Liiga 2013/14

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The 2013/14 season is the 39th season in the Finnish professional ice hockey league and the first after the name was changed to Liiga . It is the top Finnish league in ice hockey . The championship was won by Oulun Kärpät , who defeated Tappara Tampere 4: 3 in the play-off final and thus won the sixth championship title in the club's history.

Attendees

blues HPK HIFK Ilves Jokerite JYP KalPa Oulu Lukko Pelicans SaiPa Tappara TPS Ässät

Map of all club locations for the 2013/14 season

team	place	Hall	capacity
blues	Espoo	Barona Areena	6,914
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Ritari-areena	5,500
HIFK	Helsinki	Helsingin Jäähalli	8,200
Ilves	Tampere	Tampereen jäähalli	7,800
Jokerite	Helsinki	Hartwall Areena	13,655
JYP	Jyväskylä	Synergia areena	4,812
KalPa	Kuopio	Niiralan Monttu	5,225
Oulu	Oulu	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614
Lukko	Rauma	Kivikylan Areena	5,400
Pelicans	Lahti	Isku Areena	5,098
SaiPa	Lappeenranta	Kisapuisto	5,200
Tappara	Tampere	Tampereen jäähalli	7,800
TPS	Turku	Turkuhalli	11,820
Ässät	Pori	Porin jäähalli	6,500

Main round

mode

As in the previous year, each of the 14 teams plays 58 games in the main round. Each game consists of 3 times 20 minutes. If there is a tie after the regular time, five minutes of extra time will be played. The first goal in extra time decides the game for the team that scores the goal. In the event that a winner is still not found after extra time, the game will be decided by a shootout .

A team wins 3 points in regular time. A win and a defeat after extra time will be rewarded with 2 or 1 point. There are no points for a loss in regular time. The best-of-7 series of the 14th against the master of the Mestis to remain or promotion to the Liiga is canceled this season, because Jokerit changes to the KHL after the season and thus a place is free. The 14th stays in the league and the master of the Mestis rises directly.

table

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kärpät	60	36	8th	7th	9	190: 106	131
2.	Tappara	60	31	8th	7th	14th	168: 128	116
3.	Lukko	60	30th	4th	3	23	153: 138	101
4th	SaiPa	60	26th	9	4th	21st	160: 134	100
5.	JYP	60	26th	7th	6th	21st	154: 149	98
6th	blues	60	28	3	3	26th	137: 146	93
7th	Jokerite	60	25th	5	8th	22nd	156: 145	93
8th.	Pelicans	60	25th	6th	5	24	156: 156	92
9.	HIFK	60	25th	4th	5	26th	147: 145	88
10.	HPK	60	22nd	9	3	26th	140: 136	87
11.	Ilves	60	24	3	6th	27	143: 146	84
12.	Ässät	60	16	7th	5	32	134: 177	67
13.	TPS	60	12	6th	11	31	135: 197	59
14th	KalPa	60	12	3	9	36	101: 172	51

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after extra time ( overtime ), OTN = defeats after extra time, N = defeats
Explanations: Play-off quarter-finals , pre-play-offs

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-
Ville Vahalahti	Lukko	59	20th	32	52	+5
Michael Keränen	Ilves	52	17th	35	52	+12
Ivan Huml	Kärpät	57	11	38	49	+16
Kristian Kuusela	Tappara	60	19th	27	46	+2
Eric Perrin	JYP	60	16	30th	46	−13
Olli Palola	Tappara	60	27	17th	44	+7
Teuvo Teräväinen	Jokerite	49	9	35	44	−2
Tommi Huhtala	blues	60	23	20th	43	+10
Ben Maxwell	Kärpät	49	16	26th	42	+19
Ville Peltonen	HIFK	55	13	29	42	−5

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  The 36-year-old Ville Vahalahti was one of the two top scorers of the season

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  Michael Keränen shared first place with Vahalahti

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  The best template provider Ivan Huml

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded , SO = shutouts ; Fat: seasonal best; Source: liiga.fi

Jussi Rynnäs had the highest catch rate and the lowest goals against

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	OTN	N	SVS	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Jussi Rynnäs	Kärpät	40	2382	28	7th	5	919	60	9	1.51	93.87
Juuse Saros	HPK	44	2625	16	8th	16	995	77	7th	1.76	92.82
Ville Kolppanen	Ilves	48	2701	19th	7th	20th	1247	98	4th	2.18	92.71
Juha Metsola	Tappara	56	3285	29	13	12	1321	105	12	1.92	92.64
Ryan Zapolski	Lukko	58	3388	30th	7th	19th	1435	114	7th	2.02	92.64
Jussi Markkanen	SaiPa	47	2686	21st	9	12	1143	91	5	2.03	92.63
Ville Husso	HIFK	41	2355	19th	5	14th	940	78	2	1.99	92.34
Leland Irving	Jokerite	55	3193	23	12	18th	1340	114	3	2.14	92.16
Rasmus gutter	Ässät	34	1885	8th	3	20th	844	80	4th	2.55	91.34
Jani Nieminen	blues	44	2590	19th	4th	19th	1005	96	8th	2.22	91.28

Play-offs

mode

Places 1-6 were automatically qualified for the play-offs. Places 7-10 had to prevail in an additional best-of-3 round, with 7th place against 10th place and 8th place against 9th place. The teams that had won the most of seven games in the quarter-finals or semi-finals against their opponents qualified for the semi-finals or final. Seven games were also played in the final. Whoever won the most games was the winner of the season. The losers in the semi-finals played in just one game for third place in the small final. The respective opponents were put together so that the top ranked team plays against the worst, the second best, against the second worst, and so on. As in the main season, a game lasted 3 times 20 minutes. After the regular time, extensions of 20 minutes each were played until a winner was found through a decisive goal.

Pre-play-offs

The games in best-of-three mode took place on March 15 and 16, 2014.

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Jokerite - HPK	0: 2	1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 3, 0: 1)	2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)	-
Pelicans - HIFK	2-0	1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)	-

Tournament tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Oulun Kärpät

4th

10

HPK Hämeenlinna

0

1

Kärpät

4th

4th

SaiPa

1

4th

Saimaan Pallo

4th

5

JYP Jyväskylä

3

1

Kärpät

4th

2

Tappara

3

2

Tappara Tampere

4th

8th

Pelicans Lahti

2

2

Tappara

4th

3rd place match

3

Lukko

3

3

Rauman Lukko

4th

3

Lukko

1

6th

Espoo Blues

3

4th

SaiPa

0

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place from March 21st to March 31st, 2014.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Kärpät	-	HPK	4-0	3: 1	1-0	3: 2 a.d.	4-0	-	-	-
SaiPa	-	JYP	4: 3	2: 1	4: 3 a.d.	3: 2	1: 2	1: 2	2: 5	6: 4
Lukko	-	blues	4: 3	3: 4 a.d.	3: 2	3: 5	5: 4 a.d.	2: 1	1: 2 a.d.	3: 1
Tappara	-	Pelicans	4: 2	3: 2	1: 2 a.d.	3: 1	3: 2	2: 3	2: 1 a.d.	-

Semifinals

The semifinal series took place from April 2nd to April 12th, 2014.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Kärpät	-	SaiPa	4: 1	6: 2	3: 1	0: 1 a.d.	3: 2	2: 1 a.d.	-	-
Tappara	-	Lukko	4: 3	5: 2	3: 2 a.d.	0: 1 a.d.	3: 2 a.d.	1: 2 a.d.	2: 4	2: 1

3rd place match

April 14, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Lukko J. Ahtola (20:36) A. Gagnon (27:15) V. Vahalahti (55:35)

3: 2 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

SaiPa V. Koho (1:05) S. Giliati (35:33)

Kivikylän Areena , Rauma audience: 4,019

final

Apr. 15, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Kärpät I. Huml (33:08) J. Donskoi (57:46)

2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Tappara J. Green (4:18)

Oulun Energia Areena , Oulu Spectators: 6,209

April 17, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Tappara O. Palola (13:34) P. Jormakka (15:39) M. Kauppinen (29:42) O. Palola (59:47)

4: 3 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 3)

Kärpät M. Pyörälä (44:39) M. Pyörälä (44:52) A. Ohtamaa (53:05)

Tampereen jäähalli , Tampere spectators: 7,600

April 19, 2014 5:00 p.m.

Kärpät J. Aaltonen (14:52) I. Huml (44:33)

2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)

Tappara J. Malinen (16:25) N. Bailen (23:39) A. Erkinjuntti (45:18)

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Spectators: 6,614

April 21, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Tappara N. Bailen (21:27) J. Green (34:44) T. Plíhal (75:23)

3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)

Kärpät E. Pirnes (15:08) J. Donskoi (59:11)

Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 7,600

April 23, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Kärpät E. Pirnes (26:33) J. Aaltonen (46:13)

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)

Tappara J. Voutilainen (34:42)

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Spectators: 6,614

April 25, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Tappara K. Kuusela (46:07) J. Voutilainen (50:01)

2: 3 (0: 2.0: 0.2: 1)

Kärpät J. Aaltonen (4:37) A. Ohtamaa (18:30) I. Huml (52:00)

Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 7,600

April 26, 2014 5:00 p.m.

Kärpät J. Aaltonen (67:24)

1: 0 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Status: 4: 3

Tappara

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Spectators: 6,614

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

With Juhamatti Aaltonen's goal in the decisive seventh game, Kärpät won the championship title

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Mika Pyörälä	Kärpät	16	6th	10	16	+5	4th
Juhamatti Aaltonen	Kärpät	16	8th	7th	15th	+8	6th
Aaron Gagnon	Lukko	15th	5	9	14th	+6	14th
Ville Vahalahti	Lukko	15th	6th	7th	13	+2	6th
Kristian Kuusela	Tappara	20th	4th	9	13	+1	8th
Jukka Voutilainen	Tappara	18th	6th	6th	12	+2	12
Nick Bailen	Tappara	17th	4th	8th	12	−3	49
Josh Green	Tappara	20th	5	6th	11	+1	34
Tomi Sallinen	blues	7th	3	8th	11	+2	0
Ville Pokka	Kärpät	16	2	9	11	+7	10
Dan Spang	SaiPa	13	1	10	11	+7	8th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals against goals , SO = shutouts ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	SO	Sv%	GTS
Tomi Karhunen	Kärpät	14th	836	3	95.20	1.22
Jere Myllyniemi	Pelicans	8th	519	1	93.30	1.75
Juha Metsola	Tappara	20th	1249	0	92.84	1.93
Ryan Zapolski	Lukko	15th	943	1	92.02	2.30
Jani Nieminen	blues	7th	450	0	91.67	2.67

Finnish champions squad

Finnish champion Kärpät Oulu

Goalkeepers: Tomi Karhunen , Jussi Rynnäs Defenders: Vladimír Eminger , Lasse Kukkonen , Mikko Lehtonen , Adam Masuhr , Mikko Niemelä , Atte Ohtamaa , Ville Pokka , Ari Vallin Attackers: Juhamatti Aaltonen , Mikko Alikoski , Joonas Donskoi , Ivan Huml , Julius Junttila , Toni Kähkönen , Joonas Kemppainen , Juho Keränen , Juho Keränen , Tomi Körkkö , Ben Maxwell , Saku Mäenalanen , Esa Pirnes , Mika Pyörälä , Simon Suoranta , Jari Viuhkola Coaching staff: Lauri Marjamäki , Mikko Manner , Toni Sihvonen , Ari Hilli

Awards

Michael Keränen was the only player to receive two trophies, including the player of the season award

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Olli Palola	Tappara
Jari Kurri Trophy	Juhamatti Aaltonen	Kärpät
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Juuse Saros	HPK
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Pekka Tirkkonen	SaiPa
Kultainen kypärä	Michael Keränen	Ilves
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Michael Keränen	Ilves
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Ville Pokka	Kärpät
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Leave Kukkonen	Kärpät
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Masi Puolakka	-
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Jan Latvala	Pelicans
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Jari Levonen Jukka Hakkarainen	-
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Jussi Markkanen	SaiPa
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Ville Vahalahti	Lukko

Web links

• Official website of the Liiga

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Torjuntaprosentti 2013-14 ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Match report ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Match report ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Match report ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Match report ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Match report ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Match report ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Match report ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )