2014–15 Liiga season
Sports season
The 2014–15 SM-liiga season was the 40th season of the 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
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
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 SM-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-three)
(7) HIFK vs. (10) Ilves
HIFK wins the series 2-0.
(8) SaiPa vs. (9) Ässät
SaiPa wins the series 2-0.
Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)
(1) Kärpät vs. (8) SaiPa
Kärpät wins the series 4-1.
(2) Tappara vs. (7) HIFK
Tappara wins the series 4-2.
(3) Lukko vs. (6) KalPa
Lukko wins the series 4-2.
(4) JYP vs. (5) Blues
JYP wins the series 4-0.
Semifinals (best-of-seven)
(1) Kärpät vs. (4) JYP
Kärpät wins the series 4-3.
(2) Tappara vs. (3) Lukko
Tappara wins the series 4–3.
Bronze medal game
Finals (best-of-seven)
Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.
Final rankings
References
External links
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