2023–24 SM-liiga season

The 2023–24 SM-liiga season is the 49th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since its formation in 1975.

2023–24 SM-liiga
LeagueSM-liiga
SportIce hockey
Defending championsTappara (2022–23)
DurationSeptember 2023 – April 2024
Number of games60
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)Telia
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Regular season
Season championsTBD
  Runners-upTBD
Season MVPTBD
Top scorerTBD
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPTBD
Finals championsTBD
  Runners-upTBD

Teams
Location of teams in 2023–24 SM-liiga
Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
HIFK Helsinki Ville Peltonen Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 Ilari Melart
HPK Hämeenlinna Maso Lehtonen Pohjantähti Areena 5,360 Juuso Hietanen
Ilves Tampere Antti Pennanen Nokia Arena 12,700 Niklas Friman
Jukurit Mikkeli Olli Jokinen Ikioma Areena 4,200 Pekka Jormakka
JYP Jyväskylä Jukka Rautakorpi LähiTapiola Areena 4,437 Robert Rooba
KalPa Kuopio Petri Karjalainen Olvi Areena 5,300 Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo Kouvola Olli Salo Lumon Areena 5,950 Otto Paajanen
Kärpät Oulu Lauri Marjamäki Oulun Energia Areena 6,300 Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko Rauma Tomi Lämsä Kivikylän Areena 4,500 Julius Mattila
Pelicans Lahti Tommi Niemelä Isku Areena 4,403 Miika Roine
SaiPa Lappeenranta Ville Hämäläinen Lappeenrannan jäähalli 4,820 Miska Siikonen
Sport Vaasa Risto Dufva Vaasan Sähkö Areena 5,185 Sebastian Stålberg
Tappara Tampere Rikard Grönborg Nokia Arena 12,700 Otto Rauhala
TPS Turku Tommi Miettinen Gatorade Center 10,500 Juhani Jasu
Ässät Pori Jere Härkälä Enersense Areena 6,150 Jesse Joensuu

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Tappara 15 10 3 0 2 57 34 +23 36 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Ilves 16 8 1 3 4 49 41 +8 29
3 Ässät 15 7 3 2 3 45 32 +13 29
4 HIFK 15 6 4 3 2 46 33 +13 29
5 Lukko 17 7 1 1 8 41 45 −4 24
6 TPS 17 3 7 0 7 39 42 −3 23
7 Sport 15 6 1 2 6 42 37 +5 22 Advance to Wild-card round
8 Kärpät 14 6 1 2 5 36 37 −1 22
9 KooKoo 17 5 2 2 8 43 53 −10 21
10 Pelicans 16 5 1 3 7 41 49 −8 20
11 Jukurit 14 5 0 4 5 39 36 +3 19
12 HPK 16 5 1 2 8 35 46 −11 19
13 JYP 13 4 3 1 5 36 36 0 19
14 KalPa 14 4 2 2 6 35 44 −9 18
15 SaiPa 14 2 1 4 7 31 50 −19 12
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source:

[1]

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players leading the league in points.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Finland Jerry Turkulainen JYP 13 7 13 20 +3 6
Finland Anton Levtchi Tappara 15 6 14 20 +2 2
Finland Sami Niku JYP 13 6 12 18 +4 8
Finland Sebastian Repo Lukko 17 10 7 17 +1 8
Finland Kristian Vesalainen HIFK 15 8 9 17 +9 4
Finland Oula Palve Ilves 16 4 11 15 +4 8
United States Ryan Lasch Pelicans 15 0 15 15 -3 8
Finland Matias Mäntykivi Ilves 16 7 7 14 +10 6
Canada Reid Gardiner JYP 13 4 10 14 0 4
United States Carter Camper Tappara 15 3 11 14 +8 2


References
  1. "Joukkuetilastot | Runkosarja 2022-2023 | Tilastot | Liiga". Liiga.fi. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  2. "Player stats". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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