was the 51st season of the Liiga, the top level of Finnish ice hockey since 1975.

LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
Defending championsKalPa (2024–25)
DurationSeptember 2025 – May 2026
Quick facts League, Sport ...
2025–26 SM-liiga
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
Defending championsKalPa (2024–25)
DurationSeptember 2025 – May 2026
Games60
Teams16
TV partner(s)Telia
MTV Urheilu
MTV Katsomo
Regular season
Season championsTappara
  Runners-upKooKoo
Season MVPBenjamin Rautiainen (Tappara)
Top scorerBenjamin Rautiainen (Tappara)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPJoni Tuulola (Tappara)
Finals championsTappara
  Runners-upKooKoo
Liiga seasons
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Format

The regular season started in September 2025. As in previous seasons, 480 matches were played in the regular season, 60 for each team.

The top two teams in the regular season, excluding the Finnish champion, advanced to the Champions Hockey League, while the best team in the regular season team not qualified for Champions Hockey League advanced to the Spengler Cup.

Teams

Location of teams in 2025–26 SM-liiga
More information Team, City ...
Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
HIFK Helsinki Olli Jokinen[1] Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 Iiro Pakarinen[2]
HPK Hämeenlinna Mikko Manner[3] Pohjantähti Areena 5,360 Petteri Nikkilä[2]
Ilves Tampere Tommi Niemelä[4] Nokia Arena 12,700 Joonas Nättinen[2]
Jukurit Mikkeli Jonne Virtanen[5] Ikioma Areena 4,200 Jesper Piitulainen[2]
JYP Jyväskylä Petri Matikainen[6] LähiTapiola Areena 4,437 Jere Lassila[2]
KalPa Kuopio Sami Tervonen[7] Olvi Areena 5,300 Jaakko Rissanen[2]
Kiekko-Espoo Espoo Jyrki Aho[8] Espoo Metro Areena 6,982 Matti Järvinen[2]
KooKoo Kouvola Jouko Myrrä[9] Lumon Areena 5,950 Otto Paajanen[2]
Kärpät Oulu Petri Karjalainen[10] Oulun Energia Areena 6,300 Atte Ohtamaa[2]
Lukko Rauma Tomi Lämsä[11] Kivikylän Areena 4,500 Éric Gélinas[2]
Pelicans Lahti Sami Kapanen[12] Isku Areena 4,403 Casimir Jürgens[2]
SaiPa Lappeenranta Raimo Helminen[13] Lappeenrannan jäähalli 4,820 Samuli Niinisaari[2]
Sport Vaasa Juuso Hahl[14]14 Oct 2025
Doug Shedden[15]10 Dec 2025
Jussi Tapio[16]		 Vaasan Sähkö Areena 5,185 Miika Koivisto[2]
Tappara Tampere Rikard Grönborg[17] Nokia Arena 12,700 Otto Rauhala[2]
TPS Turku Toni Söderholm[18] Gatorade Center 10,500 Tarmo Reunanen[2]
Ässät Pori Jarno Pikkarainen[19] Enersense Areena 6,150 Jan-Mikael Järvinen[2]
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Regular season standings

SaiPa - Pelicans in March 2026

Top four advance straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 5th and 12th positions play a wild card round for the final four spots.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Tappara 60 35 3 6 16 226 149 +77 117 Qualification to Quarter-finals and Champions Hockey League[a]
2 KooKoo 60 33 7 2 18 217 155 +62 115
3 SaiPa 60 31 6 7 16 204 162 +42 112
4 Ilves 60 29 8 4 19 186 152 +34 107 Advance to Quarterfinals
5 Lukko 60 28 9 4 19 185 157 +28 106 Advance to Wild-card round
6 JYP 60 26 11 6 17 202 180 +22 106
7 KalPa 60 28 7 6 19 185 179 +6 104
8 Ässät 60 26 6 4 24 170 165 +5 94
9 Kiekko-Espoo 60 23 5 11 21 157 155 +2 90
10 HIFK 60 25 4 5 26 149 183 −34 88
11 Pelicans 60 20 9 7 24 137 156 −19 85
12 HPK 60 16 9 9 26 144 167 −23 75
13 TPS 60 16 7 9 28 141 177 −36 71
14 Kärpät 60 16 6 6 32 175 197 −22 66
15 Jukurit 60 15 6 7 32 131 171 −40 64
16 Sport 60 9 1 11 39 108 212 −104 40
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Notes:
  1. [a]
    SaiPa qualified regardless of the identity of the play-off winners is yet to be decided, as both play-offs finalist, Tappara and KooKoo, have already qualified via regular season rankings.

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

First round (best-of-5) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
1 Tappara 4
5 Lukko 1 12 HPK 1
12 HPK 3 1 Tappara 4
4 Ilves 2
2 KooKoo 4 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
6 JYP 0 11 Pelicans 1
11 Pelicans 3 1 Tappara 4
2 KooKoo 3
3 SaiPa 4
7 KalPa 3 8 Ässät 3
10 HIFK 2 2 KooKoo 4 Bronze medal game
3 SaiPa 2
4 Ilves 4 3 SaiPa 7
8 Ässät 3 7 KalPa 2 4 Ilves 2
9 Kiekko-Espoo 2

First round

(5) Lukko vs. (12) HPK

20 March Lukko 2–1 HPK Äijänsuo Ice Hall Recap  
Antti Saarela (1) – 1:45 First period 2:42 – Sami Päivärinta (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Antti Saarela (2) – 3:25 Third period No scoring
Joni Ortio (24 shots / 23 saves) Goalie stats Kim Saarinen (31 shots / 29 saves)
21 March HPK 2–0 Lukko Hämeenlinna Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sami Päivärinta (2) – 18:13 Second period No scoring
Cameron Wright (1; ENG) – 19:58 Third period No scoring
Kim Saarinen (28 shots / 28 saves) Goalie stats Daniel Salonen (13 shots / 12 saves)
23 March Lukko 1–3 HPK Äijänsuo Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Topias Haapanen (1) – 5:13 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period
  • 3:12 – Cameron Wright (2)
  • 6:55 – Jesse Kiiskinen (1)
  • 19:15 – Kalle Kangas (1; ENG)
Joni Ortio (19 shots / 17 saves) Goalie stats Kim Saarinen (30 shots / 29 saves)
24 March HPK 4–1 Lukko Hämeenlinna Ice Hall Recap  
Cameron Wright (3) – 12:38 First period No scoring
  • Sami Päivärinta (3; PPG) – 6:16
  • Thomas Caron (1) – 15:33
 Second period No scoring
Anrei Hakulinen (1; ENG) – 16:37 Third period 14:43 – Jakob Stenqvist (1; PPG)
Kim Saarinen (33 shots / 32 saves) Goalie stats Daniel Salonen (28 shots / 25 saves)
HPK win series 3–1

(6) JYP vs. (11) Pelicans

20 March JYP 1–3 Pelicans LähiTapiola-areena Recap  
No scoring First period 15:22 – Eerik Kolehmainen (1)
Pekka Jormakka (1) – 5:03 Second period
No scoring Third period No scoring
Oskari Salminen (11 shots / 8 saves) Goalie stats Patrik Bartošák (28 shots / 27 saves)
21 March Pelicans 3–2 JYP Wemasto Areena Recap  
  • Roni Karvinen (1) – 8:09
  • Aidan Dudas (1) – 10:54
 First period 14:02 – Juuso Puustinen (1; PPG)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Eerik Kolehmainen (2) – 4:24 Third period 0:55 – Mikko Perttu (1)
Patrik Bartošák (34 shots / 32 saves) Goalie stats Oskari Salminen (18 shots / 15 saves)
23 March JYP 0–1 Pelicans LähiTapiola-areena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:27 – Niklas Virtanen (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Oskari Setänen (12 shots / 11 saves) Goalie stats Patrik Bartošák (29 shots / 29 saves)
Pelicans win series 3–0

(7) KalPa vs. (10) HIFK

20 March KalPa 4–1 HIFK Kuopio Ice Hall Recap  
  • Aleksis Klemetti (1) – 3:29
  • Aleksis Klemetti (2) – 10:39
 First period 14:33 – Petrus Palmu (1)
Jaakko Lantta (1; SHG) – 18:05 Second period No scoring
Patrick Curry (1) – 5:29 Third period No scoring
Talyn Boyko (29 shots / 28 saves) Goalie stats Hugo Alnefelt (15 shots / 11 saves)
21 March KalPa 1–4 HIFK Kuopio Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period 10:29 – Petteri Lindbohm (1)
Veikka Mononen (1) – 4:42 Second period 15:21 – Tony Sund (1)
No scoring Third period
  • 11:58 – Vincent Marleau (1)
  • 18:11 – Vincent Marleu (2; ENG)
Talyn Boyko (28 shots / 25 saves) Goalie stats Hugo Alnefelt (22 shots / 21 saves)
23 March HIFK 1–0 OT KalPa Helsinki Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Petr Kodÿtek (1) – 7:01 First overtime period No scoring
Hugo Alnefelt (22 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Talyn Boyko (29 shots / 28 saves)
24 March HIFK 1–4 KalPa Helsinki Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period 8:45 – Konsta Kapanen (1)
No scoring Second period 17:18 – Joona Saarelainen (1)
Petr Kodÿtek (2; PPG) – 11:10 Third period
  • 5:20 – Aleksi Klemetti (3)
  • 19:19 – Andreas Okany (1; ENG)
Hugo Alnefelt (25 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Talyn Boyko (33 shots / 32 saves)
26 March KalPa 3–2 OT HIFK Kuopio Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period 6:09 – Oliver Larsen (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
 Third period 18:21 – Petrus Palmu (2)
Juuso Könönen (1) – 9:17 First overtime period No scoring
Talyn Boyko (19 shots / 17 saves) Goalie stats Hugo Alnefelt (28 shots / 25 saves)
KalPa win series 3–2

(8) Ässät vs. (9) Kiekko-Espoo

20 March Ässät 4–3 OT Kiekko-Espoo Isomäki Ice Hall Recap  
Roope Talaja (1) – 2:45 First period 7:20 – Joonas Rask (1)
No scoring Second period
  • 0:31 – Janne Hämäläinen (1; PPG)
  • 19:53 – Kasper Kulonummi (1; PPG)
 Third period No scoring
Oskar Nilsson (1) – 4:41 First overtime period No scoring
Jan Bednář (21 shots / 18 saves) Goalie stats Petteri Rimpinen (34 shots / 30 saves)
21 March Kiekko-Espoo 1–2 OT Ässät Espoo Metro Areena Recap  
Iikka Kangasniemi (1; PPG) – 11:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 7:10 – Sakari Kostilainen (1; PPG)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 19:00 – Dylan Fabre (1)
Petteri Rimpinen (26 shots / 24 saves) Goalie stats Jan Bednář (45 shots / 44 saves)
23 March Ässät 2–5 Kiekko-Espoo Isomäki Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Nestor Noiva (1; PPG) – 11:04 Second period
  • 10:14 – Santeri Virtanen (1)
  • 17:23 – Kasper Kulonummi (2; PPG)
  • 18:08 – Lukas Svejkovsky (1; PPG)
Feetu Knihti (1) – 13:11 Third period
  • 10:59 – Iikka Kangasniemi (2)
  • 19:17 – Ottoville Leppänen (1; ENG)
Jan Bednář (33 shots / 29 saves) Goalie stats Petteri Rimpinen (28 shots / 26 saves)
24 March Kiekko-Espoo 4–1 Ässät Espoo Metro Areena Recap  
No scoring First period 1:25 – Jonne Tammela (2)
 Second period No scoring
  • Cameron Hillis (2) – 9:24
  • Jere Väisänen (1; ENG) – 17:43
 Third period No scoring
Petteri Rimpinen (16 shots / 15 saves) Goalie stats Jan Bednář (28 shots / 25 saves)
26 March Ässät 5–2 Kiekko-Espoo Isomäki Ice Hall Recap  
 First period No scoring
Sakari Kostilainen (2) – 11:17 Second period
Feetu Knihti (2; ENG) – 19:37 Third period No scoring
Jan Bednář (25 shots / 23 saves) Goalie stats Petteri Rimpinen (12 shots / 16 saves)
Ässät win series 3–2

Quarter-finals

(1) Tappara vs. (12) HPK

28 March Tappara 2–1 HPK Nokia Arena Recap  
Henrik Haapala (1) – 7:55 First period No scoring
Kasper Simontaival (1; PPG) – 19:53 Second period 15:55 – Elmeri Eronen (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Christian Heljanko (18 shots / 17 saves) Goalie stats Kim Saarinen (30 shots / 28 saves)
30 March HPK 2–1 Tappara Hämeenlinna Ice Hall Recap  
Sami Päivärinta (4; PPG) – 7:53 First period No scoring
Olli Korhonen (1) – 1:13 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 8:09 – Jesper Mattila (1)
Kim Saarinen (30 shots / 29 saves) Goalie stats Christian Heljanko (28 shots / 26 saves)
2 April Tappara 3–1 HPK Nokia Arena Recap  
Olli Juolevi (1) – 3:31 First period No scoring
Kristian Tanus (1) – 10:01 Second period No scoring
Daniel Brickley (1) – 4:22 Third period 14:27 – Vili Toivonen (1)
Christian Heljanko (17 shots / 16 saves) Goalie stats Kim Saarinen (27 shots / 24 saves)
4 April HPK 3–4 OT Tappara Hämeenlinna Ice Hall Recap  
Viljami Jokirinne (1; PPG) First period
No scoring Second period No scoring
  • Sami Päivärinta (5) – 17:02
  • Olli Korhonen (2) – 18:06
 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 10:27 – Jesper Mattila (2)
Kim Saarinen (24 shots / 20 saves) Goalie stats Christian Heljanko (28 shots / 25 saves)
7 April Tappara 1–0 HPK Nokia Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Emil Sylvegård (1; DP) – 3:47 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Christian Heljanko (16 shots / 16 saves) Goalie stats Kim Saarinen (33 shots / 32 saves)
Tappara win series 4–1

(2) KooKoo vs. (11) Pelicans

28 March KooKoo 0–1 OT Pelicans Lumon arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 12:57 – Johannes Johannesen (1)
Eetu Randelin (21 shots / 20 saves) Goalie stats Patrik Bartošák (28 shots / 28 saves)
30 March Pelicans 0–5 KooKoo Wemasto Areena Recap  
No scoring First period 1:06 – Joonas Oden (1)
No scoring Second period
No scoring Third period 17:01 – Veeti Miettinen (1; ENG)
Patrik Bartošák (34 shots / 30 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (20 shots / 20 saves)
2 April KooKoo 4–1 Pelicans Lumon arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Joseph Berger (1) – 13:13 Second period 0:50 – Roni Karvinen (2)
 Third period No scoring
Eetu Randelin (24 shots / 23 saves) Goalie stats Patrik Bartošák (21 shots / 18 saves)
4 April Pelicans 1–5 KooKoo Wemasto Areena Recap  
No scoring First period 0:32 – Veeti Miettinen (2)
No scoring Second period 10:11 – Vilmos Galló (2)
Onni Lind (1) – 8:35 Third period
  • 1:54 – Ossi-Petteri Jaakola (1)
  • 4:30 – Veeti Miettinen (3; PP2)
  • 18:40 – Samuel Valkeejärvi (1; ENG)
Patrik Bartošák (29 shots / 25 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (24 shots / 23 saves)
7 April KooKoo 4–1 Pelicans Lumon arena Recap  
  • Jimi Suomi (1; PPG) – 6:12
  • Ville Puhakka (1) – 12:10
 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
 Third period 5:52 – Niklas Virtanen (2)
Eetu Randelin (20 shots / 19 saves) Goalie stats Patrik Bartošák (29 shots / 26 saves)
KooKoo win series 4–1

(3) SaiPa vs. (8) Ässät

28 March SaiPa 2–3 4OT Ässät Kisapuisto Recap  
Juuso Heikkilä (1) – 12:25 First period No scoring
Antti Kalapudas (1; PPG) – 10:47 Second period
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Fourth overtime period 4:23 – Sakari Kostilainen (4)
Tomi Karhunen (45 shots / 42 saves) Goalie stats Jan Bednář (65 shots / 63 saves)
31 March Ässät 2–3 2OT SaiPa Isomäki Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Otso Ylitalo (1) – 2:39 Second period 9:04 – Otto Kivenmäki (1)
Feetu Knihti (3) – 16:16 Third period 11:45 – Saku Salminen (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 15:39 – Karri Aho (1)
Jan Bednář (49 shots / 46 saves) Goalie stats Tomi Karhunen (34 shots / 32 saves)
3 April SaiPa 4–1 Ässät Kisapuisto Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
 Second period No scoring
 Third period 17:20 – Valtteri Lipiäinen (2; PPG)
Tomi Karhunen (23 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Jan Bednář (24 shots / 20 saves)
6 April Ässät 4–2 SaiPa Isomäki Ice Hall Recap  
Peter Tiivola (1) – 12:40 First period
No scoring Second period No scoring
 Third period No scoring
Jan Bednář (26 shots / 24 saves) Goalie stats Tomi Karhunen (27 5shots / 23 saves)
8 April SaiPa 1–5 Ässät Kisapuisto Recap  
No scoring First period 6:00 – Roope Talaja (4)
Brian Kramer (1) – 7:28 Second period
No scoring Third period 12:11 – Jan-Mikael Järvinen (1)
  • Tomi Karhunen (20 shots / 16 saves)
  • Kari Piiroinen (6 shots / 5 saves)
 Goalie stats Jan Bednář (25 shots / 24 saves)
11 April Ässät 1–3 SaiPa Isomäki Ice Hall Recap  
Roope Talaja (6) – 6:19 First period 2:00 – Santeri Airola (2; PPG)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period
Jan Bednář (14 shots / 12 saves) Goalie stats Kari Piiroinen (22 shots / 21 saves)
13 April SaiPa 4–2 Ässät Kisapuisto Recap  
  • Brian Kramer (2) – 8:24
  • Henri Nikkanen (2; PPG) – 9:55
  • Henri Nikkanen (3; PPG) – 15:10
 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 8:24 – Roope Talaja (7)
Henri Nikkanen (4; PPG) – 7:38 Third period 8:37 – Jan-Mikael Järvinen (2)
Kari Piiroinen (22 shots / 20 saves) Goalie stats Jan Bednář (15 shots / 11 saves)
SaiPa win series 4–3

(4) Ilves vs. (7) KalPa

29 March Ilves 3–1 KalPa Nokia Arena Recap  
 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 10:44 – Konsta Kapanen (2)
Matias Mäntykivi (1; ENG) – 18:54 Third period No scoring
Matas Armalis (21 shots / 20 saves) Goalie stats Talyn Boyko (21 shots / 19 saves)
31 March KalPa 3–4 OT Ilves Kuopio Ice Hall Recap  
Jaakko Rissanen (1; PPG) – 17:35 First period No scoring
Filip Westerlund (2) – 2:14 Second period
Cade Borchardt (1) – 1:51 Third period 9:45 – Jens Lööke (1)
No scoring First overtime period 2:35 – Simon Johansson (1)
Talyn Boyko (33 shots / 29 saves) Goalie stats Matas Armalis (20 shots / 17 saves)
3 April Ilves 3–4 KalPa Nokia Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Radek Kucerik (1) – 10:56 Second period
Third period
Matas Armalis (23 shots / 20 saves) Goalie stats Talyn Boyko (35 shots / 32 saves)
Patrik Kerkola (2 shots / 2 saves)
6 April KalPa 5–3 Ilves Kuopio Ice Hall Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
  • Cade Borchardt (2) – 13:45
  • Cade Borchardt (3; PPG) – 16:15
 Second period 18:58 – Jens Lööke (3)
  • Cade Borchardt (4) – 2:05
  • Cade Borchardt (5; PS) – 10:05
  • Konsta Kapanen (3) – 10:22
 Third period
  • 14:33 – Jens Lööke (4)
  • 15:14 – Jens Lööke (5)
Talyn Boyko (41 shots / 38 saves) Goalie stats Matas Armalis (19 shots / 14 saves)
8 April Ilves 2–1 OT KalPa Nokia Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 3:54 – Teemu Hartikainen (1)
Radek Kučeřík (2) – 19:27 Third period No scoring
Lukáš Jašek (1; SHG) – 18:54 First overtime period No scoring
Dominik Pavlát (27 shots / 26 saves) Goalie stats Talyn Boyko (52 shots / 50 saves)
11 April KalPa 3–4 Ilves Kuopio Ice Hall Recap  
Joona Saarelainen (2) – 19:19 First period 12:48 – Radek Kučeřík (3)
Andreas Okany (3) – 4:09 Second period
Teemu Hartikainen (2; PP2) – 19:57 Third period No scoring
Talyn Boyko (28 shots / 24 saves) Goalie stats Dominik Pavlát (29 shots / 26 saves)
Ilves win series 4–2

Semi-finals

(1) Tappara vs. (4) Ilves

16 April Tappara 2–3 Ilves Nokia Arena Recap  
No scoring First period
No scoring Second period No scoring
 Third period 1:23 – Jens Lööke (6)
Christian Heljanko (22 shots / 19 saves) Goalie stats Mantas Armalis (26 shots / 24 saves)
19 April Ilves 6–0 Tappara Nokia Arena Recap  
Luke Henman (2; PPG) – 17:00 First period No scoring
  • Samuli Ratinen (2) – 1:42
  • Matic Török (2; DP) – 11:23
  • Samuli Ratinen (3; DP) – 16:18
 Second period No scoring
 Third period No scoring
Dominik Pavlát (17 shots / 17 saves) Goalie stats
21 April Tappara 3–2 Ilves Nokia Arena Recap  
 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period
Kasper Simontaival (2; PPG) – 15:06 Third period No scoring
Christian Heljanko (21 shots / 19 saves) Goalie stats Dominik Pavlát (22 shots / 19 saves)
23 April Ilves 1–5 Tappara Nokia Arena Recap  
No scoring First period
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jens Lööke (7) – 7:41 Third period
Mantas Armalis (26 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Christian Heljanko (27 shots / 26 saves)
25 April Tappara 2–1 OT Ilves Nokia Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Henrik Haapala (2) – 8:42 Third period 18:23 – Simon Johansson (3; SHG)
Kristian Tanus (2) – 6:00 First overtime period No scoring
Christian Heljanko (21 shots / 20 saves) Goalie stats Dominik Pavlát (24 shots / 22 saves)
27 April Ilves 3–4 Tappara Nokia Arena Recap  
 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period
No scoring Third period 3:54 – Daniel Brickley (2)
Dominik Pavlát (20 shots / 16 saves) Goalie stats Christian Heljanko (31 shots / 28 saves)
Tappara win series 4–2

(2) KooKoo vs. (3) SaiPa

17 April KooKoo 4–2 SaiPa Lumon arena Recap  
No scoring First period
Veeti Miettinen (4) – 7:35 Second period No scoring
  • Veeti Miettinen (5) – 6:25
  • Miska Siikonen (1) – 9:25
  • Miska Siikonen (2) – 15:53
 Third period No scoring
Eetu Randelin (17 shots / 15 saves) Goalie stats Kari Piiroinen (32 shots / 28 saves)
18 April SaiPa 3–5 KooKoo Kisapuisto Recap  
No scoring First period
  • 5:05 – Jimi Suomi (2)
  • 7:19 – Veeti Miettinen (6)
Santeri Airola (3; PP2) – 6:32 Second period
Third period 19:30 – Vilmos Galló (3; ENG)
Tomi Karhunen (15 shots / 11 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (35 shots / 32 saves)
21 April KooKoo 2–4 SaiPa Lumon arena Recap  
No scoring First period
Oskari Luoto (1; PPG) – 12:06 Second period 3:00 – Henri Nikkanen (5)
Otto Paajanen (1) – 18:51 Third period No scoring
  • Eetu Randelin (13 shots / 10 saves)
  • Juha Jatkola (14 shots / 13 saves)
 Goalie stats Kari Piiroinen (35 shots / 33 saves)
24 April SaiPa 3–0 KooKoo Kisapuisto Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
 Second period No scoring
17:48 – Henri Nikkanen (6; ENG) Third period No scoring
Kari Piiroinen (22 shots / 22 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (23 shots / 21 saves)
25 April KooKoo 4–0 SaiPa Lumon arena Recap  
Miska Siikonen (3) – 6:52 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
  • Jiri Pärssinen (1; PPG) – 5:08
  • Ossi-Petteri Jaakola (2) – 13:42
  • Robert Rooba (2; ENG) – 18:47
 Third period No scoring
Eetu Randelin (27 shots / 27 saves) Goalie stats Kari Piiroinen (32 shots / 29 saves)
27 April SaiPa 2–3 OT KooKoo Kisapuisto Recap  
Niklas Appelgren (1) – 5:00 First period 13:52 – Miska Siikonen (4)
Maxime Fortier (2; PPG) – 18:53 Second period 14:29 – Veeti Miettinen (7)
No scoring Third period 4:56 – Oskari Luoto (2)
Kari Piiroinen (30 shots / 27 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (23 shots / 21 saves)
KooKoo win series 4–2

Bronze medal game

30 April SaiPa 7–2 Ilves Kisapuisto Recap  
Emil Kuusla (1) – 1:09 First period 8:57 – Jarkko Parikka (1)
  • Henri Nikkanen (7) – 11:05
  • Samu Bau (2) – 14:00
  • Emil Kuusla (2) – 16:39
 Second period No scoring
  • Antti Kalapusas (3) – 6:03
  • Niklas Appelgren (2) – 8:42
  • Miro Tauslahti (1) – 14:34
 Third period 2:12 – Matic Török (5; PPG)
Kari Piiroinen (21 shots / 19 saves) Goalie stats
  • Dominik Pavlat (13 shots / 9 saves)
  • Mantas Armalis (11 shots / 8 saves)
SaiPa win the bronze

Finals

2 May Tappara 2–4 KooKoo Nokia Arena Recap  
Justin Addamo (1) – 14:08 First period 14:45 – Vilmos Galló (4; DP)
No scoring Second period
Justin Addamo (2) – 14:40 Third period 18:09 – Otto Paajanen (2; ENG)
Christian Heljanko (32 shots / 29 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (22 shots / 20 saves)
4 May KooKoo 3–2 Tappara Lumon arena Recap  
Robert Rooba (3; PPG) – 12:05 First period No scoring
Veeti Miettinen (8) – 8:15 Second period
Ville Meskanen (5) – 6:50 Third period No scoring
Eetu Randelin (33 shots / 31 saves) Goalie stats Christian Heljanko (23 shots / 20 saves)
6 May Tappara 2–0 KooKoo Nokia Arena Recap  
Oiva Keskinen (2; DP) – 16:08 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jyrki Jokipakka (2; ENG) – 17:23 Third period No scoring
Christian Heljanko (26 shots / 26 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (12 shots / 11 saves)
8 May KooKoo 2–3 4OT Tappara Lumon arena Recap  
Manu Mäkelä (1) – 16:31 First period
Joonas Oden (3; DP) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Fourth overtime period 9:54 – Oiva Keskinen (3)
Eetu Randelin (52 shots / 49 saves) Goalie stats Christian Heljanko (59 shots / 57 saves)
9 May Tappara 1–2 KooKoo Nokia Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Joachim Blichfeld (6; PPG) – 2:14 Second period
No scoring Third period No scoring
Christian Heljanko (26 shots / 24 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (31 shots / 30 saves)
11 May KooKoo 1–2 Tappara Lumon arena Recap  
Ville Puhakka (2) – 15:35 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period
No scoring Third period No scoring
Eetu Randelin (13 shots / 11 saves) Goalie stats Christian Heljanko (32 shots / 31 saves)
13 May Tappara 2–1 KooKoo Nokia Arena Recap  
 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 18:33 – Miska Siikonen (5; PP2)
Third period
Christian Heljanko (25 shots / 24 saves) Goalie stats Eetu Randelin (31 shots / 29 saves)
Tappara win series 4–3

Final rankings

Tappara
KooKoo
SaiPa
4Ilves
5KalPa
6Ässät
7Pelicans
8HPK
9Lukko
10JYP
11Kiekko-Espoo
12HIFK
13TPS
14Kärpät
15Jukurit
16Sport

Liiga awards

More information Award, Winner(s) ...
Award Winner(s)
Lasse Oksanen trophy Benjamin Rautiainen (Tappara)[20]
Jari Kurri Trophy Joni Tuulola (Tappara)
Kultainen kypärä Benjamin Rautiainen (Tappara)
Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy Benjamin Rautiainen (Tappara)
Aarne Honkavaara trophy Valtteri Ojantakanen (JYP)
Urpo Ylönen trophy Eetu Randelin (KooKoo)
Pekka Rautakallio trophy Simon Johansson (Ilves)
Jarmo Wasama Memorial Trophy Emil Kuusla (SaiPa)
Raimo Kilpiö trophy Jan-Mikael Järvinen (Ässät)
Matti Keinonen trophy Aleksi Matinmikko (Tappara)
Aaro Kivilinna Memorial Trophy Kiekko-Espoo
Kalevi Numminen trophy Jouko Myrrä (KooKoo)
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