# 2013–14 Liiga season

The 2013–14 SM-liiga season is the 39th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by Kärpät who defeated Tappara in the finals.
This was the first season in which the league was known as "Liiga" in marketing purposes, having dropped the "SM" prefix. It was also the last season in the SM-liiga for Jokerit, which joined the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League after the season.

## Teams

| Team | City | Head coach | Arena | Capacity | Captain |
| Ässät | Pori | Pekka Virta | Porin jäähalli | 6,466 | Ville Uusitalo |
| Blues | Espoo | Jyrki Aho | Barona Areena | 7,017 | Kim Hirschovits |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Raimo Summanen28.2.2014 Harri Rindell | Helsingin jäähalli | 8,200 | Ville Peltonen |
| HPK | Hämeenlinna | Kai Rautio 14.10.2013 Pasi Arvonen | Patria-areena | 5,360 | Ville Viitaluoma |
| Ilves | Tampere | Tuomas Toukkola | Tampereen jäähalli | 7,600 | Masi Marjamäki |
| Jokerit | Helsinki | Tomi Lämsä 1.3.2014 Tomek Valtonen | Hartwall Areena | 13,506 | Ossi Väänänen |
| JYP | Jyväskylä | Marko Virtanen | Jyväskylän jäähalli | 4,500 | Eric Perrin |
| KalPa | Kuopio | Jari Laukkanen 27.2.2014 Anssi Laine | Kuopion jäähalli | 5,064 | Jussi Timonen |
| Kärpät | Oulu | Lauri Marjamäki | Oulun Energia Areena | 6,614 | Lasse Kukkonen |
| Lukko | Rauma | Risto Dufva | Äijänsuo Arena | 5,400 | Otto Honkaheimo |
| Pelicans | Lahti | Hannu Aravirta | Isku Areena | 5,530 | Tommi Paakkolanvaara |
| SaiPa | Lappeenranta | Pekka Tirkkonen | Kisapuisto | 4,825 | Ville Koho |
| Tappara | Tampere | Jukka Rautakorpi | Tampereen jäähalli | 7,600 | Ville Nieminen |
| TPS | Turku | Kai Suikkanen | Turkuhalli | 11,820 | Tapio Laakso |

## Regular season

Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | +/− | P |
| Kärpät | 60 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 190 | 106 | +84 | 131 |
| Tappara | 60 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 168 | 128 | +40 | 116 |
| Lukko | 60 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 153 | 138 | +15 | 101 |
| SaiPa | 60 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 160 | 134 | +26 | 100 |
| JYP | 60 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 154 | 149 | +5 | 98 |
| Blues | 60 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 137 | 146 | -9 | 93 |
| Jokerit | 60 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 156 | 145 | +11 | 93 |
| Pelicans | 60 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 156 | 156 | 0 | 92 |
| HIFK | 60 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 147 | 145 | +2 | 88 |
| HPK | 60 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 140 | 136 | +4 | 87 |
| Ilves | 60 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 143 | 146 | -3 | 84 |
| Ässät | 60 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 134 | 177 | -43 | 67 |
| TPS | 60 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 135 | 197 | -62 | 59 |
| KalPa | 60 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 101 | 172 | -71 | 51 |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Wild-card round (best-of-3) | Wild-card round (best-of-3) | Wild-card round (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | Kärpät | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jokerit | 0 | 10 | HPK | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | HPK | 2 | | | | 1 | Kärpät | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | SaiPa | 1 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Tappara | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | 8 | Pelicans | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | Kärpät | 4 |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 2 | Tappara | 3 |
| | | | 3 | Lukko | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| 8 | Pelicans | 2 | 6 | Blues | 3 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| 9 | HIFK | 0 | | | | 2 | Tappara | 4 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | | | | 3 | Lukko | 3 |
| | | | 4 | SaiPa | 4 | | | | 3 | Lukko | 1 |
| | | | 5 | JYP | 3 | | | | 4 | SaiPa | 0 |

### Wild card round (best-of-three)
#### (7) Jokerit vs. (10) HPK

HPK wins the series 2-0.

#### (8) Pelicans vs. (9) HIFK

Pelicans wins the series 2-0

### Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)
#### (1) Kärpät vs. (10) HPK

Kärpät wins the series 4-0

#### (2) Tappara vs. (8) Pelicans

Tappara wins the series 4-2

#### (3) Lukko vs (6) Blues

Lukko wins the series 4–3.

#### (4) SaiPa vs. (5) JYP

SaiPa wins the series 4–3.

### Semifinals (best-of-seven)
#### (1) Kärpät vs. (4) SaiPa

Kärpät wins the series 4–1.

#### (2) Tappara vs. (3) Lukko

Tappara wins the series 4–3.

### Finals (best-of-seven)

Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.

## Final rankings

| | Kärpät |
| | Tappara |
| | Lukko |
| 4 | SaiPa |
| 5 | JYP |
| 6 | Blues |
| 7 | Pelicans |
| 8 | HPK |
| 9 | Jokerit |
| 10 | HIFK |
| 11 | Ilves |
| 12 | Ässät |
| 13 | TPS |
| 14 | KalPa |