2012–13 SM-liiga season

The 2012–13 SM-liiga season was the 38th 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 Ässät Pori who defeated Tappara Tampere in the finals.

2012–13 SM-liiga
LeagueSM-liiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2012 – April 2013
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)UrhoTV, Nelonen
Regular season
Best recordJokerit
  Runners-upTappara
Season MVPAntti Raanta
Top scorerJuha-Pekka Haataja
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPAntti Raanta
Finals
ChampionsÄssät
  Runners-upTappara

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
ÄssätPoriKarri KiviPorin jäähalli6,481Ville Uusitalo
BluesEspooMikko SaarinenBarona Areena6,798Arto Laatikainen
HIFKHelsinkiRaimo SummanenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Ville Peltonen
HPKHämeenlinnaAri-Pekka SelinRitarihalli5,360Ville Viitaluoma
IlvesTampereTuomas TuokkolaTampereen jäähalli7,600Erkki Rajamäki
JokeritHelsinkiTomi LämsäHartwall Areena13,349Ossi Väänänen
JYP JyväskyläJyrki AhoSynergia-areena4,500Éric Perrin
KalPaKuopioJari LaukkanenNiiralan monttu5,004Sami Kapanen
KärpätOuluHannu AravirtaOulun Energia Areena6,768Ilkka Mikkola
LukkoRaumaRisto DufvaÄijänsuo Arena5,400Otto Honkaheimo
PelicansLahtiKai SuikkanenIsku Areena5,534Tommi Paakkolanvaara
SaiPaLappeenrantaPekka TirkkonenKisapuisto4,825Ville Koho
TapparaTampereJukka RautakorpiTampereen jäähalli7,600Tuukka Mäntylä
TPSTurkuJuha PajuojaHK Arena11,820Ville Vahalahti
  • Head coaches marked with ‡ took their jobs mid-season.

Regular season

Each team played four times against every other team (twice home and twice away), getting to 52 games. Additionally, the teams were divided to two groups, where teams would play one extra game. One group included Ässät, Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, Kärpät, Lukko and TPS, while other had HPK, Ilves, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans, SaiPa and Tappara.

Additionally, there were two games where teams could choose the opponents. These were played back-to-back in January and the choices were made in December, with team with lowest point total to that date was able to choose first. These pairs were: Pelicans-Ilves, TPS-Lukko, Ässät-Blues, HIFK-HPK, Tappara-Jokerit, Kärpät-KalPa and SaiPa-JYP.

Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The last-placed team Ilves had to play best-of-seven series against Mestis winner Jukurit.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/− P
Jokerit 602810715168136+32111
Tappara 60297717178145+33108
JYP 60285918161142+19103
Ässät 60278520160130+30102
KalPa 60249720172145+2797
HPK 6020121216157144+1396
Kärpät 60239622172150+2293
HIFK 60263724153163-1091
SaiPa 60237624162173-1189
Lukko 60243825151170-1986
Pelicans 60227328163180-1783
Blues 60216528151164-1380
TPS 601281228144182-3864
Ilves 60136635124193-6957

Playoffs

Wild card round (best-of-three)

Kärpät-Lukko 1-2

Kärpät-Lukko 4-5
Lukko-Kärpät 2-4
Kärpät-Lukko 2-3 (OT)

HIFK-SaiPa 2-1

HIFK-SaiPa 2-3 (OT)
SaiPa-HIFK 2-3 (OT)
HIFK-SaiPa 5-2

Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

Jokerit-Lukko 2-4

Jokerit-Lukko 3-0
Lukko-Jokerit 5-2
Jokerit-Lukko 3-4 (OT)
Lukko-Jokerit 2-1
Jokerit-Lukko 5-2
Lukko-Jokerit 3-1


Tappara-HIFK 4-1

Tappara-HIFK 3-1
HIFK-Tappara 1-4
Tappara-HIFK 3-2
HIFK-Tappara 3-2
Tappara-HIFK 3-1


JYP-HPK 4-1

JYP-HPK 3-1
HPK-JYP 3-2
JYP-HPK 4-2
HPK-JYP 2-3 (OT)
JYP-HPK 5-1


Ässät-KalPa 4-1

Ässät-KalPa 2-1
KalPa-Ässät 0-2
Ässät-KalPa 5-2
KalPa-Ässät 5-0
Ässät-KalPa 3-0

Semifinals (best-of-seven)


Tappara-Lukko 4-0

Tappara-Lukko 3-2 (OT)
Lukko-Tappara 3-4 (OT)
Tappara-Lukko 3-0
Lukko-Tappara 0-5


JYP-Ässät 1-4

JYP-Ässät 3-4 (OT)
Ässät-JYP 2-0
JYP-Ässät 1-4
Ässät-JYP 1-2
JYP-Ässät 0-1

Bronze-medal game

JYP-Lukko 2-0

Finals (best-of-seven)

Tappara-Ässät 2-4

Tappara-Ässät 2-1
Ässät-Tappara 5-1
Tappara-Ässät 3-2
Ässät-Tappara 4-0
Tappara-Ässät 1-2 (OT)
Ässät-Tappara 3-2

Relegation (best-of-seven)


Ilves-Jukurit 4-1

Ilves-Jukurit 2-0
Jukurit-Ilves 1-3
Ilves-Jukurit 2-1 (OT)
Jukurit-Ilves 7-4
Ilves-Jukurit 4-2
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