2016–17 Liiga season

The 2016–17 Liiga season was the 42nd 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 	Antti Törmänen 	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Arttu Luttinen
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Antti Pennanen 	Patria-areena 	 	Niko Kapanen
Ilves 	Tampere 	Karri Kivi 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Tapio Laakso
Jukurit 	Mikkeli 	Risto Dufva 	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	 	Marko Kauppinen
JYP 	 	Marko Virtanen 	Synergia-areena 	 	Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Pekka Virta 	Niiralan monttu 	 	Jussi Timonen
KooKoo 	Kouvola 	Petri Mattila 	Lumon arena 	 	Josh Green
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Kai Suikkanen 	Oulun Energia Areena 	 	Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko 	Rauma 	Juha Vuori21 Nov 2016Kari Heikkilä	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Janne Niskala
Pelicans	Lahti 	Petri Matikainen 	Isku Areena 	 	Antti Erkinjuntti
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Ari Santanen 	Kisapuisto 	 	Ville Koho
Sport 	Vaasa 	Tomek Valtonen 	Vaasa Arena 	 	Markus Kankaanperä
Tappara 	Tampere 	Jussi Tapola 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Jukka Peltola
TPS 	Turku 	Ari-Pekka Selin 	HK Arena 	 	Tomi Kallio
 	Pori 	Jyrki Aho 	Porin jäähalli 	 	Matti Kuparinen
==Regular season==
The top six teams advance directly to the quarter-finals, while teams placing 7th through 10th play in the wild-card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed league and there is no relegation.
source=Liiga
Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	+/−	P
Tappara 	60	34	10 	5 	11	185	129	+56	127
TPS 	60	30	8 	8 	14	167	123	+44	114
KalPa 	60	28	9 	10 	13	168	140	+28	112
JYP 	60	28	9 	9 	14	160	123	+37	111
HPK 	60	23	12 	5 	20	153	136	+17	98
Pelicans	60	23	8 	8 	21	157	150	+7 	93
Ässät 	60	24	7 	4 	25	128	142	-14	90
Kärpät 	60	22	9 	6 	12	147	136	+11	90
HIFK 	60	22	8 	5 	25	138	140	-2 	87
Ilves 	60	21	6 	7 	26	143	146	-3 	82
Jukurit 	60	20	4 	8 	28	128	141	-13	76
Lukko 	60	17	6 	8 	29	151	177	-26	71
KooKoo 	60	15	7 	11 	27	137	173	-36	70
Sport 	60	16	5 	11 	28	128	169	-41	69
SaiPa 	60	14	5 	8 	33	116	181	-65	60
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.