2014-15 Liiga Season

The 2014–15 Liiga season was the 40th 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
Assat 	Pori 	Pekka Rautakallio 	Porin jäähalli 	 	Ville Uusitalo
Blues 	Espoo 	Jyrki Aho 	Barona Areena 	 	Kim Hirschovits
HIFK 	Helsinki 	Antti Törmänen 	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Toni Söderholm
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Pasi Arvonen 	Patria-areena 	 	Joonas Vihko
Ilves 	Tampere 	Tuomas Toukkola 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Sami Sandell
JYP 	Jyväskylä 	Marko Virtanen 	Jyväskylän jäähalli 	 	Eric Perrin
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Pekka Virta 	Kuopion jäähalli 	 	Mikko Jokela
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Lauri Marjamäki 	Oulun Energia Areena	 	Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko 	Rauma 	Risto Dufva 	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Ilkka Mikkola
Pelicans	Lahti 	Tomi Lämsä 	Isku Areena 	 	Juha Leimu
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Pekka Tirkkonen 	Kisapuisto 	 	Ville Koho
Sport 	Vaasa 	Tomek Valtonen 	Vaasa Arena 	 	Miko Malkamäki
Tappara 	Tampere 	Jussi Tapola 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Jukka Peltola
TPS 	Turku 	Kai Suikkanen7 Nov 2014Miika Elomo17 Feb 2015Jarno Pikkarainen	Turkuhalli 	 	Petteri Nummelin
==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	31	9 	4 	16	167	126	+41	115
Tappara 	60	28	7 	8 	17	155	123	+32	106
Lukko 	60	24	7 	17 	12	163	147	+16	103
JYP 	60	28	5 	8 	19	174	151	+23	102
Blues 	60	25	11 	3 	21	166	149	+17	100
KalPa 	60	25	8 	6 	21	134	115	+19	97
HIFK 	60	24	9 	6 	21	177	150	+27	96
SaiPa 	60	23	9 	7 	21	151	146	+5 	94
Ässät 	60	23	6 	9 	22	151	143	+8 	90
Ilves 	60	24	5 	6 	25	150	161	-11	88
HPK 	60	15	12 	7 	26	143	165	-22	76
Pelicans	60	16	6 	8 	30	125	166	-41	68
TPS 	60	17	3 	8 	32	122	172	-50	65
Sport 	60	15	5 	5 	35	121	185	-64	60
== Playoffs ==
=== Bracket ===
=== Wild card round (best-of-three) ===
====(7) HIFK vs. (10) Ilves====
HIFK wins the series 2-0.
====(8) SaiPa vs. (9) Ässät====
SaiPa wins the series 2-0.
=== Quarterfinals (best-of-seven) ===
====(1) Kärpät vs. (8) SaiPa====
Kärpät wins the series 4-1.
====(2) Tappara vs. (7) HIFK====
Tappara wins the series 4-2.
====(3) Lukko vs. (6) KalPa====
Lukko wins the series 4-2.
====(4) JYP vs. (5) Blues====
JYP wins the series 4-0.
=== Semifinals (best-of-seven) ===
====(1) Kärpät vs. (4) JYP====
Kärpät wins the series 4-3.
====(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"	JYP
4 	Lukko
5 	Blues
6 	KalPa
7 	HIFK
8 	SaiPa
9 	Ässät
10 	Ilves
11 	HPK
12 	Pelicans
13 	TPS
14 	Sport
==References==
==External links==
*Official site of the Liiga
Category:2015 in hockey
Category:SM-Liiga season