2018-19 Liiga 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==
Team 	City 	Head coach 	Arena 	Capacity	Captain
HIFK 	Helsinki 	Ari-Pekka Selin25 Jan 2019Jarno Pikkarainen	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Lennart Petrell
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Antti Pennanen 	Patria-areena 	 	Otto Paajanen
Ilves 	Tampere 	Karri Kivi 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit 	Mikkeli 	Pekka Kangasalusta 	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	 	Miika Roine
JYP 	 	Lauri Merikivi14 Jan 2019Risto Dufva 	Synergia-areena 	 	Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Sami Kapanen 	Niiralan monttu 	 	Tommi Jokinen
KooKoo 	Kouvola 	Tuomas Tuokkola8 Jan 2019Mikko Heiskanen 	Lumon arena 	 	Toni Kähkönen
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Mikko Manner 	Oulun Energia Areena 	 	Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko 	Rauma 	Pekka Virta 	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Janne Niskala
Pelicans	Lahti 	Ville Nieminen 	Isku Areena 	 	Hannes Björninen
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Tero Lehterä 	Kisapuisto 	 	Ville Koho
Sport 	Vaasa 	Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma 	Vaasa Arena 	 	Erik Riska
Tappara 	Tampere 	Jukka Rautakorpi 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Kristian Kuusela
TPS 	Turku 	Kalle Kaskinen 	HK Arena 	 	Lauri Korpikoski
 	Pori 	Mikael Kotkaniemi 9 Nov 2018Pasi Kaukoranta	Porin jäähalli 	 	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.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.
== Playoffs ==
=== Bracket ===
===Wild card round===
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
=== Finals ===
HPK wins the finals 4-3.
==Final rankings==
align=center	HPK
align=center	Kärpät
align=center	Tappara
4 	HIFK
5 	Pelicans
6 	TPS
7 	Lukko
8 	Ilves
9 	SaiPa
10 	JYP
11 	Sport
12 	KalPa
13 	KooKoo
14 	Jukurit
15 	Ässät
==See also==
* 2018–19 Mestis season
==References==
== External links ==
*Official site 
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