2018–19 Liiga season

The 2018–19 Liiga season was the 44th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

2018–19 Liiga
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2018 – April 2019
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)Telia
Regular season
Best recordKärpät
  Runners-upTappara
Season MVPOliwer Kaski (Pelicans)
Top scorerMalte Strömwall (KooKoo)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPOtto Paajanen (HPK)
Finals championsHPK
  Runners-upKärpät

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
HIFKHelsinkiAri-Pekka Selin25 Jan 2019[1]
Jarno Pikkarainen
Helsingin jäähalli8,200Lennart Petrell
HPKHämeenlinnaAntti PennanenPatria-areena5,360Otto Paajanen
IlvesTampereKarri KiviTampereen jäähalli7,300Eemeli Suomi
JukuritMikkeliPekka KangasalustaKalevankankaan jäähalli4,200Miika Roine
JYP JyväskyläLauri Merikivi14 Jan 2019[2]
Risto Dufva
Synergia-areena4,437Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPaKuopioSami KapanenNiiralan monttu5,300Tommi Jokinen
KooKooKouvolaTuomas Tuokkola8 Jan 2019[3]
Mikko Heiskanen
Lumon arena6,000Toni Kähkönen
KärpätOuluMikko MannerOulun Energia Areena6,614Atte Ohtamaa
LukkoRaumaPekka VirtaÄijänsuo Arena5,000Janne Niskala
PelicansLahtiVille NieminenIsku Areena5,371Hannes Björninen
SaiPaLappeenrantaTero LehteräKisapuisto4,820Ville Koho
SportVaasaAri-Pekka PajuluomaVaasa Arena4,164Erik Riska
TapparaTampereJukka RautakorpiTampereen jäähalli7,300Kristian Kuusela
TPSTurkuKalle KaskinenHK Arena11,820Lauri Korpikoski
ÄssätPoriMikael Kotkaniemi 9 Nov 2018[4]
Pasi Kaukoranta
Porin jäähalli6,350Tommi Taimi

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 Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Kärpät 60 41 6 2 11 207 101 +106 137 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Tappara 60 32 3 6 19 177 150 +27 108
3 Pelicans 60 30 3 8 19 199 154 +45 104
4 TPS 60 29 5 6 20 164 152 +12 103
5 HPK (C) 60 25 8 8 19 168 147 +21 99
6 HIFK 60 24 8 10 18 182 169 +13 98
7 Lukko 60 26 5 8 21 170 165 +5 96 Advance to Wild-card round
8 Ilves 60 23 8 6 23 169 170 1 91
9 SaiPa 60 21 10 5 24 156 162 6 88
10 JYP 60 17 12 7 24 145 155 10 82
11 Sport 60 17 11 8 24 182 205 23 81
12 KalPa 60 18 7 8 27 153 186 33 76
13 KooKoo 60 18 6 7 29 157 197 40 73
14 Jukurit 60 13 8 12 27 145 179 34 67
15 Ässät 60 9 7 6 38 117 199 82 47
Source: Liiga
(C) Champion

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.[5]

Playoffs

Bracket

Wild-card round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
1 Kärpät 4
8 Ilves 2 8 Ilves 0
9 SaiPa 1 1 Kärpät 4
6 HIFK 2
3 Pelicans 2 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
6 HIFK 4
1 Kärpät 3
5 HPK 4
2 Tappara 4
7 Lukko 2 7 Lukko 0
10 JYP 1 2 Tappara 2 Bronze medal game
5 HPK 4
4 TPS 1 2 Tappara 1
5 HPK 4 6 HIFK 0

Wild card round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

19 April 2019
18:30
Tappara3–2 OT1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,002
Game reference
Christian HeljankoGoaliesAtte EngrenReferees:
Jukka-Pekka Koistinen
Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Pasi Nieminen
Teemu Riikonen
Ojamäki (Järvinen, Záborský) – 21:091–0
Rauhala (Karjalainen, Kemiläinen) – 28:032–0
2–142:39 – Eronen (Salminen, Tyrväinen)
2–256:32 – Tyrväinen (Varakas)
Záborský (Malinen, Suhonen) PP1 – 75:113–2
6 minPenalties14 min
28Shots28

Finals

20 April 2019
17:00
Kärpät4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)
HPKOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,200
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesEmil LarmiReferees:
Antti Boman
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Henri Neva
Hannu Sormunen
0–107:18 – Turunen (Innala, Nikkilä) PP1
Hakanpää (Kupari) – 18:491–1
Krištof (Lasu, Kupari) – 49:422–1
Kukkonen (Leskinen, Lasu) EN – 57:473–1
Leskinen (Vehviläinen) EN – 58:214–1
8 minPenalties31 min
21Shots16
23 April 2019
18:30
HPK3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)
KärpätRitari-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 5,113
Game reference
Emil LarmiGoaliesVeini VehviläinenReferees:
Stefan Fonselius
Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Joona Elonen
Markus Hägerström
0–113:16 – Niemelä (Kupari, Hakanpää)
Tavi (Lucenius, Lindgren) PP1 – 29:131–1
Turunen (Paajanen, Puustinen) – 29:272–1
Tavi (Tuulola, Nenonen) PP1 – 41:573–1
8 minPenalties14 min
20Shots24
25 April 2019
18:30
Kärpät0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
HPKOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,926
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesEmil LarmiReferees:
Antti Boman
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Pasi Nieminen
Tommi Niittylä
0–101:14 – Nenonen (Leino, Innala)
0–233:14 – Riska (Kanninen)
0–359:04 – Tavi (Paajanen, Lindgren) EN
18 minPenalties20 min
19Shots17
27 April 2019
17:00
HPK2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–0)
KärpätRitari-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 5,360
Game reference
Emil LarmiGoaliesVeini VehviläinenReferees:
Antti Boman
Stefan Fonselius
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen
Teemu Riikonen
Puustinen (Paajanen) – 04:191–0
1–115:37 – Osala (Karvinen, Kivihalme) SH1
Turunen (Friman) – 20:462–1
2–223:01 – Lindsten (Koblížek, Lasu)
2–332:45 – Lindsten (Lasu, Koblížek)
2–458:19 – Leskinen (Kukkonen) EN
2 minPenalties6 min
28Shots27
29 April 2019
18:30
Kärpät2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
HPKOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,805
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesEmil LarmiReferees:
Stefan Fonselius
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Pasi Nieminen
Hannu Sormunen
Kivihalme (Koblížek, Hakanpää) – 02:481–0
Karvinen – 38:212–0
2 minPenalties0 min
18Shots29
2 May 2019
18:30
HPK1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
KärpätRitari-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 5,272
Game reference
Emil LarmiGoaliesVeini VehviläinenReferees:
Stefan Fonselius
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Joona Elonen
Lauri Nikulainen
Puustinen (Turunen) – 28:571–0
2 minPenalties2 min
18Shots27
4 May 2019
17:00
Kärpät1–2 OT1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
HPKOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,200
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesEmil LarmiReferees:
Stefan Fonselius
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Joona Elonen
Lauri Nikulainen
Lindsten (Heshka, Leskinen) PP1 – 07:411–0
1–134:16 – Laatikainen (Puustinen, Turunen)
1–275:24 – Nenonen (Lucenius, Laatikainen) PP1
8 minPenalties8 min
33Shots18

HPK wins the finals 4-3.

Final rankings

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

See also

References

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