Sports season
The 2018–19 SM-liiga season was the 44th season of the SM-liiga , the top level of ice hockey in Finland , since the league's formation in 1975.
Teams
Location of teams in
2018–2019 SM-liiga
Team
City
Head coach
Arena
Capacity
Captain
HIFK
Helsinki
Ari-Pekka Selin 25 Jan 2019 [ 1] Jarno Pikkarainen
Helsingin jäähalli
8,200
Lennart Petrell
HPK
Hämeenlinna
Antti Pennanen
Patria-areena
5,360
Otto Paajanen
Ilves
Tampere
Karri Kivi
Tampereen jäähalli
7,300
Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit
Mikkeli
Pekka Kangasalusta
Kalevankankaan jäähalli
4,200
Miika Roine
JYP
Jyväskylä
Lauri Merikivi 14 Jan 2019 [ 2] Risto Dufva
Synergia-areena
4,437
Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa
Kuopio
Sami Kapanen
Niiralan monttu
5,300
Tommi Jokinen
KooKoo
Kouvola
Tuomas Tuokkola 8 Jan 2019 [ 3] Mikko Heiskanen
Lumon arena
6,000
Toni Kähkönen
Kärpät
Oulu
Mikko Manner
Oulun Energia Areena
6,614
Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko
Rauma
Pekka Virta
Äijänsuo Arena
5,000
Janne Niskala
Pelicans
Lahti
Ville Nieminen
Isku Areena
5,371
Hannes Björninen
SaiPa
Lappeenranta
Tero Lehterä
Kisapuisto
4,820
Ville Koho
Sport
Vaasa
Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma
Vaasa Arena
4,164
Erik Riska
Tappara
Tampere
Jukka Rautakorpi
Tampereen jäähalli
7,300
Kristian Kuusela
TPS
Turku
Kalle Kaskinen
HK Arena
11,820
Lauri Korpikoski
Ässät
Pori
Mikael Kotkaniemi 9 Nov 2018 [ 4] Pasi Kaukoranta
Porin jäähalli
6,350
Tommi Taimi
Regular 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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Final Result
1
Kärpät
60
41
6
2
11
207
101
+106
137
Advance to Quarterfinals
2
Tappara
60
32
3
6
19
177
150
+27
108
3
Pelicans
60
30
3
8
19
199
154
+45
104
4
TPS
60
29
5
6
20
164
152
+12
103
5
HPK (C)
60
25
8
8
19
168
147
+21
99
6
HIFK
60
24
8
10
18
182
169
+13
98
7
Lukko
60
26
5
8
21
170
165
+5
96
Advance to Wild-card round
8
Ilves
60
23
8
6
23
169
170
−1
91
9
SaiPa
60
21
10
5
24
156
162
−6
88
10
JYP
60
17
12
7
24
145
155
−10
82
11
Sport
60
17
11
8
24
182
205
−23
81
12
KalPa
60
18
7
8
27
153
186
−33
76
13
KooKoo
60
18
6
7
29
157
197
−40
73
14
Jukurit
60
13
8
12
27
145
179
−34
67
15
Ässät
60
9
7
6
38
117
199
−82
47
Source:
Liiga (C) Champion
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.[ 5]
Playoffs
Bracket
Wild card round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Finals
HPK wins the finals 4-3.
Final rankings
See also
References
External links
Seasons Current teams (2024–25) Former teams Trophies and awards Other