2014–15 Liiga season

2014–15 Liiga
League Liiga
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2014 – April 2015
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) Nelonen
Regular season
Best record Oulun Kärpät
Runners-up Tappara
Season MVP Kim Hirschovits
Top scorer Kim Hirschovits
Playoffs
Playoffs Playoffs MVP Joonas Donskoi
Finals champions Oulun Kärpät
  Runners-up Tappara

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.

Teams

Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
Assat Ässät Pori Pekka Rautakallio Porin jäähalli 6,466 Ville Uusitalo
Blues Espoo Jyrki Aho Barona Areena 7,017 Kim Hirschovits
HIFK Helsinki Antti Törmänen Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 Toni Söderholm
HPK Hämeenlinna Pasi Arvonen Patria-areena 5,360 Joonas Vihko
Ilves Tampere Tuomas Toukkola Tampereen jäähalli 7,600 Sami Sandell
JYP Jyvaskyla Jyväskylä Marko Virtanen Jyväskylän jäähalli 4,500 Eric Perrin
KalPa Kuopio Pekka Virta Kuopion jäähalli 5,064 Mikko Jokela
Kärpät Oulu Lauri Marjamäki Oulun Energia Areena 6,614 Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko Rauma Risto Dufva Äijänsuo Arena 5,400 Ilkka Mikkola
Pelicans Lahti Tomi Lämsä Isku Areena 5,530 Juha Leimu
SaiPa Lappeenranta Pekka Tirkkonen Kisapuisto 4,825 Ville Koho
Sport Vaasa Tomek Valtonen Vaasa Arena 4,448 Miko Malkamäki
Tappara Tampere Jussi Tapola Tampereen jäähalli 7,600 Jukka Peltola
TPS Turku Kai Suikkanen
7 Nov 2014[1]
Miika Elomo
17 Feb 2015[2]
Jarno Pikkarainen
Turkuhalli 11,820 Petteri 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 60 31 9 4 16 167 126 +41 115
Tappara 60 28 7 8 17 155 123 +32 106
Lukko 60 24 7 17 12 163 147 +16 103
JYP 60 28 5 8 19 174 151 +23 102
Blues 60 25 11 3 21 166 149 +17 100
KalPa 60 25 8 6 21 134 115 +19 97
HIFK 60 24 9 6 21 177 150 +27 96
SaiPa 60 23 9 7 21 151 146 +5 94
Ässät 60 23 6 9 22 151 143 +8 90
Ilves 60 24 5 6 25 150 161 -11 88
HPK 60 15 12 7 26 143 165 -22 76
Pelicans 60 16 6 8 30 125 166 -41 68
TPS 60 17 3 8 32 122 172 -50 65
Sport 60 15 5 5 35 121 185 -64 60

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

Wild card round (best-of-three)

(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.

Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

(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.

Semifinals (best-of-seven)

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

References

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