2022–23 Liiga season
Ice hockey season
Sports season
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
Location of teams in
2022–23 SM-liiga
Team
City
Head coach
Arena
Capacity
Captain
HIFK
Helsinki
Ville Peltonen
Helsingin jäähalli
8,200
Teemu Tallberg
HPK
Hämeenlinna
Jarno Pikkarainen
Pohjantähti Areena
5,360
Juuso Hietanen
Ilves
Tampere
Jouko Myrrä 5 Oct 2022 [ 1] Antti Pennanen
Nokia Arena
13,000
Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit
Mikkeli
Olli Jokinen
Ikioma Areena
4,200
Juhamatti Aaltonen
JYP
Jyväskylä
Jukka Rautakorpi
LähiTapiola Areena
4,437
Robert Rooba
KalPa
Kuopio
Tommi Miettinen
Olvi Areena
5,300
Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo
Kouvola
Olli Salo
Lumon Areena
5,950
Heikki Liedes
Kärpät
Oulu
Lauri Marjamäki
Oulun Energia Areena
6,400
Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko
Rauma
Marko Virtanen
Kivikylän Areena
4,700
Anrei Hakulinen
Pelicans
Lahti
Tommi Niemelä
Isku Areena
5,371
Miika Roine
SaiPa
Lappeenranta
Pekka Virta 14 Oct 2022 [ 2] Ville Hämäläinen
Lappeenrannan jäähalli
4,820
Jarno Koskiranta
Sport
Vaasa
Risto Dufva
Vaasan Sähkö Areena
5,185
Sebastian Stålberg
Tappara
Tampere
Jussi Tapola
Nokia Arena
13,000
Otto Rauhala
TPS
Turku
Jussi Ahokas
Gatorade Center
11,820
Juhani Jasu
Ässät
Pori
Karri Kivi
West Areena
6,150
Jesse Joensuu
Regular season
Ässät celebrating a regular season victory against Jukurit on 15 October 2022
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Final Result
1
Tappara
60
33
6
5
16
187
140
+47
116
Advance to Quarterfinals
2
Ilves
60
32
7
4
17
185
126
+59
114
3
Lukko
60
28
8
5
19
155
122
+33
105
4
Pelicans
60
30
4
5
21
166
136
+30
103
5
KalPa
60
28
5
8
19
169
145
+24
102
6
HIFK
60
24
8
9
19
155
150
+5
97
7
Kärpät
60
24
7
10
19
158
143
+15
96
Advance to Wild-card round
8
Ässät
60
25
5
6
24
129
150
−21
91
9
TPS
60
21
10
8
21
141
140
+1
91
10
KooKoo
60
19
11
5
25
155
167
−12
84
11
Jukurit
60
24
5
1
30
155
165
−10
83
12
HPK
60
17
9
14
20
153
162
−9
83
13
JYP
60
17
9
5
29
159
172
−13
74
14
Sport
60
16
3
9
32
126
177
−51
63
15
SaiPa
60
8
7
10
35
124
222
−98
48
[ 3]
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points.
Playoffs
Bracket
Wild-card round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Finals
Tappara wins the finals 4-1.
Final rankings
See also
References
Seasons Current teams (2024–25) Former teams Trophies and awards Other