2016–17 Liiga season

2016–17 Liiga
League	Liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2016 – April 2017
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	Nelonen
Regular season
Playoffs

The 2016–17 Liiga season is the 42nd season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams

Jukurit

HIFK

HPK

Ilves
Tappara

JYP

KalPa

KooKoo

Kärpät

Lukko

Pelicans

SaiPa

Ässät

Sport

TPS

Location of teams in 2015–2016 Liiga

Team	City	Head coach	Arena	Capacity	Captain
HIFK	Helsinki	Antti Törmänen	Helsingin jäähalli	8,200	Arttu Luttinen
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Antti Pennanen	Patria-areena	5,360	Niko Kapanen
Ilves	Tampere	Karri Kivi	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300	Tapio Laakso
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Risto Dufva	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	4,200	Marko Kauppinen
JYP	Jyvaskyla Jyväskylä	Marko Virtanen	Synergia-areena	4,437	Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa	Kuopio	Pekka Virta	Niiralan monttu	5,064	Jussi Timonen
KooKoo	Kouvola	Petri Mattila	Lumon arena	6,200	Josh Green
Kärpät	Oulu	Kai Suikkanen	Oulun Energia Areena	6,768	Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko	Rauma	Juha Vuori	Äijänsuo Arena	5,400	Janne Niskala
Pelicans	Lahti	Petri Matikainen	Isku Areena	5,530	Antti Erkinjuntti
SaiPa	Lappeenranta	Ari Santanen	Kisapuisto	4,820	Ville Koho
Sport	Vaasa	Tomek Valtonen	Vaasa Arena	4,512	Markus Kankaanperä
Tappara	Tampere	Jussi Tapola	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300	Jukka Peltola
TPS	Turku	Ari-Pekka Selin	HK Arena	11,820	Tomi Kallio
Assat Ässät	Pori	Jyrki Aho	Porin jäähalli	6,300	Matti Kuparinen

Regular season

The top six teams advance directly to the quarter-finals, while teams placing 7th through 10th play in the wild-card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed league and there is no relegation.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Tappara	16	11	0	2	3	48	31	+17	35	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	KalPa	16	8	2	3	3	47	37	+10	31
3	Sport	17	6	3	4	4	45	40	+5	28
4	HPK	16	5	5	2	4	46	37	+9	27
5	TPS	16	6	3	2	5	42	34	+8	26
6	HIFK	16	5	5	1	5	32	30	+2	26
7	Ässät	16	7	2	0	7	31	36	−5	25	Advance to Wild-card round
8	Jukurit	16	7	0	3	6	35	35	0	24
9	Ilves	16	6	2	2	6	41	45	−4	24
10	JYP	16	5	2	5	4	38	37	+1	24
11	Pelicans	16	6	2	1	7	43	37	+6	23
12	Kärpät	16	4	2	4	6	31	40	−9	20
13	SaiPa	16	5	1	2	8	40	50	−10	19
14	KooKoo	16	3	3	2	8	34	50	−16	17
15	Lukko	17	2	3	2	10	37	51	−14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2016. Source: Liiga

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.

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