2018–19 Liiga season
2018–19 SM-liiga | |
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League | SM-liiga |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | September 2018 – April 2019 |
Number of teams | 15 |
TV partner(s) | Telia |
Regular season | |
Best record | Kärpät |
Runners-up | Tappara |
Season MVP | Oliwer Kaski (Pelicans) |
Top scorer | Malte Strömwall (KooKoo) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Otto Paajanen (HPK) |
Finals champions | HPK |
Runners-up | Kärpät |
The 2018–19 SM-liiga season was the 44th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.
Teams
[edit]Regular season
[edit]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 |
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1 | Kärpät | 60 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 207 | 101 | +106 | 137 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
2 | Tappara | 60 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 177 | 150 | +27 | 108 | |
3 | Pelicans | 60 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 199 | 154 | +45 | 104 | |
4 | TPS | 60 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 164 | 152 | +12 | 103 | |
5 | HPK (C) | 60 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 168 | 147 | +21 | 99 | |
6 | HIFK | 60 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 182 | 169 | +13 | 98 | |
7 | Lukko | 60 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 170 | 165 | +5 | 96 | Advance to Wild-card round |
8 | Ilves | 60 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 169 | 170 | −1 | 91 | |
9 | SaiPa | 60 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 156 | 162 | −6 | 88 | |
10 | JYP | 60 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 145 | 155 | −10 | 82 | |
11 | Sport | 60 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 182 | 205 | −23 | 81 | |
12 | KalPa | 60 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 153 | 186 | −33 | 76 | |
13 | KooKoo | 60 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 157 | 197 | −40 | 73 | |
14 | Jukurit | 60 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 145 | 179 | −34 | 67 | |
15 | Ässät | 60 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 117 | 199 | −82 | 47 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.[5]
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Wild-card round (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Kärpät | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ilves | 2 | 8 | Ilves | 0 | ||||||||||||||
9 | SaiPa | 1 | 1 | Kärpät | 4 | ||||||||||||||
6 | HIFK | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Pelicans | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
6 | HIFK | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Kärpät | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | HPK | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Tappara | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Lukko | 2 | 7 | Lukko | 0 | ||||||||||||||
10 | JYP | 1 | 2 | Tappara | 2 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||||
5 | HPK | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | TPS | 1 | 2 | Tappara | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5 | HPK | 4 | 6 | HIFK | 0 |
Wild card round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
[edit]19 April 2019 18:30 | Tappara | 3–2 OT1 (0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0) | HIFK | Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere Attendance: 5,002 |
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Christian Heljanko | Goalies | Atte Engren | Referees: Jukka-Pekka Koistinen Jari Levonen Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Teemu Riikonen | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 28 |
Finals
[edit]20 April 2019 17:00 | Kärpät | 4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0) | HPK | Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Attendance: 6,200 |
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Veini Vehviläinen | Goalies | Emil Larmi | Referees: Antti Boman Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Henri Neva Hannu Sormunen | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 31 min | |||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 16 |
23 April 2019 18:30 | HPK | 3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0) | Kärpät | Ritari-areena, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 5,113 |
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Emil Larmi | Goalies | Veini Vehviläinen | Referees: Stefan Fonselius Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Joona Elonen Markus Hägerström | |||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 24 |
25 April 2019 18:30 | Kärpät | 0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1) | HPK | Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Attendance: 5,926 |
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Veini Vehviläinen | Goalies | Emil Larmi | Referees: Antti Boman Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Tommi Niittylä | ||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||
19 | Shots | 17 |
27 April 2019 17:00 | HPK | 2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–0) | Kärpät | Ritari-areena, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 5,360 |
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Emil Larmi | Goalies | Veini Vehviläinen | Referees: Antti Boman Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Teemu Riikonen | |||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 27 |
29 April 2019 18:30 | Kärpät | 2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0) | HPK | Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Attendance: 5,805 |
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Veini Vehviläinen | Goalies | Emil Larmi | Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Hannu Sormunen | |||||
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2 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||||||
18 | Shots | 29 |
2 May 2019 18:30 | HPK | 1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0) | Kärpät | Ritari-areena, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 5,272 |
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Emil Larmi | Goalies | Veini Vehviläinen | Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Joona Elonen Lauri Nikulainen | ||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
18 | Shots | 27 |
4 May 2019 17:00 | Kärpät | 1–2 OT1 (1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | HPK | Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Attendance: 6,200 |
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Veini Vehviläinen | Goalies | Emil Larmi | Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Joona Elonen Lauri Nikulainen | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
33 | Shots | 18 |
HPK wins the finals 4-3.
Final rankings
[edit]HPK | |
Kärpät | |
Tappara | |
4 | HIFK |
5 | Pelicans |
6 | TPS |
7 | Lukko |
8 | Ilves |
9 | SaiPa |
10 | JYP |
11 | Sport |
12 | KalPa |
13 | KooKoo |
14 | Jukurit |
15 | Ässät |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ari-Pekka Selin ei jatka HIFK:n päävalmentajana – Jarno Pikkarainen ottaa valmennusvastuun | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ^ "JYPin päävalmentaja vaihtuu – Risto Dufva palaa Jyväskylään | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ^ "KooKoon päävalmentaja vaihtuu – Mikko Heiskanen ottaa valmennusvastuun | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ^ "Ässien päävalmentaja vaihtuu – tilalle takavuosien apuvalmentaja - SM-liiga - Ilta-Sanomat" (in Finnish). IS.fi. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ^ "Joukkuetilastot | Runkosarja 2018-2019 | Tilastot | Liiga". Liiga.fi. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
External links
[edit]- Official site (in Finnish)