2013–14 Liiga season

The 2013–14 Liiga season is the 39th season of the Liiga (formerly 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.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Head coach 	Arena 	Capacity	Captain
 	Pori 	Pekka Virta 	Porin jäähalli 	 	Ville Uusitalo
Blues 	Espoo 	Jyrki Aho 	Barona Areena 	 	Kim Hirschovits
HIFK 	Helsinki 	Raimo Summanen28.2.2014Harri Rindell	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Ville Peltonen
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Kai Rautio 14.10.2013 Pasi Arvonen 	Patria-areena 	 	Ville Viitaluoma
Ilves 	Tampere 	Tuomas Toukkola 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Masi Marjamäki
Jokerit 	Helsinki 	Tomi Lämsä 1.3.2014 Tomek Valtonen 	Hartwall Areena 	 	Ossi Väänänen
JYP 	 	Marko Virtanen 	Jyväskylän jäähalli 	 	Eric Perrin
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Jari Laukkanen 27.2.2014 Anssi Laine	Kuopion jäähalli 	 	Jussi Timonen
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Lauri Marjamäki 	Oulun Energia Areena	 	Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko 	Rauma 	Risto Dufva 	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Otto Honkaheimo
Pelicans	Lahti 	Hannu Aravirta 	Isku Areena 	 	Tommi Paakkolanvaara
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Pekka Tirkkonen 	Kisapuisto 	 	Ville Koho
Tappara 	Tampere 	Jukka Rautakorpi 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Ville Nieminen
TPS 	Turku 	Kai Suikkanen 	Turkuhalli 	 	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 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-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.
===Bronze medal game===
=== Finals (best-of-seven) ===
Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.
==Final rankings==
align=center	Kärpät
align=center	Tappara
align=center	Lukko
4 	SaiPa
5 	JYP
6 	Blues
7 	Pelicans
8 	HPK
9 	Jokerit
10 	HIFK
11 	Ilves
12 	Ässät
13 	TPS
14 	KalPa
==External links==
*Official site of the Liiga
Category:SM-Liiga season
Category:2014 in hockey