Liiga 2014/15

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The 2014/15 season was the 40th season in the Finnish professional ice hockey league and the second 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 as in the previous year and thus won the seventh championship title in the club's history.

Attendees

Before the season, Jokerit moved to the Continental Hockey League . The Liiga determined Vaasan Sport as their successor, who are participating in the Finnish elite class for the second time after the 1975/76 season .

Map of all club locations for the 2014/15 season
team place Hall capacity
Espoo Blues Logo 2009.svg blues Espoo Barona Areena 6,914
Logo HPK 1980-1990.svg HPK Hämeenlinna Ritari-areena 5,500
HIFK Helsinki Helsingin Jäähalli 8,200
Ilves Tampere Tampereen jäähalli 7,800
JYP.svg JYP Jyväskylä Synergia areena 4,812
KalPa.png 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
Saimaan Pallo.png SaiPa Lappeenranta Kisapuisto 5,200
Sports Vaasa Vaasa Areena 4,300
Tappara Tampere.svg Tappara Tampere Tampereen jäähalli 7,800
Turun Palloseura.svg TPS Turku Turkuhalli 11,820
Porin Ässät.png 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 14th of the SM-liiga played in a best-of-7 series against the master of the Mestis to stay or rise to the SM-liiga.

table

Scene from the encounter between Kärpät and Espoo Blues on matchday five
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates TVH Points
1. Kärpät (M) 60 31 9 4th 16 167: 126 +41 115
2. Tappara 60 28 7th 8th 17th 155: 123 +32 106
3. Lukko 60 24 7th 17th 12 163: 147 +16 103
4th JYP 60 28 5 8th 19th 174: 151 +23 102
5. blues 60 25th 11 3 21st 166: 149 +17 100
6th KalPa 60 25th 8th 6th 21st 134: 115 +19 97
7th HIFK 60 24 9 6th 21st 177: 150 +27 96
8th. SaiPa 60 23 9 7th 21st 151: 146 +5 94
9. Ässät 60 23 6th 9 22nd 151: 143 +8 90
10. Ilves 60 24 5 6th 25th 150: 161 –11 88
11. HPK 60 15th 12 7th 26th 143: 165 -22 76
12. Pelicans 60 16 6th 8th 30th 125: 166 -41 68
13. TPS 60 17th 3 8th 32 122: 172 -50 65
14th Sport (A) 60 15th 5 5 35 121: 185 -64 60

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime , OTN = defeats after overtime , N = defeats, TVH = goal difference, M = previous year's champions , A = promoted from Mestis
Explanations: Play-off quarter-finals , pre-play-offs , season over

Best scorer

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

Kim Hirschovits was top scorer and best
assist provider
Nat. player team Sp T V Pt +/- SM
FinlandFinland Kim Hirschovits blues 59 13 45 58 +14 46
CanadaCanada Eric Perrin JYP 59 12 43 55 +3 20th
FinlandFinland Jani Tuppurainen JYP 57 17th 34 51 +20 46
FinlandFinland Olli Palola Tappara 60 29 20th 49 +11 42
FinlandFinland Joonas Donskoi Kärpät 58 19th 30th 49 +13 10
FinlandFinland Ville Vahalahti Lukko 57 10 38 48 -2 22nd
FranceFrance Charles Bertrand Sports 60 16 31 47 –11 26th
SlovakiaSlovakia Tomáš Záborský HIFK 60 15th 32 47 -4 18th
FinlandFinland Markus Hännikäinen JYP 60 19th 27 46 +22 51
FinlandFinland Kristian Kuusela Tappara 60 14th 32 46 +19 10
FinlandFinland Mika Niemi Ässät 60 8th 38 46 -1 38
FinlandFinland Otto Karvinen 1 TPS 52 2 6th 8th -10 173

1 For comparison: players with the most penalty minutes

Best goalkeeper

Juha Metsola had the highest catch quota and the most shutouts

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

Nat. player team Sp Min SO Sv% GTS
FinlandFinland Juha Metsola Tappara 57 3385: 12 8th 93.61 1.91
FinlandFinland Eetu Laurikainen blues 37 2201: 13 4th 93.31 2.10
FinlandFinland Juuso Riksman Ässät 36 2108: 11 2 92.90 2.13
FinlandFinland Juuse Saros HPK 47 2833: 36 6th 92.90 2.14
FinlandFinland Tomi Karhunen Kärpät 39 2326: 11 5 92.73 1.93
FinlandFinland Eero Kilpeläinen KalPa 30th 1783: 00 3 92.21 1.85

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 14th and 15th, 2015.

series Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
HIFK - Ilves 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 a.d. -
SaiPa - Ässät 2-0 6-0 2: 1 a.d. -

Tournament tree

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  1  Kärpät 4th            
8th  SaiPa 1  
1  Kärpät 4th
  4th  JYP 3  
4th  JYP 4th
 
5  blues 0  
1  Kärpät 4th
  2  Tappara 3
3  Lukko 4th
 
6th  KalPa 2  
2  Tappara 4th
3rd place match
  3  Lukko 3  
2  Tappara 4th 3  Lukko 1
 
  7th  HIFK 2   4th  JYP 2

Finnish champions squad

Finnish champion


Kärpät Oulu

Goalkeepers: Tomi Karhunen , Iiro Tarkki

Defenders: Ryan Glenn , Lasse Kukkonen , Arto Laatikainen , Adam Masuhr , Mikko Niemelä , Markus Nutivaara , Dan Spang , Ari Vallin

Attackers: Sebastian Aho , Mikko Alikoski , Patrick Davis , Joonas Donskoi , Ivan Huml , Julius Junttila , Lukáš Kašpar , Joonas Kemppainen , Juho Keränen , Sakari Manninen , Ben Maxwell , Saku Mänenalanen , Esa Pirnes , Mika Pyörälä , Simon Suoranta

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