2010-11 SM-Liiga season

The 2010–11 SM-liiga season the 36th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by HIFK who defeated Espoo Blues in the finals. The title was 7th in team history.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Head coach 	Arena 	Capacity	Captain
 	Pori 	Pekka Rautakallio	Porin jäähalli 	 	Matti Kuparinen
Blues 	Espoo 	Petri Matikainen 	Barona Areena 	 	Toni Kähkönen
HIFK 	Helsinki 	Kari Jalonen 	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Ville Peltonen
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Harri Rindell 	Patria-areena 	 	Marko Tuulola
Ilves 	Tampere 	Juha Pajuoja 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Pasi Määttänen
Jokerit 	Helsinki 	Erkka Westerlund*	Hartwall Areena 	 	Ossi Väänänen
JYP 	 	Risto Dufva 	Jyväskylän jäähalli 	 	Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Pekka Virta 	Niiralan monttu 	 	Tommi Miettinen
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Hannu Aravirta* 	Oulun Energia Areena	 	Ilkka Mikkola
Lukko 	Rauma 	Rauli Urama 	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Tomi Pettinen
Pelicans	Lahti 	Pari Räsänen* 	Isku Areena 	 	Jan Latvala
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Ari-Pekka Selin 	Kisapuisto 	 	Ville Koho
Tappara 	Tampere 	Sami Hirvonen 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Pekka Saravo
TPS 	Turku 	Jukka Koivu* 	Turkuhalli 	 	Ville Vahalahti
==Regular season==
Each team played four times against every other team (twice home and twice away), getting to 52 games. Additionally, the teams were divided to two groups, where teams would play one extra game. One group included Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans and SaiPa, while other had HPK, Ilves, Kärpät, Lukko, Tappara, TPS and Ässät.
New addition to schedule was two games where teams could choose the opponents. These were played back-to-back in late January and the choices were made in December, with team with lowest point total to that date was able to choose first. These pairs were: TPS-Ilves, Pelicans-KalPa, SaiPa-Tappara, Kärpät-Blues, Jokerit-HIFK, Lukko-Ässät and HPK-JYP.
Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	+/−	P
JYP 	60	39	4 	4 	13	186	97 	+89	129
Ässät 	60	30	11 	7 	12	176	132	+44	119
HIFK 	60	31	6 	12 	11	199	140	+59	117
Lukko 	60	27	6 	5 	22	175	157	+18	98
KalPa 	60	26	9 	2 	23	150	141	+9 	98
Jokerit 	60	25	6 	9 	20	165	150	+15	96
HPK 	60	25	4 	9 	22	154	151	+3 	92
Kärpät 	60	23	8 	4 	25	151	161	−10	89
Blues 	60	21	8 	7 	24	142	151	−9 	86
Ilves 	60	21	7 	4 	28	161	192	−31	81
Tappara 	60	17	7 	6 	30	142	181	−39	71
SaiPa 	60	16	4 	9 	31	137	186	−49	69
TPS 	60	12	8 	8 	32	134	186	−52	60
Pelicans	60	17	2 	4 	37	133	180	−47	59
==Playoffs==
Wild card round (best-of-three)
HPK - Ilves 0-2
:HPK-Ilves 3-5
:Ilves-HPK 5-2
Kärpät - Blues 1-2
:Kärpät-Blues 2-3 (OT)
:Blues-Kärpät 3-5
:Kärpät-Blues 1-2 (OT)
Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)
JYP - Ilves 4-0
:JYP-Ilves 7-3
:Ilves-JYP 1-2
:JYP-Ilves 4-3
:Ilves-JYP 2-3
Ässät - Blues 2-4
:Ässät-Blues 3-4 (OT)
:Blues-Ässät 3-0
:Ässät-Blues 1-2
:Blues-Ässät 1-5
:Ässät-Blues 2-0
:Blues-Ässät 3-0
HIFK - Jokerit 4-3
:HIFK-Jokerit 0-1
:Jokerit-HIFK 4-2
:HIFK-Jokerit 2-1
:Jokerit-HIFK 2-3 (OT)
:HIFK-Jokerit 1-3
:Jokerit-HIFK 1-2 (OT)
:HIFK-Jokerit 5-1
Lukko - KalPa 4-3
:Lukko-KalPa 2-3
:KalPa-Lukko 3-0
:Lukko-KalPa 2-1
:KalPa-Lukko 2-5
:Lukko-KalPa 5-0
:KalPa-Lukko 3-2 (2OT)
:Lukko-KalPa 5-1
Semifinals (best-of-seven)
JYP - Blues 1-4
:JYP-Blues 1-3
:Blues-JYP 4-3
:JYP-Blues 4-2
:Blues-JYP 2-0
:JYP-Blues 1-3
HIFK - Lukko 4-1
:HIFK-Lukko 2-3 (3OT)
:Lukko-HIFK 1-3
:HIFK-Lukko 5-2
:Lukko-HIFK 0-3
:HIFK-Lukko 7-1
Bronze medal game
JYP-Lukko 2-4
Finals (best-of-seven)
HIFK-Blues 4-0
:HIFK-Blues 3-2
:Blues-HIFK 1-5
:HIFK-Blues 5-3
:Blues-HIFK 2-4
==Team Photos==
10-11HPK.jpg|HPK
10-11Pelicans.jpg|Pelicans
10-11IlvesTamp.jpg|Ilves
10-11Kalpa.jpg|KalPa
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