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.

SM-liiga Liiga 2012-2013

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League naming history:

2013 - currentLiiga
1975 - 2013SM-liiga

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2012-2013

2012-2013 Season

Jokerit finished first in the 2012-13 SM-liiga standings with 111 points. Tappara (108 points) and JYP (103 points) followed.

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2012-2013 SM-liiga Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Jokerit	60	28	-	15	10	7	168	136	32	111	1.85	Quarterfinal loss
2.	Tappara	60	29	-	17	7	7	178	145	33	108	1.80	Final loss
3.	JYP	60	28	-	18	5	9	161	142	19	103	1.72	Bronze game win
4.	Ässät	60	27	-	20	8	5	160	130	30	102	1.70	Champion
5.	KalPa	60	24	-	20	9	7	172	145	27	97	1.62	Quarterfinal loss
6.	HPK	60	20	-	16	12	12	157	144	13	96	1.60	Quarterfinal loss
7.	Kärpät	60	23	-	22	9	6	172	150	22	93	1.55	Playoffs Qualifier loss
8.	HIFK	60	26	-	24	3	7	153	163	-10	91	1.52	Quarterfinal loss
9.	SaiPa	60	23	-	24	7	6	162	173	-11	89	1.48	Playoffs Qualifier loss
10.	Lukko	60	24	-	25	3	8	151	170	-19	86	1.43	Bronze game loss
11.	Pelicans	60	22	-	28	7	3	163	180	-17	83	1.38	Did not make playoffs
12.	Blues	60	21	-	28	6	5	151	164	-13	80	1.33	Did not make playoffs
13.	TPS	60	12	-	28	8	12	144	181	-37	64	1.07	Did not make playoffs
14.	Ilves	60	13	-	35	6	6	113	187	-74	57	0.95	Saved in relegation

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2012-2013 SM-liiga Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Juha-Pekka Haataja (F)	60	28	31	59	69
2.	Justin Azevedo (F)	58	20	38	58	88
3.	Ville Viitaluoma (F)	58	18	38	56	75
4.	Sakari Salminen (F)	54	26	29	55	18
5.	Ivan Huml (F)	57	16	39	55	79

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2012-2013 SM-liiga Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Antti Raanta (G)	45	1.85	.943
2.	Anders Lindbäck (G)	13	2.33	.930
3.	Juha Metsola (G)	46	2.09	.930
4.	Tuomas Tarkki (G)	51	2.13	.927
5.	Lars Volden (G)	11	2.01	.927

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2012-2013 SM-liiga Demographics

Liiga Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/07/2026 09:00 AM UTC	Jukurit	Ässät	-
10/03/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Lukko	Ässät	2 - 5
10/03/2026 02:00 PM UTC	SaiPa	Jokerit	3 - 2
10/03/2026 02:00 PM UTC	KooKoo	Pelicans	3 - 6
10/03/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Jukurit	KalPa	2 - 1 (OT 63:13)

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Liiga Transactions

Liiga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/06/2026	Confirmed	Joona Lehmus (D)	JYP	JoKP	Details
10/01/2026	Confirmed	Samuli Piipponen (D)	Sport	HPK	Details
10/01/2026	Confirmed	Pekka Jormakka (F)	HKM Zvolen	Jukurit	Details
10/01/2026	Confirmed	Oliver Tuhkanen (D)	Jokerit	JoKP	Details
10/01/2026	Confirmed	Markus Niemeläinen (D)	Eisbären Berlin	Tappara	Details

2026-2027 Liiga Free Agents

Team	Player
Lukko	Éric Gélinas (D)
Jukurit	Alexander Ruuttu (F)
HPK	Teemu Rautiainen (F)
Tappara	Emil Sylvegård (F)
SaiPa	Niklas Appelgren (F)

2027-2028 Liiga Free Agents

Team	Player
Ilves	Luke Henman (F)
Jukurit	Andrej Sustr (D)
TPS	Lukas Haudum (F)
Jukurit	Jacob Hayhurst (F)
TPS	Lukas Wernblom (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Liiga Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	HIFK	43	13 882	6'0"	192 lbs	27.23
2.	HPK	35	7 340	6'0"	190 lbs	26.20
3.	Ilves	46	7 264	6'0"	192 lbs	25.33
4.	JYP	38	11 744	6'0"	196 lbs	26.74
5.	Jokerit	40	11 630	6'0"	194 lbs	25.18
6.	KalPa	34	15 399	6'0"	190 lbs	26.94
7.	Kiekko-Espoo	38	6 735	6'0"	190 lbs	25.58
8.	Kärpät	36	11 288	6'0"	190 lbs	25.44
9.	Lukko	38	7 315	6'0"	194 lbs	26.18
10.	Pelicans	37	8 182	6'0"	194 lbs	27.68
11.	SaiPa	35	5 216	6'0"	192 lbs	26.11
12.	TPS	46	10 443	6'0"	194 lbs	25.46
13.	Tappara	35	15 422	6'0"	190 lbs	28.03
14.	Ässät	30	5 389	6'0"	194 lbs	26.03

Team Comparison History

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.	Nikolai Goldobin (F)	2026-2027	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL	11	3	15	18	4
3.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	8	6	9	15	6
4.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	2026-2027	Shakhter Soligorsk	Belarus	8	5	10	15	6
5.	Kristian Tanus (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	9	5	10	15	4
6.	Emil Järventie (F)	2026-2027	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	9	11	3	14	4
7.	Anton Ollikainen (F)	2026-2027	HC Ludwig	III-divisioona	4	10	4	14	2
8.	Tomi Purmola (F)	2026-2027	Shakers	II-divisioona	5	9	5	14	4
9.	Danick Martel (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Extraliga	8	7	7	14	7
10.	Kasper Koskinen (F)	2026-2027	VG-62	II-divisioona	5	5	9	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