2015–16 Liiga season

2015–16 Liiga
League Liiga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2015 – April 2016
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) UrhoTV, Nelonen
Regular season
Best record HIFK
Runners-up Oulun Kärpät
Season MVP Kristian Kuusela
Top scorer Kristian Kuusela
Playoffs
Playoffs Playoffs MVP Patrik Laine
Finals champions Tappara
  Runners-up HIFK

The 2015–16 Liiga season is the 41st season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams

Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
Blues Espoo Jyrki Aho Barona Areena 7,017 Jari Sailio
HIFK Helsinki Antti Törmänen Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 Arttu Luttinen
HPK Hämeenlinna Pasi Arvonen Patria-areena 5,360 Riku Hahl
Ilves Tampere Tuomas Toukkola Tampereen jäähalli 7,300 Sami Sandell
JYP Jyvaskyla Jyväskylä Marko Virtanen Synergia-areena 4,437 Tuomas Pihlman
KalPa Kuopio Pekka Virta Niiralan monttu 5,064 Mikko Jokela
KooKoo Kouvola Petri Mattila Lumon arena 6,000 Ari Vallin
Kärpät Oulu Lauri Marjamäki Oulun Energia Areena 6,780 Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko Rauma Risto Dufva Äijänsuo Arena 5,400 Ilkka Mikkola
Pelicans Lahti Petri Matikainen Isku Areena 5,530 Antti Erkinjuntti
SaiPa Lappeenranta Pekka Tirkkonen Kisapuisto 4,820 Ville Koho
Sport Vaasa Tomek Valtonen Vaasa Arena 4,512 Mikko Pukka
Tappara Tampere Jussi Tapola Tampereen jäähalli 7,300 Jukka Peltola
TPS Turku Ari-Pekka Selin HK Arena 11,820 Tomi Kallio
Assat Ässät Pori Pekka Rautakallio Porin jäähalli 6,097 Juha Kiilholma[1]

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 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 HIFK 60 37 6 4 13 186 131 +55 127 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Kärpät 60 33 6 8 13 178 126 +52 119
3 Tappara 60 26 12 8 14 177 136 +41 110
4 JYP 60 29 7 5 19 156 139 +17 106
5 SaiPa 60 27 5 8 20 178 146 +32 99
6 Lukko 60 24 9 4 23 154 132 +22 94
7 TPS 60 23 6 9 22 150 152 2 90 Advance to Wild-card round
8 KalPa 60 21 10 7 22 129 127 +2 90
9 Pelicans 60 24 4 7 25 145 171 26 87
10 Sport 60 20 7 9 24 153 156 3 83
11 KooKoo 60 16 10 10 24 129 159 30 78
12 Ässät 60 20 5 7 28 143 162 19 77
13 HPK 60 18 5 4 33 125 168 43 68
14 Ilves 60 16 5 5 34 124 163 39 63
15 Blues 60 13 6 8 33 108 168 60 59
Source: Liiga

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.[2]

Playoffs

Bracket

  Wild-card round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
                                     
  7  TPS 2  
  10  Sport 0     1  HIFK 4  
        9  Pelicans 2    
      1  HIFK 4  
      4  JYP 2  
        2  Kärpät 4    
        7  TPS 2  
    1  HIFK 2
  3  Tappara 4
    3  Tappara 4  
    6  Lukko 1    
      2  Kärpät 3
      3  Tappara 4   Bronze medal game
    4  JYP 4    
  8  KalPa 1     5  SaiPa 2   2  Kärpät 1
9  Pelicans 2     4  JYP 0

Wild card round (best-of-three)

(7) TPS vs. (10) Sport

12 March 2016
17:00
TPS 4–2
(2–2, 1–0, 1–0)
Sport HK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 4,461
13 March 2016
17:00
Sport 2–5
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)
TPS Vaasa Arena, Vaasa
Attendance: 4,093

TPS wins the series 2-0.

(8) KalPa vs. (9) Pelicans

12 March 2016
17:00
KalPa 3–2 1OT
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1, 1–0)
Pelicans Niiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 3,021
13 March 2016
17:00
Pelicans 4–1
(2–0, 0–0, 2–1)
KalPa Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 2,854
15 March 2016
18:30
KalPa 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
Pelicans Niiralan monttu, Kuopio
Attendance: 3,010

Pelicans wins the series 2-1.

Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

(1) HIFK vs. (9) Pelicans

18 March 2016
18:30
HIFK 5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)
Pelicans Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,512
19 March 2016
17:00
Pelicans 0–3
(0–2, 0–1, 0–0)
HIFK Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,707
22 March 2016
18:30
HIFK 2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)
Pelicans Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,281
24 March 2016
18:30
Pelicans 3–2 1OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
HIFK Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 4,513
26 March 2016
17:00
HIFK 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Pelicans Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,574
28 March 2016
17:00
Pelicans 1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
HIFK Isku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 5,121

HIFK wins the series 4-2.

(2) Kärpät vs. (7) TPS

18 March 2016
18:30
Kärpät 1–2 1OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
TPS Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,810
19 March 2016
17:00
TPS 1–6
(0–3, 0–1, 1–2)
Kärpät HK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 8,726
22 March 2016
18:30
Kärpät 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
TPS Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,070
24 March 2016
18:30
TPS 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Kärpät HK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 7,531
26 March 2016
17:00
Kärpät 5–2
(0–0, 2–2, 3–0)
TPS Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
28 March 2016
17:00
TPS 2–3 1OT
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
Kärpät HK Arena, Turku
Attendance: 9,009

Kärpät wins the series 4-2.

(3) Tappara vs. (6) Lukko

18 March 2016
18:30
Tappara 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Lukko Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,276
19 March 2016
17:00
Lukko 5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Tappara Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,323
22 March 2016
18:30
Tappara 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Lukko Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,389
24 March 2016
18:30
Lukko 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
Tappara Äijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,475
26 March 2016
17:00
Tappara 5–3
(0–1, 1–2, 4–0)
Lukko Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300

Tappara wins the series 4-1.

(4) JYP vs. (5) SaiPa

18 March 2016
18:30
JYP 4–1
(3–0, 1–0, 0–1)
SaiPa Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,531
19 March 2016
17:00
SaiPa 2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)
JYP Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,480
22 March 2016
18:30
JYP 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
SaiPa Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,436
24 March 2016
18:30
SaiPa 1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
JYP Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,680
26 March 2016
17:00
JYP 2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)
SaiPa Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,437
28 March 2016
17:00
SaiPa 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
JYP Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,244

JYP wins the series 4-2.

Semifinals (best-of-seven)

(1) HIFK vs. (4) JYP

1 April 2016
18:30
HIFK 4–2
(1–2, 2–0, 1–0)
JYP Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,007
2 April 2016
17:00
JYP 5–2
(3–0, 2–2, 0–0)
HIFK Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,324
4 April 2016
18:30
HIFK 7–1
(1–0, 6–1, 0–0)
JYP Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,518
6 April 2016
18:30
JYP 3–2
(3–1, 0–1, 0–0)
HIFK Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,833
8 April 2016
18:30
HIFK 5–3
(3–0, 1–1, 1–2)
JYP Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
11 April 2016
18:30
JYP 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
HIFK Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,793

HIFK wins the series 4-2.

(2) Kärpät vs. (3) Tappara

1 April 2016
18:30
Kärpät 1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)
Tappara Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,011
2 April 2016
17:00
Tappara 4–1
(1–0, 0–1, 3–0)
Kärpät Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,044
5 April 2016
18:30
Kärpät 4–1
(0–0, 3–1, 1–0)
Tappara Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,007
7 April 2016
18:30
Tappara 2–3 2OT
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Kärpät Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,124
9 April 2016
17:00
Kärpät 3–4 1OT
(0–1, 1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
Tappara Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
11 April 2016
18:30
Tappara 2–3 1OT
(0–0, 0–2, 2–0, 0–1)
Kärpät Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
12 April 2016
18:30
Kärpät 0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)
Tappara Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614

Tappara wins the series 4-3.

Bronze medal game

15 April 2015
18:30
Kärpät 3–2
(0–1, 0–1, 3–0)
JYP Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,112

Finals (best-of-seven)

15 April 2016
18:30
HIFK 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Tappara Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
16 April 2016
17:00
Tappara 2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
HIFK Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
19 April 2016
18:30
HIFK 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Tappara Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
22 April 2016
18:30
Tappara 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
HIFK Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
23 April 2016
17:00
HIFK 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Tappara Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,200
26 April 2016
18:30
Tappara 2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)
HIFK Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300

Tappara wins the finals 4–2.

Final rankings

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

References

External links

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