2013–14 Liiga season
Sports season
The 2013–14 SM-liiga season is the 39th 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 Kärpät who defeated Tappara in the finals.
This was the first season in which the league was known as "Liiga" in marketing purposes, having dropped the "SM" prefix. It was also the last season in the SM-liiga for Jokerit , which joined the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League after the season.
Teams
Team
City
Head coach
Arena
Capacity
Captain
Ässät
Pori
Pekka Virta
Porin jäähalli
6,466
Ville Uusitalo
Blues
Espoo
Jyrki Aho
Barona Areena
7,017
Kim Hirschovits
HIFK
Helsinki
Raimo Summanen 28.2.2014 Harri Rindell
Helsingin jäähalli
8,200
Ville Peltonen
HPK
Hämeenlinna
Kai Rautio 14.10.2013 Pasi Arvonen
Patria-areena
5,360
Ville Viitaluoma
Ilves
Tampere
Tuomas Toukkola
Tampereen jäähalli
7,600
Masi Marjamäki
Jokerit
Helsinki
Tomi Lämsä 1.3.2014 Tomek Valtonen
Hartwall Areena
13,506
Ossi Väänänen
JYP
Jyväskylä
Marko Virtanen
Jyväskylän jäähalli
4,500
Eric Perrin
KalPa
Kuopio
Jari Laukkanen 27.2.2014 Anssi Laine
Kuopion jäähalli
5,064
Jussi Timonen
Kärpät
Oulu
Lauri Marjamäki
Oulun Energia Areena
6,614
Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko
Rauma
Risto Dufva
Äijänsuo Arena
5,400
Otto Honkaheimo
Pelicans
Lahti
Hannu Aravirta
Isku Areena
5,530
Tommi Paakkolanvaara
SaiPa
Lappeenranta
Pekka Tirkkonen
Kisapuisto
4,825
Ville Koho
Tappara
Tampere
Jukka Rautakorpi
Tampereen jäähalli
7,600
Ville Nieminen
TPS
Turku
Kai Suikkanen
Turkuhalli
11,820
Tapio Laakso
Regular season
Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.
Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
+/−
P
Kärpät
60
36
8
7
9
190
106
+84
131
Tappara
60
31
8
7
14
168
128
+40
116
Lukko
60
30
4
3
23
153
138
+15
101
SaiPa
60
26
9
4
21
160
134
+26
100
JYP
60
26
7
6
21
154
149
+5
98
Blues
60
28
3
3
26
137
146
-9
93
Jokerit
60
25
5
8
22
156
145
+11
93
Pelicans
60
25
6
5
24
156
156
0
92
HIFK
60
25
4
5
26
147
145
+2
88
HPK
60
22
9
3
26
140
136
+4
87
Ilves
60
24
3
6
27
143
146
-3
84
Ässät
60
16
7
5
32
134
177
-43
67
TPS
60
12
6
11
31
135
197
-62
59
KalPa
60
12
3
9
36
101
172
-71
51
Playoffs
Bracket
Wild card round (best-of-three)
(7) Jokerit vs. (10) HPK
HPK wins the series 2-0.
(8) Pelicans vs. (9) HIFK
Pelicans wins the series 2-0
Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)
(1) Kärpät vs. (10) HPK
Kärpät wins the series 4-0
(2) Tappara vs. (8) Pelicans
Tappara wins the series 4-2
(3) Lukko vs (6) Blues
Lukko wins the series 4–3.
(4) SaiPa vs. (5) JYP
SaiPa wins the series 4–3.
Semifinals (best-of-seven)
(1) Kärpät vs. (4) SaiPa
Kärpät wins the series 4–1.
(2) Tappara vs. (3) Lukko
Tappara wins the series 4–3.
Bronze medal game
Finals (best-of-seven)
Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.
Final rankings
External links
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