Liiga

History: SM-liiga 1975-2013, Liiga 2013-
Liiga

Team Rosters

2022-2023 Standings
# Team GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA +/- TP P/GP Postseason
1. Lukko 46 24 - 11 6 5 125 87 38 89 1.93 -
2. Ilves 43 23 - 12 4 4 131 92 39 81 1.88 -
3. Tappara 43 22 - 12 6 3 128 100 28 81 1.88 -
4. Pelicans 46 22 - 18 3 3 117 103 14 75 1.63 -
5. KalPa 46 19 - 16 5 6 125 110 15 73 1.59 -
6. Kärpät 44 18 - 13 5 8 115 100 15 72 1.64 -
7. TPS 45 17 - 15 8 5 105 99 6 72 1.60 -
8. Ässät 45 19 - 18 4 4 98 107 -9 69 1.53 -
9. HIFK 44 16 - 15 6 7 98 104 -6 67 1.52 -
10. HPK 46 12 - 16 7 11 108 121 -13 61 1.33 -
11. Jukurit 45 18 - 24 2 1 113 130 -17 59 1.31 -
12. KooKoo 44 14 - 21 6 3 108 124 -16 57 1.30 -
13. Sport 44 14 - 20 3 7 101 123 -22 55 1.25 -
14. JYP 45 13 - 22 6 4 117 126 -9 55 1.22 -
15. SaiPa 44 6 - 24 7 7 88 151 -63 39 0.89 -
2022-2023 Player Stats
# Player GP G A TP PIM
1. Michael Joly (F) 46 19 27 46 12
2. Jaakko Rissanen (F) 43 12 30 42 24
3. Jerry Turkulainen (F) 45 8 33 41 18
4. Simon Hjalmarsson (F) 42 12 28 40 18
5. Jori Lehterä (F) 43 8 32 40 14
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2022-2023 Goaltending Stats
# Player GP GAA SVP
1. Marek Langhamer (G) 29 1.76 .930
2. Niklas Rubin (G) 40 2.04 .926
3. Artyom Zagidulin (G) 41 1.71 .925
4. Lassi Lehtinen (G) 40 1.82 .923
5. Daniel Lebedeff (G) 18 2.11 .923
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Demographics
Nationality
Games
Date Home Visiting Score
2023-02-01T16:30:00+0000 Jukurit Ässät -
2023-01-31T16:30:00+0000 KooKoo Ässät 0 - 3
2023-01-31T16:30:00+0000 HIFK Pelicans 2 - 3 (OT)
2023-01-31T16:30:00+0000 Tappara KalPa 4 - 1
2023-01-28T16:30:00+0000 Sport HIFK 1 - 3
2023-01-28T15:00:00+0000 Jukurit KalPa 2 - 4
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RSS
Transactions
DATE PLAYER FROM TO SOURCE
01/31/2023
01/31/2023 Mico Luoto (D) HIFK Cracovia Krakow
01/31/2023 Matej Machovsky (G) KalPa Mountfield HK
01/30/2023
01/30/2023 Stefan Warg (D) KooKoo HC Sparta Praha
01/30/2023 Veikko Loimaranta (F) SaiPa HPK
01/30/2023 Aaron Irving (D) SaiPa HC Davos
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2022/23 Free Agents
Team Player
HPK Ryan Johnston (D)
KooKoo Sam Lofquist (D)
Jukurit Anssi Löfman (F)
Pelicans Joonas Jalvanti (D)
Sport Victor Westermarck (D)
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2023/24 Free Agents
Team Player
HPK Michael Joly (F)
KalPa Jaakko Rissanen (F)
Tappara Jori Lehterä (F)
Ilves Petri Kontiola (F)
JYP Sami Niku (D)
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League Injury List
Team Player Information
TPS Tyler Steenbergen (F) Surgery. Expected back by the end of the regular season.

Player Nationalities

Team Comparison
# Team Players Experience Avg Avg Avg Age
1. HIFK 28 4 483 6'0" 191 lbs 25.32
2. HPK 33 5 933 6'0" 188 lbs 25.33
3. Ilves 34 5 120 6'1" 190 lbs 24.12
4. Jukurit 32 4 384 6'0" 184 lbs 24.34
5. JYP 28 4 319 6'1" 192 lbs 23.96
6. KalPa 31 4 555 6'0" 181 lbs 24.84
7. KooKoo 30 5 171 6'0" 185 lbs 24.37
8. Kärpät 30 5 694 6'1" 186 lbs 26.40
9. Lukko 25 3 673 6'1" 184 lbs 25.08
10. Pelicans 31 4 103 6'0" 181 lbs 24.45
11. SaiPa 24 3 042 6'1" 191 lbs 23.33
12. Sport 30 6 386 6'1" 193 lbs 27.23
13. Tappara 31 6 771 6'0" 182 lbs 26.06
14. TPS 29 3 726 6'0" 188 lbs 24.31
15. Ässät 29 4 103 6'0" 192 lbs 24.66
Team Comparison History
Interesting Facts
Oldest
1. Jarkko Immonen (F) 40 yrs
2. Kristian Kuusela (F) 39 yrs
3. Petri Kontiola (F) 38 yrs
4. Antti Pihlström (F) 38 yrs
5. Marko Anttila (F) 37 yrs
Tallest
1. Marko Anttila (F) 6'8"
2. Niko Hovinen (G) 6'7"
3. Miro Karjalainen (D) 6'7"
4. Gustav Olhaver (F) 6'7"
5. Lassi Vanhatalo (F) 6'7"
Heaviest
1. Gustav Olhaver (F) 236 lbs
2. Topias Leinonen (G) 234 lbs
3. Miro Karjalainen (D) 234 lbs
4. Oskars Batna (F) 234 lbs
5. Väinö Liikonen (D) 231 lbs
Youngest
1. Konsta Helenius (F) 16 yrs
2. Aron Kiviharju (D) 17 yrs
3. Roope Vesterinen (F) 17 yrs
4. Topias Hynninen (F) 17 yrs
5. Jesse Kiiskinen (F) 17 yrs
Shortest
1. Tyler Kelleher (F) 5'6"
2. Juuso Mäenpää (F) 5'7"
3. Teemu Rautiainen (F) 5'7"
4. Philip Granath (F) 5'7"
5. Ville Heikkala (F) 5'7"
Lightest
1. Tino Metsävainio (F) 148 lbs
2. Juuso Mäenpää (F) 148 lbs
3. Aleksi Klemetti (F) 150 lbs
4. Niklas Nikkilä (G) 152 lbs
5. Tuukka Niskanen (G) 154 lbs
Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Erik Karlsson (D) 2022-2023 San Jose Sharks NHL 51 16 50 66 10
2. Mikko Rantanen (F) 2022-2023 Colorado Avalanche NHL 48 34 27 61 32
3. Juuso Rajala (F) 2022-2023 Crocodiles Hamburg Germany3 41 17 44 61 10
4. Sean Collins (F) 2022-2023 EHC Olten SL 42 27 30 57 22
5. Matias Varttinen (F) 2022-2023 Saale Bulls Halle Germany3 31 32 24 56 6
6. Joonas Riekkinen (F) 2022-2023 EXA IceFighters Leipzig Germany3 45 17 38 55 30
7. Michel Miklik (F) 2022-2023 HK Gladiators Trnava Slovakia2 33 22 32 54 18
8. Santeri Haarala (F) 2022-2023 Unterland AlpsHL 32 21 31 52 22
9. Janne Seppänen (F) 2022-2023 EV Füssen Germany3 37 20 31 51 18
10. Juha Koivisto (F) 2022-2023 HC Ludwig III-divisioona 16 19 31 50 2
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League All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Janne Ojanen (F) 876 283 516 799
2. Arto Javanainen (F) 668 462 330 792
3. Kristian Kuusela (F) 1095 279 455 734
4. Ville Vahalahti (F) 977 260 427 687
5. Jari Lindroos (F) 649 230 432 662
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League All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Arto Javanainen (F) 668 462 330 792
2. Vesa Viitakoski (F) 803 296 244 540
3. Timo Susi (F) 552 295 245 540
4. Janne Ojanen (F) 876 283 516 799
5. Kari Makkonen (F) 529 281 285 566
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League All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Janne Ojanen (F) 876 283 516 799
2. Kristian Kuusela (F) 1095 279 455 734
3. Esa Keskinen (F) 478 215 443 658
4. Jari Lindroos (F) 649 230 432 662
5. Matti Hagman (F) 432 217 432 649
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League All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Markus Kankaanperä (D) 1054 55 187 2129
2. Pasi Peltonen (D) 827 69 234 1402
3. Toni Mäkiaho (F) 635 148 310 1348
4. Jyri Marttinen (D) 758 75 199 1165
5. Pauli Levokari (D) 497 27 74 1101
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League All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Jan Latvala (D) 1230 115 317 432
2. Kristian Kuusela (F) 1095 279 455 734
3. Markus Kankaanperä (D) 1054 55 132 187
4. Arto Laatikainen (D) 1024 83 256 339
5. Erik Hämäläinen (D) 1001 163 240 403
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League All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Janne Ståhl (F) 2 1 4 2.00
2. Jan Jasko (F) 1 1 2 2.00
3. Veli-Pekka Ketola (F) 144 95 250 1.74
4. Mariusz Czerkawski (F) 7 9 12 1.71
5. Theo Fleury (F) 10 8 17 1.70
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League All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Kari Jalonen (F) 1986-1987 SM-liiga 44 29 64 93 2.11 30
2. Matti Hagman (F) 1979-1980 SM-liiga 35 37 50 87 2.49 28
3. Raimo Summanen (F) 1988-1989 SM-liiga 44 35 46 81 1.84 22
4. Jan Caloun (F) 1998-1999 SM-liiga 51 24 57 81 1.59 95
5. Kai Nurminen (F) 1999-2000 SM-liiga 54 41 37 78 1.44 40
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League All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Arto Javanainen (F) 1987-1988 SM-liiga 44 47 20 67 1.52 42
2. Raimo Summanen (F) 1982-1983 SM-liiga 36 45 15 60 1.67 36
3. Arto Javanainen (F) 1985-1986 SM-liiga 36 44 27 71 1.97 26
4. Jukka Vilander (F) 1988-1989 SM-liiga 42 43 23 66 1.57 6
5. Kai Nurminen (F) 1999-2000 SM-liiga 54 41 37 78 1.44 40
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League All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Kari Jalonen (F) 1986-1987 SM-liiga 44 29 64 93 2.11 30
2. Jan Caloun (F) 1998-1999 SM-liiga 51 24 57 81 1.59 95
3. Kari Jalonen (F) 1988-1989 SM-liiga 44 18 56 74 1.68 40
4. Esa Keskinen (F) 1987-1988 SM-liiga 44 14 55 69 1.57 14
5. Pekka Järvelä (F) 1986-1987 SM-liiga 41 17 54 71 1.73 32
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League All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Matt Nickerson (D) 2005-2006 SM-liiga 36 5 8 13 0.36 236
2. Kristian Kudroc (D) 2005-2006 SM-liiga 48 10 12 22 0.46 227
3. Jarkko Ruutu (F) 2004-2005 SM-liiga 50 10 18 28 0.56 215
4. Ben Blood (D) 2017-2018 Liiga 57 3 7 10 0.18 207
5. Sami Helenius (D) 2007-2008 SM-liiga 49 1 6 7 0.14 198
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List of Champions

League Awards