2014–15 Liiga season

The 2014–15 Liiga season was the 40th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

2014–15 Liiga
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2014 – April 2015
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Nelonen
Regular season
Best recordOulun Kärpät
Runners-upTappara
Season MVPKim Hirschovits
Top scorerKim Hirschovits
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPJoonas Donskoi
Finals championsOulun Kärpät
  Runners-upTappara

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
ÄssätPoriPekka RautakallioPorin jäähalli6,466Ville Uusitalo
BluesEspooJyrki AhoBarona Areena7,017Kim Hirschovits
HIFKHelsinkiAntti TörmänenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Toni Söderholm
HPKHämeenlinnaPasi ArvonenPatria-areena5,360Joonas Vihko
IlvesTampereTuomas ToukkolaTampereen jäähalli7,600Sami Sandell
JYP JyväskyläMarko VirtanenJyväskylän jäähalli4,500Eric Perrin
KalPaKuopioPekka VirtaKuopion jäähalli5,064Mikko Jokela
KärpätOuluLauri MarjamäkiOulun Energia Areena6,614Lasse Kukkonen
LukkoRaumaRisto DufvaÄijänsuo Arena5,400Ilkka Mikkola
PelicansLahtiTomi LämsäIsku Areena5,530Juha Leimu
SaiPaLappeenrantaPekka TirkkonenKisapuisto4,825Ville Koho
SportVaasaTomek ValtonenVaasa Arena4,448Miko Malkamäki
TapparaTampereJussi TapolaTampereen jäähalli7,600Jukka Peltola
TPSTurkuKai Suikkanen
7 Nov 2014[1]
Miika Elomo
17 Feb 2015[2]
Jarno Pikkarainen
Turkuhalli11,820Petteri Nummelin

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.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/− P
Kärpät 60319416167126+41115
Tappara 60287817155123+32106
Lukko 602471712163147+16103
JYP 60285819174151+23102
Blues 602511321166149+17100
KalPa 60258621134115+1997
HIFK 60249621177150+2796
SaiPa 60239721151146+594
Ässät 60236922151143+890
Ilves 60245625150161-1188
HPK 601512726143165-2276
Pelicans 60166830125166-4168
TPS 60173832122172-5065
Sport 60155535121185-6460

Playoffs

Bracket

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

(7) HIFK vs. (10) Ilves

14 March 2015
17:00
HIFK2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)
IlvesHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,218
15 March 2015
17:00
Ilves1–2 4OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,137

HIFK wins the series 2-0.

(8) SaiPa vs. (9) Ässät

14 March 2015
17:00
SaiPa6–0
(0–0, 2–0, 4–0)
ÄssätKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 2,847
15 March 2015
17:00
Ässät1–2 1OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
SaiPaPorin jäähalli, Pori
Attendance: 3,465

SaiPa wins the series 2-0.

(1) Kärpät vs. (8) SaiPa

20 March 2015
18:30
Kärpät4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
SaiPaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,005
21 March 2015
17:00
SaiPa5–3
(4–2, 0–1, 1–0)
KärpätKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 3,937
24 March 2015
18:30
Kärpät1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
SaiPaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,502
26 March 2015
18:30
SaiPa2–5
(1–1, 0–0, 1–4)
KärpätKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,357
28 March 2015
17:00
Kärpät5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)
SaiPaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614

Kärpät wins the series 4-1.

(2) Tappara vs. (7) HIFK

20 March 2015
18:30
Tappara4–3
(1–0, 1–1, 2–2)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,647
21 March 2015
17:00
HIFK3–4 1OT
(2–3, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,119
24 March 2015
18:30
Tappara1–4
(0–1,1–1,0–2)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,622
26 March 2015
18:30
HIFK5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,526
28 March 2015
17:00
Tappara2–1
(2–1,0–0,0–0)
HIFKTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,336
30 March 2015
18:30
HIFK3–4 1OT
(1–1,2–2,0–0,0–1)
TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,418

Tappara wins the series 4-2.

(3) Lukko vs. (6) KalPa

20 March 2015
18:30
Lukko3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
KalPaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,017
21 March 2015
17:00
KalPa0–3
(0–2, 0–1, 0–0)
LukkoData Group Areena, Kuopio
Attendance: 4,315
24 March 2015
18:30
Lukko3–4 1OT
(0–1, 2–0, 1–2, 0–1)
KalPaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,085
26 March 2015
18:30
KalPa4–2
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1)
LukkoData Group Areena, Kuopio
Attendance: 4,135
28 March 2015
17:00
Lukko3–2
(0–0,1–0,2–2)
KalPaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,008
30 March 2015
18:30
KalPa1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
LukkoData Group Areena, Kuopio
Attendance: 4,186

Lukko wins the series 4-2.

(4) JYP vs. (5) Blues

20 March 2015
18:30
JYP3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
BluesSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,356
21 March 2015
17:00
Blues0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
JYPBarona Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 4,767
24 March 2015
18:30
JYP4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
BluesSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3,502
26 March 2015
18:30
Blues4–7
(1–1, 2–2, 1–4)
JYPBarona Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 3,972

JYP wins the series 4-0.

(1) Kärpät vs. (4) JYP

3 April 2015
18:30
Kärpät5–4
(1–0, 2–4, 2–0)
JYPOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,050
4 April 2015
16:00
JYP5–4 1OT
(1–2, 1–1, 2–1, 1–0)
KärpätSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,365
6 April 2015
17:00
Kärpät8–3
(4–0, 3–2, 1–1)
JYPOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,002
8 April 2015
18:30
JYP2–1 1OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
KärpätSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,013
10 April 2015
18:30
Kärpät4–0
(0–0, 0–0, 4–0)
JYPOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,430
11 April 2015
17:00
JYP4–3
(2–1, 1–1, 1–1)
KärpätSynergia-areena, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 4,365
13 April 2015
18:30
Kärpät4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
JYPOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,403

Kärpät wins the series 4-3.

(2) Tappara vs. (3) Lukko

3 April 2015
18:30
Tappara5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)
LukkoTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,945
4 April 2015
16:00
Lukko2–1 3OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 5,000
6 April 2015
17:00
Tappara1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
LukkoTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,259
8 April 2015
18:30
Lukko5–4 1OT
(3–2, 1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,334
10 April 2015
18:30
Tappara2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
LukkoTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,740
11 April 2015
17:00
Lukko3–4
(1–3, 0–0, 2–1)
TapparaÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,500
13 April 2015
18:30
Tappara4–2
(2–0, 1–0, 1–2)
LukkoTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,929

Tappara wins the series 4–3.

Bronze medal game

17 April 2015
18:30
Lukko1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
JYPÄijänsuo Arena, Rauma
Attendance: 4,023

Finals (best-of-seven)

15 April 2015
18:30
Kärpät2–3 1OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 5,353
17 April 2015
18:30
Tappara2–3 1OT
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
KärpätTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,163
18 April 2015
16:00
Kärpät3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
20 April 2015
18:30
Tappara2–3 1OT
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)
KärpätTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
22 April 2015
18:30
Kärpät3–4
(0–0, 0–2, 3–2)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614
24 April 2015
18:30
Tappara2–1 1OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
KärpätTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,300
25 April 2015
17:00
Kärpät2–1 2OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
TapparaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 6,614

Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.

Final rankings

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

References

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