The 2022–23 Liiga season was the 48th season of the Liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.
Teams
Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain HIFK Helsinki Ville Peltonen Helsingin jäähalli Teemu Tallberg HPK Hämeenlinna Jarno Pikkarainen Pohjantähti Areena Juuso Hietanen Ilves Tampere Jouko Myrrä 5 Oct 2022Antti Pennanen Nokia Arena Eemeli Suomi Jukurit Mikkeli Olli Jokinen Ikioma Areena Juhamatti Aaltonen JYP Jukka Rautakorpi LähiTapiola Areena Robert Rooba KalPa Kuopio Tommi Miettinen Olvi Areena Tuomas Kiiskinen KooKoo Kouvola Olli Salo Lumon Areena Heikki Liedes Kärpät Oulu Lauri Marjamäki Oulun Energia Areena Atte Ohtamaa Lukko Rauma Marko Virtanen Kivikylän Areena Anrei Hakulinen Pelicans Lahti Tommi Niemelä Isku Areena Miika Roine SaiPa Lappeenranta Pekka Virta 14 Oct 2022Ville Hämäläinen Lappeenrannan jäähalli Jarno Koskiranta Sport Vaasa Risto Dufva Vaasan Sähkö Areena Sebastian Stålberg Tappara Tampere Jussi Tapola Nokia Arena Otto Rauhala TPS Turku Jussi Ahokas Gatorade Center Juhani Jasu Ässät Pori Karri Kivi West Areena Jesse Joensuu
Regular season
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.
Scoring leaders The following players led the league in regular season points. PlayerTeamMichael JolyHPK60253964 +918Jori LehteräTappara57114657 +545Jerry TurkulainenJYP60124254–320Petri KontiolaIlves58123951040Jaakko RissanenKalPa57163450 +1726Henrik HaapalaIlves47153247 +920Les LancasterIlves60133447 +2022Joona IkonenIlves54232245 +916Veli-Matti SavinainenTappara54172744 +630Thomas GregoireLukko57133144 +2341
Playoffs
Bracket
Wild-card round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Finals
Tappara wins the finals 4-1.
Final rankings TapparaPelicansIlves4HIFK5Lukko6KalPa7Ässät8KooKoo9Kärpät10TPS11Jukurit12HPK13JYP14Sport15SaiPa
See also 2022–23 Naisten Liiga season
References