2022–23 SM-liiga
LeagueSM-liiga
SportIce hockey
Defending championsTappara (2021–22)
DurationSeptember 2022 – April 2023
Number of games60
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)Telia
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Regular season
Best recordTappara
  Runners-upIlves
Season MVPMichael Joly (HPK)
Top scorerMichael Joly (HPK)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPVeli-Matti Savinainen (Tappara)
Finals championsTappara
  Runners-upPelicans

The 2022–23 SM-liiga season was the 48th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
HIFKHelsinkiVille PeltonenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Teemu Tallberg
HPKHämeenlinnaJarno PikkarainenPohjantähti Areena5,360Juuso Hietanen
IlvesTampereJouko Myrrä 5 Oct 2022[1]
Antti Pennanen
Nokia Arena13,000Eemeli Suomi
JukuritMikkeliOlli JokinenIkioma Areena4,200Juhamatti Aaltonen
JYP JyväskyläJukka RautakorpiLähiTapiola Areena4,437Robert Rooba
KalPaKuopioTommi MiettinenOlvi Areena5,300Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKooKouvolaOlli SaloLumon Areena5,950Heikki Liedes
KärpätOuluLauri MarjamäkiOulun Energia Areena6,400Atte Ohtamaa
LukkoRaumaMarko VirtanenKivikylän Areena4,700Anrei Hakulinen
PelicansLahtiTommi NiemeläIsku Areena5,371Miika Roine
SaiPaLappeenrantaPekka Virta 14 Oct 2022[2]
Ville Hämäläinen
Lappeenrannan jäähalli4,820Jarno Koskiranta
SportVaasaRisto DufvaVaasan Sähkö Areena5,185Sebastian Stålberg
TapparaTampereJussi TapolaNokia Arena13,000Otto Rauhala
TPSTurkuJussi AhokasGatorade Center11,820Juhani Jasu
ÄssätPoriKarri KiviWest Areena6,150Jesse Joensuu

Regular season

Ässät celebrating a regular season victory against Jukurit on 15 October 2022

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
1 Tappara 60 33 6 5 16 187 140 +47 116 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Ilves 60 32 7 4 17 185 126 +59 114
3 Lukko 60 28 8 5 19 155 122 +33 105
4 Pelicans 60 30 4 5 21 166 136 +30 103
5 KalPa 60 28 5 8 19 169 145 +24 102
6 HIFK 60 24 8 9 19 155 150 +5 97
7 Kärpät 60 24 7 10 19 158 143 +15 96 Advance to Wild-card round
8 Ässät 60 25 5 6 24 129 150 21 91
9 TPS 60 21 10 8 21 141 140 +1 91
10 KooKoo 60 19 11 5 25 155 167 12 84
11 Jukurit 60 24 5 1 30 155 165 10 83
12 HPK 60 17 9 14 20 153 162 9 83
13 JYP 60 17 9 5 29 159 172 13 74
14 Sport 60 16 3 9 32 126 177 51 63
15 SaiPa 60 8 7 10 35 124 222 98 48
Source: Liiga

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Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Michael Joly HPK 60 25 39 64 +9 18
Jori Lehterä Tappara 57 11 46 57 +5 45
Jerry Turkulainen JYP 60 12 42 54 –3 20
Petri Kontiola Ilves 58 12 39 51 0 40
Jaakko Rissanen KalPa 57 16 34 50 +17 26
Henrik Haapala Ilves 47 15 32 47 +9 20
Les Lancaster Ilves 60 13 34 47 +20 22
Joona Ikonen Ilves 54 23 22 45 +9 16
Veli-Matti Savinainen Tappara 54 17 27 44 +6 30
Thomas Gregoire Lukko 57 13 31 44 +23 41

Playoffs

Bracket

Wild-card round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
1 Tappara 4
7 Kärpät 1 10 KooKoo 0
10 KooKoo 2 1 Tappara 4
6 HIFK 1
2 Ilves 4 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
8 Ässät 1
1 Tappara 4
4 Pelicans 1
3 Lukko 2
8 Ässät 2 6 HIFK 4
9 TPS 1 2 Ilves 2 Bronze medal game
4 Pelicans 4
4 Pelicans 4 2 Ilves 1
5 KalPa 3 6 HIFK 0

Wild-card round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

20 April 2023
18:30
Ilves3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
HIFKNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,044
Game reference
Marek LanghamerGoaliesRoope TaponenReferees:
Jukka-Pekka Koistinen
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Jussi Thomann
Juho-Pekka Inkinen
0–106:05 – Pakarinen (Jääskä, Luhanka)
Mäntykivi (Tikka) – 12:071–1
Tikka (Mäntykivi, Nyman) – 26:392–1
2–241:26 – Teissala (Melart, Rantakari)
Virtanen (Koskiranta) – 48:233–2
14 minPenalties10 min
24Shots25

Finals

19 April 2023
18:30
Tappara5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)
PelicansNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,904
Game reference
Christian HeljankoGoaliesPatrik Bartošák
Jasper Patrikainen
Referees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Lassi Heikkinen
Linesmen:
Hannu Sormunen
Onni Hautamäki
Tanus (Savinainen, Seppälä) – 07:291–0
1–121:46 – Vilén (Killinen, Kangasniemi)
Savinainen (Kemiläinen) (PP) – 36:552–1
Vittasmäki (Levtchi, Tuulola) – 39:143–1
M. Davidsson (Jürgens, Ojamäki) – 39:454–1
Rauhala (Puhakka, Merelä) – 40:555–1
4 minPenalties6 min
24Shots19
21 April 2023
18:30
Pelicans0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
TapparaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
Game reference
Patrik BartošákGoaliesChristian HeljankoReferees:
Antti Boman
Joonas Kova
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittylä
Joni Pekkala
0–101:04 – Rauhala (Matushkin, Seppälä)
0–259:04 – Merelä (Lehterä, Savinainen) (EN)
2 minPenalties31 min
47Shots48
22 April 2023
17:00
Tappara1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)
PelicansNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,354
Game reference
Christian HeljankoGoaliesPatrik BartošákReferees:
Joonas Kova
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Hannu Sormunen
Onni Hautamäki
0–119:36 – Utunen (Kangasniemi, Ikonen)
0–233:08 – Hirvonen (Jämsen, Utunen)
Savinainen (Tanus) – 47:221–2
1–358:24 – Kangasniemi (Killinen)
1–459:27 – Jasek (Bryggman) (EN)
10 minPenalties6 min
51Shots37
25 April 2023
18:30
Pelicans1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)
TapparaIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,403
Game reference
Patrik BartošákGoaliesChristian HeljankoReferees:
Antti Boman
Jukka-Pekka Koistinen
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittylä
Joni Pekkala
0–105:04 – Thomas (Tuulola, Granath)
Kelleher (Vilén, Mylläri) – 58:431–1
1–229:29 – Savinainen (Lehterä, Ojamäki) (PP)
1–344:29 – Merelä (Puhakka, Matushkin)
4 minPenalties6 min
39Shots43
27 April 2023
18:30
Tappara5–4 OT1
(3–2, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
PelicansNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,700
Game reference
Christian HeljankoGoaliesPatrik Bartošák
Jasper Patrikainen
Referees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Lassi Heikkinen
Linesmen:
Hannu Sormunen
Onni Hautamäki
Levtchi (Merelä, Matushkin) – 01:111–0
Tanus (Lehterä, Matushkin) – 07:032–0
Jurgens (Merelä, Levtchi) – 07:293–0
3–112:04 – Vilen (Ikonen, Vilen) (PP1)
3–214:41 – Blood (Vilen)
3–339:01 – Kangasniemi (Roine, Jašek) (PP1)
3–444:14 – Jämsen (Hirvonen, Vilen)
Savinainen (Kemiläinen, Merelä) – 59:594–4
Davidsson (Jurgens, Puhakka) – 68:575–4
8 minPenalties10 min
43Shots21

Tappara wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings

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

See also

References

  1. "Ilves vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Antti Pennanen vetovastuuseen välittömästi" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  2. "SaiPa vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Ville Hämäläinen korvaa Pekka Virran" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  3. "Joukkuetilastot | Runkosarja 2022-2023 | Tilastot | Liiga". Liiga.fi. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
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