2021–22 Liiga season

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2021–22 Liiga
League Liiga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2021 – April 2022
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) Telia
C More
Regular season
Best record Tappara
Runners-up Jukurit
Season MVP Petrus Palmu (Jukurit)
Top scorer Anton Levtchi (Tappara)
Playoffs
Playoffs Playoffs MVP Joona Luoto (Tappara)
Finals champions Tappara
  Runners-up TPS
Liiga seasons
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The 2021–22 Liiga season was the 47th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams

Location of teams in 2021–22 Liiga
Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
HIFK Helsinki Ville Peltonen[1] Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 Teemu Tallberg
HPK Hämeenlinna Matti Tiilikainen[2] Pohjantähti Areena 5,360 Markus Nenonen
Ilves Tampere Jouko Myrrä[3] Tampereen jäähalli, Hakametsä (September - November 2021)
Nokia Arena (December 2021 – present)		 7,300
13,330		 Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit Mikkeli Olli Jokinen[4] Ikioma Areena 4,200 Petrus Palmu
JYP Jyväskylä Jukka Ahvenjärvi[5] LähiTapiola Areena 4,437 Jan Ščotka
KalPa Kuopio Tommi Miettinen[6] Olvi Areena 5,300 Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo Kouvola Olli Salo[7] Lumon Areena 5,950 Alexander Bonsaksen
Kärpät Oulu Lauri Mikkola[6] Oulun Energia Areena 6,400 Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko Rauma Marko Virtanen[6] Kivikylän Areena 4,700 Anrei Hakulinen
Pelicans Lahti Tommi Niemelä[6] Isku Areena 5,371 Joonas Jalvanti
SaiPa Lappeenranta Pekka Virta[8] Lappeenrannan jäähalli, Kisapuisto 4,820 Jarno Koskiranta
Sport Vaasa Risto Dufva[9] Vaasan Sähkö Areena 5,185 Erik Riska
Tappara Tampere Jussi Tapola[6] Tampereen jäähalli, Hakametsä (September - November 2021)
Nokia Arena (December 2021 – present)		 7,300
13,330		 Otto Rauhala
TPS Turku Jussi Ahokas[10] Gatorade Center 11,820 Juhani Jasu
Ässät Pori Ari-Pekka Selin[6] and Karri Kivi Isomäki Areena (renamed to West Areena) 6,350 Jarno Kärki

Regular season

File:TPS - Ilves 11.9.2021 1.jpg
A game between TPS and Ilves on 11 September 2021
File:Nokia Arenan avajaiset 1.jpg
Opening game of new Tampere Deck Arena on 3 December 2021

Standings

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 Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation. The top 3 teams of the regular season qualified for the Champions Hockey League and the 4th team to the Spengler Cup.

The match program was on hiatus during the EHT, Karjala Cup from 7 to 14 November. In December, Christmas was a week-long match break. In December, a new ice rink named Tampere Deck Arena (Nokia Arena) was opened in Tampere for the use of Ilves and Tappara. Two matches were played in the new arena on February 19, when Ilves hosts his own in the afternoon and Tappara in the evening.


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Tappara 60 31 9 4 16 188 120 +68 115 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Jukurit 60 31 8 4 17 166 138 +28 113
3 Ilves 60 28 10 7 15 191 168 +23 111
4 TPS 60 29 6 3 22 151 137 +14 102
5 HIFK 59 27 5 8 19 174 146 +28 99
6 Kärpät 60 24 7 9 20 171 141 +30 95
7 HPK 60 24 9 5 22 147 135 +12 95 Advance to Wild-card round
8 KooKoo 60 25 5 9 21 148 141 +7 94
9 Pelicans 60 25 4 10 21 142 142 0 93
10 Lukko 58 24 5 7 22 169 151 +18 89
11 KalPa 60 19 9 13 19 167 159 +8 88
12 Sport 59 18 8 7 26 120 155 −35 77
13 JYP 60 14 8 4 34 139 221 −82 62
14 SaiPa 60 15 3 7 35 128 193 −65 58
15 Ässät 60 11 7 6 36 127 181 −54 53
Source: Liiga
Rules for classification: 1) Points percentage; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points.[11]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[12] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Finland Anton Levtchi Tappara 55 26 35 61 +23 46
Finland Petrus Palmu Jukurit 59 26 33 59 +27 24
Czech Republic Lukáš Jašek Pelicans 54 13 38 51 +23 30
Canada Michael Joly HPK 58 21 29 50 +18 16
Finland Eemeli Suomi Ilves 54 19 30 49 +2 34
Finland Jere Innala HIFK 54 18 30 48 +13 30
Czech Republic Jiří Smejkal Pelicans 44 25 20 45 +16 32
Finland Waltteri Merelä Tappara 57 21 23 44 +31 38
Finland Eetu Koivistoinen HIFK 53 19 24 43 +11 8
Finland Vili Saarijärvi Lukko 52 17 26 43 +19 12

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of games played on 25 September 2021.[13]

Player Team(s) GP TOI W T L GA SO Sv% GAA
Finland Oskari Salminen Jukurit 5 279:42 1 2 1 7 1 94.35 1.50
Russia Andrei Kareyev TPS 7 415:17 5 0 2 11 0 93.25 1.59
Finland Niilo Halonen HIFK 3 180:00 3 0 0 5 0 89.80 1.67
Finland Niclas Westerholm SaiPa 6 358:06 2 1 3 11 1 90.83 1.84
Finland Rasmus Reijola Sport 3 177:25 2 0 1 6 1 91.89 2.03
Czech Republic Nick Malik KooKoo 4 235:17 2 0 2 8 0 92.16 2.04
Finland Jasper Patrikainen Pelicans 3 142:54 1 2 0 5 0 91.67 2.10
Russia Stanislav Galimov Kärpät 6 366:32 3 3 0 13 0 92.07 2.13
Finland Christian Heljanko Tappara 4 238:58 2 1 1 9 0 86.76 2.26
Canada Michael Garteig HIFK 3 179:43 0 2 1 7 0 88.89 2.34

Playoffs

Contrary to the best of three format used in the past seasons, the wild-card round will take place in best of two format, with overtime only played after the second game if the points are tied. The remaining rounds will be played in the best-of-7 format.[14]

Bracket

  Wild-card round (best-of-2) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
                                     
    1  Tappara 4  
7  HPK 0     10  Lukko 1    
  1  Tappara 4  
10  Lukko 1    
  8  KooKoo 1    
2  Jukurit 3
   
  8  KooKoo 4  
    1  Tappara 4
  4  TPS 1
  3  Ilves 4    
6  Kärpät 3    
  3  Ilves 2
8  KooKoo 2  
  4  TPS 4  
9  Pelicans 1     4  TPS 4
 
    5  HIFK 3  

Wild-card round

The wild-card round series will be decided as a two game series. Compared to normal playoffs format both games can also end on a tie. If after two games both teams have one win or both games have ended on a tie, immediately after the second game an additional game will play played, which will determine the team that will go through to next round. The additional game will be played as five against five game and with 20 minutes periods. Sudden death rule applies. Penalties received during the 2nd game, which have not ended when 2nd game ends, will be cancelled. Only exception is game misconducts, which will carry on to the additional game.[15]

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

24 April 2022
17:00		 Ilves 3–2
(2–0, 1–2, 0–0)		 KooKoo Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,606

Finals

20 April 2022
18:30		 Tappara 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 TPS Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 10,767
23 April 2022
17:00		 TPS 1–2 OT1
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 Tappara Gatorade Center, Turku
Attendance: 10,500
25 April 2022
18:30		 Tappara 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 TPS Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,075
26 April 2022
18:30		 TPS 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 Tappara Gatorade Center, Turku
Attendance: 10,251
28 April 2022
18:30		 Tappara 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 TPS Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,451

Tappara wins the finals 4-1.

Final rankings

Gold medal icon.svg Tappara
Silver medal icon.svg TPS
Bronze medal icon.svg Ilves
4 KooKoo
5 Jukurit
6 HIFK
7 Kärpät
8 Lukko
9 HPK
10 Pelicans
11 KalPa
12 Sport
13 JYP
14 SaiPa
15 Ässät

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