How many teams play in the Liiga?

The Liiga currently consists of 17 teams.

Who won the most recent Liiga championship?

Tappara won the most recent Liiga championship in 2026.

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League naming history:

2013 - currentLiiga
1975 - 2013SM-liiga

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2026-2027 Season

Ilves lead the 2026-27 Liiga standings with 23 points. Jukurit (22 points) and Ässät (22 points) follow.

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2026-2027 Liiga Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Ilves	11	7	-	3	1	0	33	24	9	23	2.09	-
2.	Jukurit	13	6	-	5	2	0	34	28	6	22	1.69	-
3.	Ässät	12	6	-	3	1	2	30	27	3	22	1.83	-
4.	JYP	10	7	-	3	0	0	30	25	5	21	2.10	-
5.	Kärpät	12	5	-	3	2	2	34	32	2	21	1.75	-
6.	Lukko	11	6	-	4	1	0	29	23	6	20	1.82	-
7.	Kiekko-Espoo	13	5	-	4	1	3	42	32	10	20	1.54	-
8.	SaiPa	11	5	-	3	2	1	30	20	10	20	1.82	-
9.	Tappara	10	5	-	4	1	0	28	21	7	17	1.70	-
10.	Pelicans	10	5	-	4	0	1	24	23	1	16	1.60	-
11.	TPS	10	5	-	5	0	0	26	21	5	15	1.50	-
12.	HPK	11	3	-	5	3	0	23	32	-9	15	1.36	-
13.	KalPa	10	4	-	5	0	1	26	23	3	13	1.30	-
14.	Sport	11	3	-	5	1	2	20	31	-11	13	1.18	-
15.	HIFK	10	2	-	5	1	2	25	33	-8	10	1.00	-
16.	Jokerit	12	2	-	7	1	2	25	39	-14	10	0.83	-
17.	KooKoo	11	1	-	9	0	1	22	47	-25	4	0.36	-

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2026-2027 Liiga Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Luke Henman (F)	11	6	9	15	2
2.	Andrej Sustr (D)	13	0	14	14	8
3.	Lukas Svejkovsky (F)	13	8	5	13	4
4.	Sami Päivärinta (F)	11	6	7	13	4
5.	Lukas Haudum (F)	10	5	8	13	4

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2026-2027 Liiga Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Mantas Armalis (G)	6	1.24	.952
2.	Masi Härkönen (G)	7	1.73	.939
3.	Rasmus Korhonen (G)	3	1.32	.936
4.	Kari Piiroinen (G)	8	1.74	.933
5.	Jesper Myrenberg (G)	11	1.72	.927

Liiga Stories

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2026-2027 Liiga Demographics

Liiga Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/10/2026 02:00 PM UTC	HPK	KooKoo	-
10/09/2026 04:30 PM UTC	KalPa	Tappara	2 - 3
10/09/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Pelicans	Kärpät	2 - 3 (OT 62:14)
10/09/2026 03:30 PM UTC	KooKoo	Jukurit	4 - 1
10/09/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ilves	Lukko	1 - 5

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Liiga Transactions

Liiga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Bogdans Hodass (D)	Jukurit	Unknown	Details
10/08/2026	Confirmed	Niklas Appelgren (F)	SaiPa	Ketterä	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Onni Käyhkö (D)	Pelicans	BIK Karlskoga	Details
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Joona Lehmus (D)	JYP	JoKP	Details
10/01/2026	Confirmed	Samuli Piipponen (D)	Sport	HPK	Details

2026-2027 Liiga Free Agents

Team	Player
Lukko	Éric Gélinas (D)
Jukurit	Alexander Ruuttu (F)
HPK	Teemu Rautiainen (F)
Tappara	Emil Sylvegård (F)
Ilves	Joonas Nättinen (F)

2027-2028 Liiga Free Agents

Team	Player
Ilves	Luke Henman (F)
Jukurit	Andrej Sustr (D)
Kiekko-Espoo	Lukas Svejkovsky (F)
HPK	Sami Päivärinta (F)
TPS	Lukas Haudum (F)

Liiga League Injury List

Player / Team	Information
Luka Tiihonen (D)Jukurit	Undisclosed Injury
Santeri Huovila (F)JYP	End of season
Roni Jokinen (D)JYP	End of season

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Liiga Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	HIFK	33	4 044	6'1"	190 lbs	24.39
2.	HPK	29	3 867	6'1"	194 lbs	25.52
3.	Ilves	30	4 953	6'0"	185 lbs	24.90
4.	JYP	29	4 945	6'1"	190 lbs	26.41
5.	Jokerit	31	5 751	6'0"	190 lbs	27.74
6.	Jukurit	36	1 805	6'1"	192 lbs	24.03
7.	KalPa	30	5 753	6'0"	181 lbs	25.67
8.	Kiekko-Espoo	28	4 742	6'0"	190 lbs	27.11
9.	KooKoo	31	10 984	6'1"	192 lbs	25.39
10.	Kärpät	29	5 123	6'0"	183 lbs	25.00
11.	Lukko	26	4 004	6'0"	185 lbs	25.38
12.	Pelicans	28	3 391	6'0"	190 lbs	26.64
13.	SaiPa	28	6 374	6'0"	187 lbs	24.75
14.	Sport	36	4 211	6'0"	185 lbs	24.75
15.	TPS	35	4 856	6'1"	185 lbs	24.91
16.	Tappara	31	11 992	6'0"	190 lbs	27.00
17.	Ässät	33	5 984	6'0"	187 lbs	25.48

Team Comparison History

Liiga Interesting Facts

Oldest
1.	Veli-Matti Savinainen	40 yrs
2.	Jan-Mikael Järvinen	38 yrs
3.	Ville Lajunen	38 yrs
4.	Niko Hovinen	38 yrs
5.	Juuso Puustinen	38 yrs

Tallest
1.	Eeli Äijälä	6'9"
2.	Malte Setkov	6'8"
3.	Andrej Sustr	6'7"
4.	Niko Hovinen	6'7"
5.	Miro Karjalainen	6'7"

Heaviest
1.	Justin Addamo	240 lbs
2.	Eerik Wallenius	236 lbs
3.	Oskars Batna	234 lbs
4.	Teemu Hartikainen	234 lbs
5.	Väinö Liikonen	231 lbs

Youngest
1.	Elias Oksanen	16 yrs
2.	Frans Karjalahti	16 yrs
3.	Paavo Fugleberg	16 yrs
4.	Max Poikela	17 yrs
5.	Samuel Suoniemi	17 yrs

Shortest
1.	Petrus Palmu	5'6"
2.	Juuso Mäenpää	5'7"
3.	Philip Granath	5'7"
4.	Iikka Kangasniemi	5'7"
5.	Benjamin Pietilä	5'7"

Lightest
1.	Juuso Mäenpää	148 lbs
2.	Aleksi Klemetti	150 lbs
3.	Juha Metsola	152 lbs
4.	Masi Härkönen	154 lbs
5.	Arttu Paaso	154 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Camilo Miettinen (F)	2026-2027	Colombia	-	4	12	14	26	2
2.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	10	11	10	21	8
3.	Nikolai Goldobin (F)	2026-2027	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	12	3	16	19	6
4.	Liam Kirk (F)	2026-2027	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	7	5	11	16	0
5.	Emil Järventie (F)	2026-2027	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	10	12	3	15	4
6.	Danick Martel (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Extraliga	9	7	8	15	9
7.	Sami Tavernier (F)	2026-2027	Angers	Ligue Magnus	9	7	8	15	18
8.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	2026-2027	Shakhter Soligorsk	Belarus	8	5	10	15	6
9.	Kristian Tanus (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	10	5	10	15	4
10.	Anton Ollikainen (F)	2026-2027	HC Ludwig	III-divisioona	4	10	4	14	2

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Regular Season

Liiga All-Time Points

Liiga 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)	1107	280	458	738
4.	Ville Vahalahti (F)	977	260	427	687
5.	Jari Lindroos (F)	649	230	432	662

Liiga All-Time Goals

Liiga 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

Liiga All-Time Assists

Liiga All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Janne Ojanen (F)	876	283	516	799
2.	Kristian Kuusela (F)	1107	280	458	738
3.	Esa Keskinen (F)	478	215	443	658
4.	Jari Lindroos (F)	649	230	432	662
5.	Matti Hagman (F)	432	217	432	649

Liiga All-Time Penalty Min.

Liiga All-Time Penalty Min.
#	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

Liiga All-Time Games Played

Liiga All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jan Latvala (D)	1230	115	317	432
2.	Kristian Kuusela (F)	1107	280	458	738
3.	Markus Kankaanperä (D)	1054	55	132	187
4.	Arto Laatikainen (D)	1024	83	256	339
5.	Erik Hämäläinen (D)	1001	163	240	403

Liiga All-Time Points Per Game

Liiga 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

Liiga All-Time Points Per Season

Liiga 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

Liiga All-Time Goals Per Season

Liiga 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

Liiga All-Time Assists Per Season

Liiga 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

Liiga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Liiga All-Time Penalty Min. 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