Liiga 2016/17

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The 2016/17 season was the 42nd season in the Finnish professional ice hockey league and the fourth after the name was changed to Liiga . It is the top Finnish league in ice hockey . The champions became the team from Tappara , who prevailed in the play-off final with 4-2 wins against KalPa . For the Tampere club it was the second title in a row and the 17th overall.

Attendees

After the Espoo Blues bankruptcy , Mikkelin Jukurit was newly admitted to the Liiga, so that 15 teams competed again in the 2016/17 season.

HPK HIFK Ilves Sports Jukurit JYP KalPa KooKoo Kärpät Lukko Pelicans SaiPa Tappara TPS Ässät

Map of all club locations for the 2016/17 season

team	place	Hall	capacity
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Ritari-areena	5,500
HIFK	Helsinki	Helsingin Jäähalli	8,200
Ilves	Tampere	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	4,200
JYP	Jyväskylä	Synergia areena	4,812
KooKoo	Kouvola	Lumon Areena	6,800
KalPa	Kuopio	Niiralan Monttu	5,225
Kärpät	Oulu	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614
Lukko	Rauma	Kivikylan Areena	5,400
Pelicans	Lahti	Isku Areena	5,098
SaiPa	Lappeenranta	Kisapuisto	5,200
Sports	Vaasa	Vaasa Areena	4,300
Tappara	Tampere	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300
TPS	Turku	Turkuhalli	11,820
Ässät	Pori	Porin jäähalli	6,500

Main round

mode

Each of the 15 teams plays 60 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.

table

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	TVH	Points
1.	Tappara (M)	60	34	10	5	11	185: 129	+56	127
2.	TPS	60	30th	8th	8th	14th	167: 123	+44	114
3.	KalPa	60	28	9	10	13	168: 140	+28	112
4th	JYP	60	28	9	9	14th	160: 123	+37	111
5.	HPK	60	23	12	5	20th	153: 136	+17	98
6th	Pelicans	60	23	8th	8th	21st	157: 150	+7	93
7th	Ässät	60	24	7th	4th	25th	128: 142	−14	90
8th.	Kärpät	60	22nd	9	6th	23	147: 136	+11	90
9.	HIFK	60	22nd	8th	5	25th	138: 140	−2	87
10.	Ilves	60	21st	6th	7th	26th	143: 146	−3	82
11.	Jukurit (A)	60	20th	4th	8th	28	128: 141	−13	76
12.	Lukko	60	17th	6th	8th	29	151: 177	−26	71
13.	KooKoo	60	15th	7th	11	27	137: 173	−36	70
14th	Sports	60	16	5	11	28	128: 169	−41	69
15th	SaiPa	60	14th	5	8th	33	116: 181	−65	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

Source: liiga.fi; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Henrik Haapala	Tappara	54	15th	45	60	+16	18th
Veli-Matti Savinainen	Tappara	58	30th	26th	56	+15	36
Mika Pyörälä	Kärpät	60	26th	29	55	+15	20th
Tomi Kallio	TPS	59	20th	30th	50	+23	44
Ville Vahalahti	Lukko	60	14th	33	47	−7	14th
Vili Sopanen	Pelicans	41	20th	26th	46	+16	8th
Antti Suomela	JYP	58	22nd	23	45	+6	37
Erik Thorell	TPS	56	24	20th	44	+11	10
Juhani Tyrväinen	Pelicans	60	14th	29	43	+14	46
Jaakko Rissanen	KalPa	60	9	34	43	+1	34

Best goalkeeper

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

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	U	N	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO
Alexander Georgiev	TPS	27	1554: 30	13	4th	8th	44	1.70	527	92.29	2
Teemu Lassila	Tappara	22nd	1270: 11	11	7th	3	40	1.89	518	92.83	3
Pekka Tuokkola	JYP	32	1874: 35	13	12	5	60	1.92	700	92.11	4th
Jussi Rynnäs	Kärpät	48	2800: 51	21st	10	16	92	1.97	1135	92.50	5
Oskari Setänen	TPS	35	2083: 49	17th	12	6th	71	2.04	835	92.16	3
Dominik Hrachovina	Tappara	41	2370: 07	23	8th	8th	81	2.05	983	92.39	3
Andreas Bernard	Ässät	44	2597: 08	16	11	17th	90	2.08	1091	92.38	4th
Sami Rajaniemi	Jukurit	52	3109: 48	18th	10	24	108	2.08	1135	91.31	2
Antti Lehtonen	Ilves	33	1808: 28	13	6th	10	64	2.12	717	91.81	5
Eero Kilpeläinen	KalPa	35	2093: 24	15th	10	9	74	2.12	789	91.43	4th
Kevin Lankinen	HIFK	42	2443: 22	13	9	19th	87	2.14	997	91.97	7th
Emil Larmi	HPK	46	2633: 47	18th	12	15th	95	2.16	962	91.01	6th

Play-offs

mode

The teams in places 1 to 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 from March 15 to 18, 2017.

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Ässät - Ilves	1: 2	3: 2 a.d.	1: 6	0: 1 a.d.
Kärpät - HIFK	0: 2	3: 4 a.d.	3: 4 a.d.	-

Tournament tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Tappara

4th

10

Ilves

3

1

Tappara

4th

9

HIFK

1

2

TPS

2

9

HIFK

4th

1

Tappara

4th

3

KalPa

2

3

KalPa

4th

6th

Pelicans

1

3

KalPa

4th

3rd place match

4th

JYP

3

4th

JYP

4th

4th

JYP

6th

5

HPK

3

9

HIFK

5

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place from March 21st to April 1st, 2017.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Tappara - Ilves	4: 3	3: 6	2: 1 a.d.	0: 1 a.d.	4-0	2: 4	2: 1 a.d.	2-0
TPS - HIFK	2: 4	4: 1	1: 3	4: 1	2: 3 a.d.	2: 5	2: 3 a.d.	-
KalPa - Pelicans	4: 1	2: 1 a.d.	3: 2 a.d.	1: 2	5: 2	6-0	-	-
JYP - HPK	4: 3	3: 2 a.d.	1: 2	2: 3 a.d.	3: 1	3: 2 a.d.	2: 5	3: 2

Semifinals

The semifinal series took place from April 4th to 15th, 2017.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Tappara - HIFK	4: 1	2-0	5: 2	2: 3	2-0	4: 3	-	-
KalPa - JYP	4: 3	2-0	3-0	0: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 4	5: 1

3rd place match

April 21, 2017 6:30 p.m.

JYP J.-P. Hytönen (6:46) J. Tavi (7:52) J.-P. Hytönen (29:54) H. Kanninen (39:48) S. Niku (57:06) M. Miklík (60:45)

6: 5 a.d. (2: 2, 2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report

HIFK J. Puustinen (13:52) J. Rask (16:03) R. Hintz (34:52) J. Puustinen (55:20) J. Puustinen (57:31)

Synergia-areena , Jyväskylä spectators: 3,916

final

Apr. 18, 2017 6:30 p.m.

Tappara V.-M. Savinainen (10:02) K. Kuusela (43:16)

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

KalPa J. Junnila (9:45) M. Myttynen (32:54) T. Jokinen (41:06)

Tampereen jäähalli , Tampere spectators: 6,162

April 20, 2017 6:30 p.m.

KalPa M. Myttynen (24:10) J. Junnila (28:13) N. Mikkola (41:14)

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

Tappara J. Jasu (15:36) V. Kemiläinen (57:59)

Niiralan Monttu , Kuopio Spectators: 5,064

April 22, 2017 5:00 p.m.

Tappara K. Kuusela (24:00) O. Rantakari (58:27)

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

KalPa J. Mankinen (43:15)

Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 7,300

April 24, 2017 6:30 p.m.

KalPa S. Mutanen (22:50) A. Ilomäki (37:24)

2: 5 (0: 1, 2: 3, 0: 1) game report

Tappara J. Peltola (15:04) as Parlett (21:03) J.-M. Järvinen (24:56) S. Repo (25:17) S. Repo (43:46)

Niiralan Monttu, Kuopio Spectators: 5,064

April 25, 2017 6:30 p.m.

Tappara T. Nurmi (21:22) J. Karjalainen (50:14)

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

KalPa J. Keränen (56:16)

Tampereen jäähalli, Tampere spectators: 7,300

Apr. 27, 2017 6:30 p.m.

KalPa E. Luostarinen (34:53)

1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2) Match report as of: 2: 4

Tappara B. Parlett (30:19) J. Jasu (48:30) B. Parlett (59:56)

Niiralan Monttu, Kuopio Spectators: 5,064

Finnish champions squad

Finnish champion Tappara Tampere

Goalkeepers: Dominik Hrachovina , Teemu Lassila Defenders: Alexander Bonsaksen , Aleksi Elorinne , Valtteri Kemiläinen , Blake Parlett , Otso Rantakari , Jere Rouhiainen , Aleksi Salonen , Tapio Sammalkangas , Pekka Saravo Attackers: Henrik Haapala , Manu Honkanen , Jan-Mikael Järvinen , Juhani Jasu , Jere Karjalainen , Kristian Kuusela , Jani Lajunen , Joona Luoto , Teemu Nurmi , Jukka Peltola , Otto Rauhala , Sebastian Repo , Martin Røymark , Veli-Matti Savinainen Coaching staff: Jussi Tapola , Timo Elo , Kimmo Vähä-Ruohola

Best scorer

Roope Hintz was the play-off top scorer

Source: liiga.fi; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Roope Hintz	HIFK	14th	3	11	14th	+5	4th
Juuso Puustinen	HIFK	13	6th	6th	12	+8	2
Janne Keränen	KalPa	18th	6th	6th	12	+7	4th
Veli-Matti Savinainen	Tappara	17th	5	6th	11	+6	30th
Jesse Mankinen	KalPa	18th	5	6th	11	+4	27
Valtteri Kemiläinen	Tappara	18th	3	8th	11	+3	10
Joonas Rask	HIFK	13	4th	6th	10	+8	6th
Michel Miklík	JYP	15th	6th	3	9	−2	16
Kristian Kuusela	Tappara	18th	5	4th	9	+10	6th
Jukka Peltola	Tappara	18th	4th	5	9	+3	0

Best goalkeeper

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

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO
Denis Godla	KalPa	4th	247: 23	2	1	6th	1.46	87	93.55	0
Dominik Hrachovina	Tappara	18th	1100: 29	12	5	27	1.47	411	93.84	4th
Eero Kilpeläinen	KalPa	15th	856: 16	8th	7th	24	1.68	364	93.81	4th
Antti Lehtonen	Ilves	10	674: 17	5	5	19th	1.69	284	93.73	2
Emil Larmi	HPK	7th	454: 16	3	4th	16	2.11	233	93.57	0
Juho Olkinuora	JYP	13	752: 51	8th	5	27	2.15	305	91.87	2
Oskari Setänen	TPS	6th	387: 06	2	4th	15th	2.32	149	90.85	0
Kevin Lankinen	HIFK	13	768: 25	6th	6th	32	2.50	308	90.59	0

Awards

Mika Pyörälä received three awards: best player in the main round , the golden helmet and the Veikkauksen golden helmet

Veli-Matti Savinainen scored the most goals in the main round

Jukka Peltola was considered the best player in the play-offs awarded

Player, coach and referee awards

Award	winner	team
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Mika Pyörälä	Kärpät
Jari Kurri Trophy	Jukka Peltola	Tappara
Kultainen kypärä	Mika Pyörälä	Kärpät
Veikkauksen Kultainen kypärä	Mika Pyörälä	Kärpät
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Henrik Haapala	Tappara
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Veli-Matti Savinainen	Tappara
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Eero Kilpeläinen	KalPa
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Miika Koivisto	Jukurit
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Otto Koivula	Ilves
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Pekka Saravo	Tappara
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Jasper Lindsten	TPS
Juha Rantasila Trophy	Juha Leimu	Pelicans
Unto Wiitala Trophy	Timo Favorin
Pentti Isotalo Trophy	Sakari Suominen
Kultainen pilli	Jari Levonen
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Pekka Virta	KalPa

All-Star Team

Attack   Henrik Haapala ( Tappara ) • Jaakko Rissanen ( KalPa ) • Veli-Matti Savinainen ( Tappara ) Defense Miika Koivisto ( Jukurit ) • Henrik Tallinder ( TPS ) Goalkeeper Eero Kilpeläinen ( KalPa )

Web links

• Official website of the Liiga

Individual evidence

1. ↑ liiga.fi, Perustilastot - 2016-2017 Runkosarja - Kaikki pelaajat
2. ↑ liiga.fi, Perustilastot - Runkosarja 2016-2017 - Maalivahdit
3. ↑ liiga.fi, Perustilastot - Playoffs 2016-2017 - Kaikki pelaajat
4. ↑ liiga.fi, Perustilastot - Playoffs 2016-2017 - Maalivahdit
5. ↑ ^{a b} Antti Seppänen: Runkosarjan parhaat 2017 palkittu - tässä voittajien lista. In: liiga.fi. March 19, 2017, accessed May 3, 2019 (Finnish). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} SM-liigan pörssikärjet löytyvät Tapparasta: Savinainen ja Haapala rikkoivat rajapyykit neljän kauden tauon jälkeen. In: yle.fi. March 2017, accessed May 3, 2019 (Finnish). 
7. ↑ Antti Seppänen: Jasper Lindstenille Keinonen-palkinto. In: liiga.fi. March 14, 2017, accessed May 3, 2019 (Finnish).