2011–12 SM-liiga
LeagueSM-liiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2011 – April 2012
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)UrhoTV, Nelonen
Regular season
Best recordKalPa
  Runners-upPelicans
Season MVPTomáš Záborský
Top scorerRyan Lasch
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPJani Tuppurainen
Finals
ChampionsJYP
  Runners-upPelicans

The 2011–12 SM-liiga season was the 37th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by JYP Jyväskylä who defeated Pelicans Lahti in the finals. The title was 2nd in team history.

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
ÄssätPoriKarri KiviPorin jäähalli6,481Ville Uusitalo
BluesEspooLauri MarjamäkiBarona Areena6,798Toni Kähkönen
HIFKHelsinkiPetri MatikainenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Ville Peltonen
HPKHämeenlinnaTimo Lehkonen‡Patria-areena5,360Marko Tuulola
IlvesTampereSeppo Hiitelä‡Tampereen jäähalli7,600Martti Järventie
JokeritHelsinkiErkka WesterlundHartwall Areena13,506Ossi Väänänen
JYP JyväskyläJyrki AhoJyväskylän jäähalli4,618Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPaKuopioTuomas TuokkolaNiiralan monttu5,224Sami Kapanen
KärpätOuluHannu AravirtaOulun Energia Areena6,768Ilkka Mikkola
LukkoRaumaJuha Vuori‡Äijänsuo Arena5,400Otto Honkaheimo
PelicansLahtiKai SuikkanenIsku Areena5,530Arttu Luttinen
SaiPaLappeenrantaAri-Pekka SelinKisapuisto4,825Ville Koho
TapparaTampereRisto DufvaTampereen jäähalli7,600Pekka Saravo
TPSTurkuPekka VirtaTurkuhalli11,820Ville Vahalahti
  • Head coaches marked with ‡ took their jobs mid-season.

Regular season

ice hockey game between SaiPa and HIFK in February 21, 2012

Each team played four times against every other team (twice home and twice away), getting to 52 games. Additionally, the teams were divided to two groups, where teams would play one extra game. One group included Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans and SaiPa, while other had HPK, Ilves, Kärpät, Lukko, Tappara, TPS and Ässät.

Additionally, there were two games where teams could choose the opponents. These were played back-to-back in January and the choices were made in December, with team with lowest point total to that date was able to choose first. These pairs were: Ilves-Tappara, SaiPa-HPK, TPS-Lukko, Kärpät-Blues, JYP-HIFK, Jokerit-Pelicans and Ässät-KalPa.

Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The last-placed team Ilves will play best-of-seven series against Mestis winner Sport.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/− P
KalPa 60343716180139+41115
Pelicans 60309318213155+58111
HIFK 60336021194149+45111
JYP 60307419168122+46108
Ässät 60314520189150+39106
Jokerit 602481315183155+28101
Kärpät 60294423164148+1699
Blues 601891023148165−1782
Lukko 60217428162167−581
TPS 60216330134180−4678
SaiPa 601851324155176−2177
Tappara 60204531132188−5673
HPK 60156534132201−6962
Ilves 601081032140199−5956

Playoffs

Wild card round (best-of-three)

Kärpät-TPS 2–0

Kärpät-TPS 4–1
TPS-Kärpät 1–2

Blues-Lukko 2–1

Blues-Lukko 1–0 (OT)
Lukko-Blues 2–0
Blues-Lukko 6–3

Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

KalPa-Blues 3–4

KalPa-Blues 3–1
Blues-KalPa 0–1
KalPa-Blues 5–0
Blues-KalPa 3–1
KalPa-Blues 2–5
Blues-KalPa 4–3 (OT)
KalPa-Blues 1–4
  • Blues became first team in SM-liiga history to overcome 0–3 deficit to win the series.


Pelicans-Kärpät 4–3

Pelicans-Kärpät 5–0
Kärpät-Pelicans 4–3 (OT)
Pelicans-Kärpät 1–4
Kärpät-Pelicans 4–1
Pelicans-Kärpät 4–2
Kärpät-Pelicans 3–4 (OT)
Pelicans-Kärpät 3–2


HIFK-Jokerit 0–4

HIFK-Jokerit 1–3
Jokerit-HIFK 3–2 (OT)
HIFK-Jokerit 1–3
Jokerit-HIFK 2–0


JYP-Ässät 4–0

JYP-Ässät 4–1
Ässät-JYP 1–2
JYP-Ässät 4–3
Ässät-JYP 1–4

Semifinals (best-of-seven)


Pelicans-Blues 4–1

Pelicans-Blues 5–3
Blues-Pelicans 1–3
Pelicans-Blues 1–2 (OT)
Blues-Pelicans 4–6
Pelicans-Blues 2–1


JYP-Jokerit 4–1

JYP-Jokerit 2–1 (OT)
Jokerit-JYP 2–3
JYP-Jokerit 3–2 (2OT)
Jokerit-JYP 2–1
JYP-Jokerit 3–2 (OT)

Bronze-medal game

Jokerit-Blues 4–3 (2OT)

Finals (best-of-seven)

Pelicans-JYP 1–4

Pelicans-JYP 2–0
JYP-Pelicans 6–2
Pelicans-JYP 1–4
JYP-Pelicans 5–4 (OT)
Pelicans-JYP 1–2 (OT)

Relegation (best-of-seven)


Ilves-Sport 4–1

Ilves-Sport 6–1
Sport-Ilves 1–5
Ilves-Sport 0–2
Sport-Ilves 2–3 (OT)
Ilves-Sport 4–0
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