2022–23 Liiga season

The 2022–23 Liiga season was the 48th season of the Liiga (formerly 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 	Ville Peltonen 	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Teemu Tallberg
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Jarno Pikkarainen 	Pohjantähti Areena 	 	Juuso Hietanen
Ilves 	Tampere 	Jouko Myrrä 5 Oct 2022Antti Pennanen 	Nokia Arena 	 	Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit 	Mikkeli 	Olli Jokinen 	Ikioma Areena 	 	Juhamatti Aaltonen
JYP 	 	Jukka Rautakorpi 	LähiTapiola Areena 	 	Robert Rooba
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Tommi Miettinen 	Olvi Areena 	 	Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo 	Kouvola 	Olli Salo 	Lumon Areena 	 	Heikki Liedes
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Lauri Marjamäki 	Oulun Energia Areena 	 	Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko 	Rauma 	Marko Virtanen 	Kivikylän Areena 	 	Anrei Hakulinen
Pelicans	Lahti 	Tommi Niemelä 	Isku Areena 	 	Miika Roine
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Pekka Virta 14 Oct 2022Ville Hämäläinen	Lappeenrannan jäähalli	 	Jarno Koskiranta
Sport 	Vaasa 	Risto Dufva 	Vaasan Sähkö Areena 	 	Sebastian Stålberg
Tappara 	Tampere 	Jussi Tapola 	Nokia Arena 	 	Otto Rauhala
TPS 	Turku 	Jussi Ahokas 	Gatorade Center 	 	Juhani Jasu
Ässät 	Pori 	Karri Kivi 	West Areena 	 	Jesse Joensuu
==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 Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.
=== Scoring leaders ===
The following players led the league in regular season points.
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Michael Joly 	HPK 	60	25	39	64	+9 	18
Jori Lehterä 	Tappara	57	11	46	57	+5 	45
Jerry Turkulainen 	JYP 	60	12	42	54	–3 	20
Petri Kontiola 	Ilves 	58	12	39	51	0 	40
Jaakko Rissanen 	KalPa 	57	16	34	50	+17	26
Henrik Haapala 	Ilves 	47	15	32	47	+9 	20
Les Lancaster 	Ilves 	60	13	34	47	+20	22
Joona Ikonen 	Ilves 	54	23	22	45	+9 	16
Veli-Matti Savinainen	Tappara	54	17	27	44	+6 	30
Thomas Gregoire 	Lukko 	57	13	31	44	+23	41
==Playoffs==
=== Bracket ===
===Wild-card round===
===Quarter-finals===
===Semi-finals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Finals===
Tappara wins the finals 4-1.
==Final rankings==
align=center	Tappara
align=center	Pelicans
align=center	Ilves
4 	HIFK
5 	Lukko
6 	KalPa
7 	Ässät
8 	KooKoo
9 	Kärpät
10 	TPS
11 	Jukurit
12 	HPK
13 	JYP
14 	Sport
15 	SaiPa
== See also ==
* 2022–23 Naisten Liiga season
==References==
Category:Liiga seasons
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