2015–16 Liiga season

The 2015–16 Liiga season was the 41st season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

2015–16 Liiga
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2015 – April 2016
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)UrhoTV, Nelonen
Regular season
Best recordHIFK
Runners-upOulun Kärpät
Season MVPKristian Kuusela
Top scorerKristian Kuusela
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPPatrik Laine
Finals championsTappara
  Runners-upHIFK

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
BluesEspooJyrki AhoBarona Areena7,017Jari Sailio
HIFKHelsinkiAntti TörmänenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Arttu Luttinen
HPKHämeenlinnaPasi ArvonenPatria-areena5,360Riku Hahl
IlvesTampereTuomas ToukkolaTampereen jäähalli7,300Sami Sandell
JYP JyväskyläMarko VirtanenSynergia-areena4,437Tuomas Pihlman
KalPaKuopioPekka VirtaNiiralan monttu5,064Mikko Jokela
KooKooKouvolaPetri MattilaLumon arena6,000Ari Vallin
KärpätOuluLauri MarjamäkiOulun Energia Areena6,780Lasse Kukkonen
LukkoRaumaRisto DufvaÄijänsuo Arena5,400Ilkka Mikkola
PelicansLahtiPetri MatikainenIsku Areena5,530Antti Erkinjuntti
SaiPaLappeenrantaPekka TirkkonenKisapuisto4,820Ville Koho
SportVaasaTomek ValtonenVaasa Arena4,512Mikko Pukka
TapparaTampereJussi TapolaTampereen jäähalli7,300Jukka Peltola
TPSTurkuAri-Pekka SelinHK Arena11,820Tomi Kallio
ÄssätPoriPekka RautakallioPorin jäähalli6,097Juha Kiilholma[1]

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.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 HIFK 60 37 6 4 13 186 131 +55 127 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Kärpät 60 33 6 8 13 178 126 +52 119
3 Tappara 60 26 12 8 14 177 136 +41 110
4 JYP 60 29 7 5 19 156 139 +17 106
5 SaiPa 60 27 5 8 20 178 146 +32 99
6 Lukko 60 24 9 4 23 154 132 +22 94
7 TPS 60 23 6 9 22 150 152 2 90 Advance to Wild-card round
8 KalPa 60 21 10 7 22 129 127 +2 90
9 Pelicans 60 24 4 7 25 145 171 26 87
10 Sport 60 20 7 9 24 153 156 3 83
11 KooKoo 60 16 10 10 24 129 159 30 78
12 Ässät 60 20 5 7 28 143 162 19 77
13 HPK 60 18 5 4 33 125 168 43 68
14 Ilves 60 16 5 5 34 124 163 39 63
15 Blues 60 13 6 8 33 108 168 60 59
Source: Liiga

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

Playoffs

Bracket

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

(7) TPS vs. (10) Sport

12 March 2016
17:00
TPS4–2
(2–2, 1–0, 1–0)
SportHK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 4,461
13 March 2016
17:00
Sport2–5
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)
TPSVaasa Arena, Vaasa
Attendance: 4,093

TPS wins the series 2-0.

(8) KalPa vs. (9) Pelicans

12 March 2016
17:00
KalPa3–2 1OT
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1, 1–0)
PelicansNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 3,021
13 March 2016
17:00
Pelicans4–1
(2–0, 0–0, 2–1)
KalPaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 2,854
15 March 2016
18:30
KalPa1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
PelicansNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 3,010

Pelicans wins the series 2-1.

(1) HIFK vs. (9) Pelicans

18 March 2016
18:30
HIFK5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)
PelicansHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,512
19 March 2016
17:00
Pelicans0–3
(0–2, 0–1, 0–0)
HIFKIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,707
22 March 2016
18:30
HIFK2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)
PelicansHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,281
24 March 2016
18:30
Pelicans3–2 1OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
HIFKIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,513
26 March 2016
17:00
HIFK2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
PelicansHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,574
28 March 2016
17:00
Pelicans1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
HIFKIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 5,121

HIFK wins the series 4-2.

(2) Kärpät vs. (7) TPS

18 March 2016
18:30
Kärpät1–2 1OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
TPSOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,810
19 March 2016
17:00
TPS1–6
(0–3, 0–1, 1–2)
KärpätHK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 8,726
22 March 2016
18:30
Kärpät3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
TPSOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,070
24 March 2016
18:30
TPS2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
KärpätHK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 7,531
26 March 2016
17:00
Kärpät5–2
(0–0, 2–2, 3–0)
TPSOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
28 March 2016
17:00
TPS2–3 1OT
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
KärpätHK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 9,009

Kärpät wins the series 4-2.

(3) Tappara vs. (6) Lukko

18 March 2016
18:30
Tappara3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
LukkoTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,276
19 March 2016
17:00
Lukko5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,323
22 March 2016
18:30
Tappara1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
LukkoTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,389
24 March 2016
18:30
Lukko1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,475
26 March 2016
17:00
Tappara5–3
(0–1, 1–2, 4–0)
LukkoTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300

Tappara wins the series 4-1.

(4) JYP vs. (5) SaiPa

18 March 2016
18:30
JYP4–1
(3–0, 1–0, 0–1)
SaiPaSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,531
19 March 2016
17:00
SaiPa2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)
JYPKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,480
22 March 2016
18:30
JYP1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
SaiPaSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,436
24 March 2016
18:30
SaiPa1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
JYPKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,680
26 March 2016
17:00
JYP2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)
SaiPaSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,437
28 March 2016
17:00
SaiPa1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
JYPKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,244

JYP wins the series 4-2.

(1) HIFK vs. (4) JYP

1 April 2016
18:30
HIFK4–2
(1–2, 2–0, 1–0)
JYPHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,007
2 April 2016
17:00
JYP5–2
(3–0, 2–2, 0–0)
HIFKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,324
4 April 2016
18:30
HIFK7–1
(1–0, 6–1, 0–0)
JYPHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,518
6 April 2016
18:30
JYP3–2
(3–1, 0–1, 0–0)
HIFKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,833
8 April 2016
18:30
HIFK5–3
(3–0, 1–1, 1–2)
JYPHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
11 April 2016
18:30
JYP0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
HIFKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,793

HIFK wins the series 4-2.

(2) Kärpät vs. (3) Tappara

1 April 2016
18:30
Kärpät1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,011
2 April 2016
17:00
Tappara4–1
(1–0, 0–1, 3–0)
KärpätTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,044
5 April 2016
18:30
Kärpät4–1
(0–0, 3–1, 1–0)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,007
7 April 2016
18:30
Tappara2–3 2OT
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
KärpätTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,124
9 April 2016
17:00
Kärpät3–4 1OT
(0–1, 1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
11 April 2016
18:30
Tappara2–3 1OT
(0–0, 0–2, 2–0, 0–1)
KärpätTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
12 April 2016
18:30
Kärpät0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614

Tappara wins the series 4-3.

Bronze medal game

15 April 2015
18:30
Kärpät3–2
(0–1, 0–1, 3–0)
JYPOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,112

Finals (best-of-seven)

15 April 2016
18:30
HIFK4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
16 April 2016
17:00
Tappara2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
19 April 2016
18:30
HIFK6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
22 April 2016
18:30
Tappara3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
23 April 2016
17:00
HIFK1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
26 April 2016
18:30
Tappara2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300

Tappara wins the finals 4–2.

Final rankings

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

References

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