The 2020–21 SM-liiga season was the 46th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all the games had to be played to a very limited audience or no audience at all.[1] Two teams have temporarily let go of their coaches due to financial reasons: JYP and SaiPa.[2] The season was Hakametsä's last full season.
Top six advanced straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played a wild card round for the final two spots. The SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation. Due to several games having been cancelled due to COVID-19 cases in various teams in March 2021, not all teams got an even number of games, therefore SM-liiga decided that the rankings of the regular season will be determined by points per game average.[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points.[5]
Playoffsedit
Contrary to the best of three format used in the past seasons, the wild-card round will take place in two games and the aggregate score decides the team which advances.[6] The remaining rounds will be played in the best-of-5 format instead of the typical best-of-7 format[7]
The worse ranked team will play the first game at home. The aggregate score of the two games decides the winner of the round. There will be no over-time or penalty shoot-outs in the first game even if the score is tied. If the aggregate score is tied after the second game, overtime will be played in 20 minute periods until a goal is scored.[7]
^"Liiga jatkuu ensi viikolla - joulukuun ottelut pelataan ilman yleisöä | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^"SaiPa joutui koviin ratkaisuihin - valmennus ja urheilujohto lomautettiin | Yle Urheilu | yle.fi" (in Finnish). Yle.fi. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^"Jukurit vaihtaa päävalmentajaa | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^"Pistekeskiarvo määrää Liigan runkosarjansijoitukset | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^"Liiga avaa kevään playoffs-ohjelmaa – Ensimmäisellä kierroksella pelataan CHL-formaatilla | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
^ ab"Liigan playoffs-ohjelma julkaistu – Näillä askelmerkeillä ratkaisupeleihin | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
External linksedit
Official site (in Finnish)
January 05, 2024
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The 2020 21 SM liiga season was the 46th season of the SM liiga the top level of ice hockey in Finland since the league s formation in 1975 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic all the games had to be played to a very limited audience or no audience at all 1 Two teams have temporarily let go of their coaches due to financial reasons JYP and SaiPa 2 The season was Hakametsa s last full season 2020 21 SM liigaLeagueSM liigaSportIce hockeyDurationOctober 2020 May 2021Number of teams15TV partner s TeliaC MoreRegular seasonBest recordLukko Runners upHIFKSeason MVPRobin Press Lukko Top scorerPetri Kontiola HPK PlayoffsPlayoffs MVPEetu Koivistoinen Lukko Finals championsLukko Runners upTPSSM liiga seasons 2019 202021 22 Contents 1 Teams 2 Regular season 3 Playoffs 3 1 Bracket 3 2 Wild card round 3 3 Quarter finals 3 4 Semi finals 3 5 Bronze medal game 3 6 Finals 4 Final rankings 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksTeams edit nbsp nbsp Jukurit nbsp HIFK nbsp HPK nbsp IlvesTappara nbsp JYP nbsp KalPa nbsp KooKoo nbsp Karpat nbsp Lukko nbsp Pelicans nbsp SaiPa nbsp Assat nbsp Sport nbsp TPSclass notpageimage Location of teams in 2020 2021 Liiga Team City Head coach Arena Capacity CaptainHIFK Helsinki Jarno Pikkarainen Helsingin jaahalli 8 200 Jere SallinenHPK Hameenlinna Matti Tiilikainen Pohjantahti Areena 5 360 Markus NenonenIlves Tampere Jouko Myrra Tampereen jaahalli 7 300 Eemeli SuomiJukurit Mikkeli Marko Kauppinen12 3 2021 3 Jari Kauppila Ikioma Areena 4 200 Jesper PiitulainenJYP Jyvaskyla Mikko Viitanen 27 12 2020 Jussi Tupamaki 21 10 2020 27 12 2020 Pekka Tirkkonen furloughed 21 10 2020 31 3 2021 LahiTapiola Areena 4 437 Jani TuppurainenKalPa Kuopio Tommi Miettinen Olvi Areena 5 300 Tommi JokinenKooKoo Kouvola Jussi Ahokas Lumon Areena 5 950 Alexander BonsaksenKarpat Oulu Mikko Manner Oulun Energia Areena 6 400 Mika PyoralaLukko Rauma Pekka Virta Kivikylan Areena 4 700 Heikki LiedesPelicans Lahti Tommi Niemela Isku Areena 5 371 Hannes BjorninenSaiPa Lappeenranta Ville Hamalainen 8 11 2020 27 3 2021 Tero Lehtera furloughed 8 11 2020 27 3 2021 Lappeenrannan jaahalli 4 820 Jarno KoskirantaSport Vaasa Risto Dufva Vaasan Sahko Areena 4 164 Erik RiskaTappara Tampere Jussi Tapola Tampereen jaahalli 7 300 Jukka PeltolaTPS Turku Raimo Helminen Gatorade Center 11 820 Lauri KorpikoskiAssat Pori Ari Pekka Selin Isomaki Areena 6 350 Niklas AppelgrenRegular season editTop six advanced straight to the quarter finals while teams between 7th and 10th positions played a wild card round for the final two spots The SM liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation Due to several games having been cancelled due to COVID 19 cases in various teams in March 2021 not all teams got an even number of games therefore SM liiga decided that the rankings of the regular season will be determined by points per game average 4 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD W Pts PPG Final Result1 Lukko 60 38 7 15 204 114 90 6 127 2 12 Advance to Quarterfinals2 HIFK 50 26 11 13 153 113 40 7 96 1 923 TPS 59 27 18 14 165 140 25 7 106 1 804 Tappara 59 26 13 20 171 151 20 8 99 1 685 KalPa 58 25 15 18 152 125 27 7 97 1 676 Pelicans 58 25 12 21 169 147 22 10 97 1 677 Karpat 58 25 12 21 143 134 9 10 97 1 67 Advance to Wild card round8 Ilves 53 25 10 18 161 142 19 3 88 1 669 KooKoo 55 25 11 19 165 125 40 5 91 1 6510 Sport 54 19 12 23 123 140 17 6 75 1 3911 HPK 57 16 19 22 143 172 29 6 73 1 2812 Assat 58 15 15 28 150 193 43 6 66 1 1413 SaiPa 53 13 9 31 95 147 52 3 51 0 9614 Jukurit 57 13 10 34 120 199 79 5 54 0 9515 JYP 59 13 12 34 139 211 72 4 55 0 93Source Liiga Rules for classification 1 Points per game 2 3 point wins 3 Goal difference 4 Goals scored 5 Head to head points 5 Playoffs editContrary to the best of three format used in the past seasons the wild card round will take place in two games and the aggregate score decides the team which advances 6 The remaining rounds will be played in the best of 5 format instead of the typical best of 7 format 7 Bracket edit Wild card round agg of 2 Quarter finals best of 5 Semi finals best of 5 Finals best of 5 1Lukko38Ilves68Ilves09KooKoo41Lukko34Tappara14Tappara3 Pairings are re seeded after the first and second round 5KalPa11Lukko33TPS12HIFK37Karpat77Karpat010Sport32HIFK1Bronze medal game3TPS33TPS32HIFK76Pelicans24Tappara1 Wild card round edit The worse ranked team will play the first game at home The aggregate score of the two games decides the winner of the round There will be no over time or penalty shoot outs in the first game even if the score is tied If the aggregate score is tied after the second game overtime will be played in 20 minute periods until a goal is scored 7 Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legSport 3 7 Karpat 2 4 1 3KooKoo 4 6 Ilves 1 4 3 2Quarter finals edit Lukko Ilves 3 019 4 2021LukkoIlves5 3 ref20 4 2021LukkoIlves4 1 ref22 4 2021IlvesLukko2 5 refLukko wins the series 3 0 TPS Pelicans 3 219 4 2021TPSPelicans3 5 ref20 4 2021TPSPelicans2 0 ref22 4 2021PelicansTPS2 3 ref23 4 2021PelicansTPS5 3 ref25 4 2021TPSPelicans2 1 refTPS wins the series 3 2 HIFK Karpat 3 019 4 2021HIFKKarpat3 2 ref20 4 2021HIFKKarpat5 4 OT2 ref22 4 2021KarpatHIFK2 5 refHIFK wins the series 3 0 Tappara KalPa 3 119 4 2021TapparaKalPa1 0 ref20 4 2021TapparaKalPa3 4 OT2 ref22 4 2021KalPaTappara1 2 ref23 4 2021KalPaTappara2 3 refTappara wins the series 3 1 Semi finals edit Lukko Tappara 3 129 4 2021LukkoTappara3 2 OT1 ref30 4 2021LukkoTappara1 4 ref2 5 2021TapparaLukko1 4 ref3 5 2021TapparaLukko0 1 refLukko wins the series 3 1 HIFK TPS 1 329 4 2021HIFKTPS4 1 ref30 4 2021HIFKTPS2 3 OT1 ref2 5 2021TPSHIFK3 0 ref3 5 2021TPSHIFK3 2 OT1 refTPS wins the series 3 1 Bronze medal game edit 6 May 2021 18 30HIFK7 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 TapparaHelsinki Ice Hall HelsinkiGame referenceFrans TuohimaaGoaliesChristian HeljankoDominik HrachovinaReferees Antti BomanJani Luoma ahoLinesmen Niko JusiJoni PekkalaJ Saarinen D Bernhardt J Jaaska 04 371 0J Sallinen V Varakas V Leskinen 05 482 0M M Asten E Teravainen J Motin PP1 14 563 0H Borgstrom V Leskinen A Lundell PP1 15 444 0J Sallinen V Leskinen A Lundell 20 325 0T Tallberg S Dyk A Broadhurst 21 166 0V Varakas A Broadhurst S Dyk 24 267 07 145 51 J Peltola A Levtchi M Moravcik 2 minPenalties27 min30Shots20Finals edit 7 May 2021 18 30Lukko1 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 TPSKivikylan Areena RaumaGame referenceLassi LehtinenGoaliesKarri RamoReferees Lassi HeikkinenKristian VikmanLinesmen Joona ElonenMarkus Hagerstrom0 111 55 H Larsson R Ishakov J Kestner PP1 0 223 16 T Haapanen J Parssinen L Pajuniemi R Press T Gregoire A Saarela PP1 33 451 21 352 53 L Pajuniemi1 456 24 L Pajuniemi M Pyyhtia 42 minPenalties35 min36Shots198 May 2021 17 00Lukko4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 TPSKivikylan Areena RaumaGame referenceLassi LehtinenGoaliesAndrei KareyevReferees Antti BomanMikko KaukokariLinesmen Onni HautamakiJussi ThomannE Koivistoinen V Saarijarvi P Skalicky 34 351 0A Saarela S Repo V Saarijarvi 36 372 0T Gregoire H Liedes 51 183 0S Repo V Saarijarvi E Koivistoinen ENG 58 194 04 minPenalties8 min41Shots1310 May 2021 16 00TPS1 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 LukkoGatorade Center TurkuGame referenceKarri RamoGoaliesLassi LehtinenReferees Antti BomanMikko KaukokariLinesmen Joona ElonenMarkus Hagerstrom0 117 21 R Press PS 0 258 15 S Repo A Saarela ENG 0 358 46 P Skalicky H Liedes E Koivistoinen ENG A Intonen T Haapanen J Janatuinen 59 511 310 minPenalties8 min22Shots2911 May 2021 16 00TPS2 6 0 2 2 2 0 2 LukkoGatorade Center TurkuGame referenceKarri RamoGoaliesLassi LehtinenReferees Antti BomanMikko KaukokariLinesmen Joona ElonenMarkus Hagerstrom0 111 01 T Koivisto E Koivistoinen R Press 0 216 08 J Mattila K Pospisil P Skalicky J Kestner H Larsson 28 121 2A Anttalainen J Parssinen 33 232 22 334 57 P Skalicky K Pospisil 2 436 29 E Koivistoinen A Hakulinen J Tammela 2 556 05 H Liedes V Saarijarvi SH1 ENG 2 656 33 E Koivistoinen S Repo L Klok SH1 ENG 8 minPenalties4 min16Shots24Lukko wins the finals 3 1 Final rankings edit nbsp Lukko nbsp TPS nbsp HIFK4 Tappara5 KalPa6 Pelicans7 Karpat8 Ilves9 KooKoo10 Sport11 HPK12 Assat13 SaiPa14 Jukurit15 JYPSee also edit2020 21 Mestis seasonReferences edit Liiga jatkuu ensi viikolla joulukuun ottelut pelataan ilman yleisoa Uutiset Liiga in Finnish Liiga fi 2020 12 12 Retrieved 2021 01 12 SaiPa joutui koviin ratkaisuihin valmennus ja urheilujohto lomautettiin Yle Urheilu yle fi in Finnish Yle fi 2020 11 08 Retrieved 2021 01 12 Jukurit vaihtaa paavalmentajaa Uutiset Liiga in Finnish Liiga fi 2021 03 12 Retrieved 2021 03 16 Pistekeskiarvo maaraa Liigan runkosarjansijoitukset Uutiset Liiga in Finnish Liiga fi 2021 03 15 Retrieved 2021 03 16 Joukkuetilastot Runkosarja 2020 2021 Tilastot Liiga Liiga fi Retrieved 2021 03 24 Liiga avaa kevaan playoffs ohjelmaa Ensimmaisella kierroksella pelataan CHL formaatilla Uutiset Liiga in Finnish Liiga fi 2021 04 02 Retrieved 2021 04 02 a b Liigan playoffs ohjelma julkaistu Nailla askelmerkeilla ratkaisupeleihin Uutiset Liiga in Finnish Liiga fi 2021 04 12 Retrieved 2021 04 12 External links 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