2016–17 Liiga season

The 2016–17 Liiga season was the 42nd season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

2016–17 Liiga
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2016 – April 2017
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)Nelonen
Regular season
Best recordTappara
Runners-upTPS
Season MVPMika Pyörälä
Top scorerHenrik Haapala
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPJukka Peltola
Finals championsTappara
  Runners-upKalPa

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
HIFKHelsinkiAntti TörmänenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Arttu Luttinen
HPKHämeenlinnaAntti PennanenPatria-areena5,360Niko Kapanen
IlvesTampereKarri KiviTampereen jäähalli7,300Tapio Laakso
JukuritMikkeliRisto DufvaKalevankankaan jäähalli4,200Marko Kauppinen
JYP JyväskyläMarko VirtanenSynergia-areena4,437Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPaKuopioPekka VirtaNiiralan monttu5,064Jussi Timonen
KooKooKouvolaPetri MattilaLumon arena6,200Josh Green
KärpätOuluKai SuikkanenOulun Energia Areena6,768Lasse Kukkonen
LukkoRaumaJuha Vuori
21 Nov 2016[1]
Kari Heikkilä
Äijänsuo Arena5,400Janne Niskala
PelicansLahtiPetri MatikainenIsku Areena5,530Antti Erkinjuntti
SaiPaLappeenrantaAri SantanenKisapuisto4,820Ville Koho
SportVaasaTomek ValtonenVaasa Arena4,512Markus Kankaanperä
TapparaTampereJussi TapolaTampereen jäähalli7,300Jukka Peltola
TPSTurkuAri-Pekka SelinHK Arena11,820Tomi Kallio
ÄssätPoriJyrki AhoPorin jäähalli6,300Matti Kuparinen

Regular season

The top six teams advance directly to the quarter-finals, while teams placing 7th through 10th play in the wild-card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed league and there is no relegation.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Tappara 60 34 10 5 11 185 129 +56 127 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 TPS 60 30 8 8 14 167 123 +44 114
3 KalPa 60 28 9 10 13 168 140 +28 112
4 JYP 60 28 9 9 14 160 123 +37 111
5 HPK 60 23 12 5 20 153 136 +17 98
6 Pelicans 60 23 8 8 21 157 150 +7 93
7 Ässät 60 24 7 4 25 128 142 14 90 Advance to Wild-card round
8 Kärpät 60 22 9 6 23 147 136 +11 90
9 HIFK 60 22 8 5 25 138 140 2 87
10 Ilves 60 21 6 7 26 143 146 3 82
11 Jukurit 60 20 4 8 28 128 141 13 76
12 Lukko 60 17 6 8 29 151 177 26 71
13 KooKoo 60 15 7 11 27 137 173 36 70
14 Sport 60 16 5 11 28 128 169 41 69
15 SaiPa 60 14 5 8 33 116 181 65 60
Source: Liiga

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

Playoffs

Bracket

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

(7) Ässät vs. (10) Ilves

15 March 2017
18:30
Ässät3–2 1OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
IlvesIsomäki Areena, Pori
Attendance: 3,645
16 March 2017
18:30
Ilves6–1
(3–0, 0–0, 3–1)
ÄssätTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,319
18 March 2017
17:00
Ässät0–1 1OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
IlvesIsomäki Areena, Pori
Attendance: 5,457

Ilves wins the series 2-1.

(8) Kärpät vs. (9) HIFK

15 March 2017
18:30
Kärpät3–4 1OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
HIFKOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,024
16 March 2017
18:30
HIFK4–3 1OT
(0–1, 2–0, 1–2, 1–0)
KärpätHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,658

HIFK wins the series 2-0.

(1) Tappara vs. (10) Ilves

21 March 2017
18:30
Tappara3–6
(1–0, 2–5, 0–1)
IlvesTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
23 March 2017
18:30
Ilves1–2 1OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
TapparaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
25 March 2017
17:00
Tappara0–1 1OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
IlvesTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
27 March 2017
18:30
Ilves0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
TapparaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
29 March 2017
18:3029
Tappara2–4
(1–2, 0–0, 1–2)
IlvesTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
31 March 2017
18:30
Ilves1–2 3OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
TapparaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
1 April 2017
17:00
Tappara2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
IlvesTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300

Tappara wins the series 4-3.

(2) TPS vs. (9) HIFK

21 March 2017
18:30
TPS4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)
HIFKGatorade Center, Turku
Attendance: 6,611
23 March 2017
18:30
HIFK3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
TPSHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,387
25 March 2017
17:00
TPS4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
HIFKGatorade Center, Turku
Attendance: 11,011
27 March 2017
18:30
HIFK3–2 2OT
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
TPSHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,067
29 March 2017
18:3029
TPS2–5
(2–0, 0–2, 0–3)
HIFKGatorade Center, Turku
Attendance: 8,149
31 March 2017
18:30
HIFK3–2 1OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
TPSHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200

HIFK wins the series 4-2.

(3) KalPa vs. (6) Pelicans

22 March 2017
18:30
KalPa2–1 2OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
PelicansNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 3,817
24 March 2017
18:30
Pelicans2–3 1OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
KalPaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,743
25 March 2017
17:00
KalPa1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
PelicansNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 4,767
27 March 2017
18:30
Pelicans2–5
(0–1, 1–3, 1–1)
KalPaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,057
29 March 2017
18:3029
KalPa6–0
(3–0, 3–0, 0–0)
PelicansNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 4,171

KalPa wins the series 4-1.

(4) JYP vs. (5) HPK

22 March 2017
18:30
JYP3–2 1OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
HPKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,282
24 March 2017
18:30
HPK2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
JYPRitarihalli, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 4,415
25 March 2017
17:00
JYP2–3 2OT
(2–1, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
HPKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,185
27 March 2017
18:30
HPK1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
JYPRitarihalli, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 4,071
29 March 2017
18:3029
JYP3–2 1OT
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 1–0)
HPKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,392
31 March 2017
18:30
HPK5–2
(1–0, 3–1, 1–1)
JYPRitarihalli, Hämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,781
1 April 2017
17:00
JYP3–2
(2–0, 1–0, 0–2)
HPKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,437

JYP wins the series 4-3.

(1) Tappara vs. (9) HIFK

4 April 2017
18:30
Tappara2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 4,897
6 April 2017
18:30
HIFK2–5
(0–1, 0–3, 2–1)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,559
8 April 2017
17:00
Tappara2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
10 April 2017
18:30
HIFK0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
12 April 2017
18:30
Tappara4–3
(1–1, 0–1, 3–1)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,866

Tappara wins the series 4-1.

(3) KalPa vs. (4) JYP

5 April 2017
18:30
KalPa2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
JYPNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 4,438
7 April 2017
18:30
JYP0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)
KalPaSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,437
8 April 2017
17:00
KalPa0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
JYPNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 5,064
10 April 2017
18:30
JYP2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
KalPaSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,102
12 April 2017
18:30
KalPa2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
JYPNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 4,150
13 April 2017
18:30
JYP4–2
(1–0, 2–2, 1–0)
KalPaSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,861
15 April 2017
17:00
KalPa5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)
JYPNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 5,064

KalPa wins the series 4–3.

Bronze medal game

21 April 2017
18:30
JYP6–5 1OT
(2–2, 2–1, 1–2, 1–0)
HIFKSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,916

Finals (best-of-seven)

18 April 2017
18:30
Tappara2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)
KalPaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,162
20 April 2017
18:30
KalPa3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
TapparaNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 5,064
22 April 2017
17:00
Tappara2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
KalPaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
24 April 2017
18:30
KalPa2–5
(0–1, 2–3, 0–1)
TapparaNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 5,064
25 April 2017
18:30
Tappara2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
KalPaTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
27 April 2017
18:30
KalPa1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)
TapparaNiiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 5,064

Tappara wins the finals 4–2.

Final rankings

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

References

  1. "Kari Heikkilä on Lukon uusi päävalmentaja". Liiga.fi. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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