2013–14 Liiga season

The 2013–14 Liiga season is the 39th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by Kärpät who defeated Tappara in the finals.

2013–14 Liiga
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2013 – April 2014
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Nelonen
Regular season
Best recordKärpät
Runners-upTappara
Season MVPMichael Keränen
Top scorerVille Vahalahti
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPJuhamatti Aaltonen
Finals
ChampionsKärpät
  Runners-upTappara

This was the first season in which the league was officially known as "Liiga", having dropped the "SM" prefix. It was also the last season in the Liiga for Jokerit, which joined the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League after the season.

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
ÄssätPoriPekka VirtaPorin jäähalli6,466Ville Uusitalo
BluesEspooJyrki AhoBarona Areena7,017Kim Hirschovits
HIFKHelsinkiRaimo Summanen28.2.2014
Harri Rindell
Helsingin jäähalli8,200Ville Peltonen
HPKHämeenlinnaKai Rautio 14.10.2013
Pasi Arvonen
Patria-areena5,360Ville Viitaluoma
IlvesTampereTuomas ToukkolaTampereen jäähalli7,600Masi Marjamäki
JokeritHelsinkiTomi Lämsä 1.3.2014
Tomek Valtonen
Hartwall Areena13,506Ossi Väänänen
JYP JyväskyläMarko VirtanenJyväskylän jäähalli4,500Eric Perrin
KalPaKuopioJari Laukkanen 27.2.2014
Anssi Laine
Kuopion jäähalli5,064Jussi Timonen
KärpätOuluLauri MarjamäkiOulun Energia Areena6,614Lasse Kukkonen
LukkoRaumaRisto DufvaÄijänsuo Arena5,400Otto Honkaheimo
PelicansLahtiHannu AravirtaIsku Areena5,530Tommi Paakkolanvaara
SaiPaLappeenrantaPekka TirkkonenKisapuisto4,825Ville Koho
TapparaTampereJukka RautakorpiTampereen jäähalli7,600Ville Nieminen
TPSTurkuKai SuikkanenTurkuhalli11,820Tapio Laakso

Regular season

Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/− P
Kärpät 6036879190106+84131
Tappara 60318714168128+40116
Lukko 60304323153138+15101
SaiPa 60269421160134+26100
JYP 60267621154149+598
Blues 60283326137146-993
Jokerit 60255822156145+1193
Pelicans 60256524156156092
HIFK 60254526147145+288
HPK 60229326140136+487
Ilves 60243627143146-384
Ässät 60167532134177-4367
TPS 601261131135197-6259
KalPa 60123936101172-7151

Playoffs

Bracket

  Wild-card round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
                                     
  7 Jokerit 0  
  10 HPK 2     1 Kärpät 4  
        10 HPK 0    
      1 Kärpät 4  
      4 SaiPa 1  
        2 Tappara 4    
        8 Pelicans 2  
    1 Kärpät 4
  2 Tappara 3
    3 Lukko 4  
    6 Blues 3    
      2 Tappara 4
      3 Lukko 3   Bronze medal game
    4 SaiPa 4    
  8 Pelicans 2     5 JYP 3   3 Lukko 1
9 HIFK 0     4 SaiPa 0

(7) Jokerit vs. (10) HPK

15 March 2014
17:00
Jokerit1–5
(0–1, 1–3, 0–1)
HPKHartwall Areena
Attendance: 5,641
16 March 2014
17:00
HPK3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
JokeritPatria-areena
Attendance: 5,236

HPK wins the series 2-0.

(8) Pelicans vs. (9) HIFK

15 March 2014
17:00
Pelicans1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
HIFKIsku Areena
Attendance: 4,172
16 March 2014
17:00
HIFK1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
PelicansHelsingin jäähalli
Attendance: 5,621

Pelicans wins the series 2-0

(1) Kärpät vs. (10) HPK

21 March 2014
18:30
Kärpät3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)
HPKOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,409
22 March 2014
17:00
HPK0–1
(0–0,0–1,0–0)
KärpätPatria-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 4,904
24 March 2014
18:30
Kärpät3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
HPKOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,028
26 March 2014
18:30
HPK0–4
(0–2,0–1,0–1)
KärpätPatria-areena, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,959

Kärpät wins the series 4-0

(2) Tappara vs. (8) Pelicans

21 March 2014
18:30
Tappara3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
PelicansTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 5,150
22 March 2014
17:00
Pelicans2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
TapparaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,602
24 March 2014
18:30
Tappara3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)
PelicansTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 5,313
26 March 2014
18:30
Pelicans2–3
(1–0,0–2,1–1)
TapparaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,304
28 March 2014
18:30
Tappara2–3
(0–1,1–1,1–1)
PelicansTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 5,029
29 March 2014
17:00
Pelicans1–2 OT
(0–1,0–0,1–0,0–1)
TapparaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,078

Tappara wins the series 4-2

(3) Lukko vs (6) Blues

21 March 2014
18:30
Lukko3–4 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
BluesÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,023
22 March 2014
17:00
Blues2–3
(2–1, 0–0, 0–2)
LukkoBarona Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 5,835
24 March 2014
18:30
Lukko3–5
(1–2, 0–2, 2–1)
BluesÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 3,604
26 March 2014
18:30
Blues4–5 OT
(0–1,3–2,1–1,0–1)
LukkoBarona Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 5,281
28 March 2014
18:30
Lukko2–1
(0–0,2–0,0–1)
BluesÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,275
29 March 2014
17:00
Blues2–1 OT
(1–0,0–1,0–0,1–0)
LukkoBarona Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 4,768
31 March 2014
18:30
Lukko3–1
(1–1,1–0,1–0)
BluesÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,003

Lukko wins the series 4–3.

(4) SaiPa vs. (5) JYP

21 March 2014
18:30
SaiPa2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
JYPKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,825
22 March 2014
17:00
JYP3–4 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
SaiPaJyväskylän jäähalli, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,944
24 March 2014
18:30
SaiPa3–2
(2–0, 1–0, 0–2)
JYPKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,825
26 March 2014
18:30
JYP2–1
(2–1,0–0,0–0)
SaiPaJyväskylän jäähalli, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,750
28 March 2014
18:30
SaiPa1–2
(1–0,0–0,1–1)
JYPKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,825
29 March 2014
17:00
JYP5–2
(3–1, 2–0, 0–1)
SaiPaJyväskylän jäähalli, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,918
31 March 2014
18:30
SaiPa6–4
(1–1,3–2,2–1)
JYPKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,825

SaiPa wins the series 4–3.

(1) Kärpät vs. (4) SaiPa

2 April 2014
18:30
Kärpät6–2
(3–2,1–0,2–0)
SaiPaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,407
4 April 2014
18:30
SaiPa1–3
(0–2,0–1,1–0)
KärpätKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,825
5 April 2014
17:00
Kärpät0–1 OT
(0–0,0–0,0–0,0–1)
SaiPaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
7 April 2014
18:30
SaiPa2–3
(1–0,1–1,0–2)
KärpätKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,825
9 April 2014
18:30
Kärpät2–1 OT
(1–1,0–0,0–0,1–0)
SaiPaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,000

Kärpät wins the series 4–1.

(2) Tappara vs. (3) Lukko

2 April 2014
18:30
Tappara5–2
(2–0 ,1–0 ,2–2)
LukkoTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 4,078
4 April 2014
18:30
Lukko2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,118
5 April 2014
17:00
Tappara0–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0 ,0–1)
LukkoTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 7,600
7 April 2014
18:30
Lukko2–3 OT
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,003
9 April 2014
18:30
Tappara1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
LukkoTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 5,642
11 April 2014
18:30
Lukko4–2
(2–1, 1–1, 1–0)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,066
12 April 2014
17:00
Tappara2–1
(1–1,0–0,1–0)
LukkoTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 6,013

Tappara wins the series 4–3.

Bronze medal game

14 April 2014
18:30
Lukko3–2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0)
SaiPaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,019

Finals (best-of-seven)

15 April 2014
18:30
Kärpät2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,209
17 April 2014
18:30
Tappara4–3
(2–0, 1–0, 1–3)
KärpätTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 7,600
19 April 2014
17:00
Kärpät2–3
(1–1,0–1,1–1)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
21 April 2014
18:30
Tappara3–2 OT
(0–1,2–0,0–1,1–0)
KärpätTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 7,600
23 April 2014
18:30
Kärpät2–1
(0–0,1–1,1–0)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
25 April 2014
18:30
Tappara2–3
(0–2,0–0,2–1)
KärpätTampereen jäähalli, Tampere
Attendance: 7,600
26 April 2014
17:00
Kärpät1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614

Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.

Final rankings

Kärpät
Tappara
Lukko
4SaiPa
5JYP
6Blues
7Pelicans
8HPK
9Jokerit
10HIFK
11Ilves
12Ässät
13TPS
14KalPa
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