2015–16 Liiga season

The 2015–16 Liiga season was the 41st 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
Blues 	Espoo 	Jyrki Aho 	Barona Areena 	 	Jari Sailio
HIFK 	Helsinki 	Antti Törmänen 	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Arttu Luttinen
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Pasi Arvonen 	Patria-areena 	 	Riku Hahl
Ilves 	Tampere 	Tuomas Toukkola 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Sami Sandell
JYP 	 	Marko Virtanen 	Synergia-areena 	 	Tuomas Pihlman
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Pekka Virta 	Niiralan monttu 	 	Mikko Jokela
KooKoo 	Kouvola 	Petri Mattila 	Lumon arena 	 	Ari Vallin
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Lauri Marjamäki 	Oulun Energia Areena	 	Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko 	Rauma 	Risto Dufva 	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Ilkka Mikkola
Pelicans	Lahti 	Petri Matikainen 	Isku Areena 	 	Antti Erkinjuntti
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Pekka Tirkkonen 	Kisapuisto 	 	Ville Koho
Sport 	Vaasa 	Tomek Valtonen 	Vaasa Arena 	 	Mikko Pukka
Tappara 	Tampere 	Jussi Tapola 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Jukka Peltola
TPS 	Turku 	Ari-Pekka Selin 	HK Arena 	 	Tomi Kallio
 	Pori 	Pekka Rautakallio	Porin jäähalli 	 	Juha Kiilholma
==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 	OW	OL	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
HIFK 	60	37	6 	4 	13	186	131	127
Oulun Kärpät 	60	33	6 	8 	13	178	126	119
Tappara 	60	26	12	8 	14	177	136	110
JYP Jyväskylä 	60	29	7 	5 	19	156	139	106
SaiPa 	60	27	5 	8 	20	178	146	99
Lukko 	60	24	9 	4 	23	154	132	94
HC TPS 	60	23	6 	9 	22	150	152	90
KalPa 	60	21	10	9 	22	129	127	90
Lahti Pelicans	60	24	4 	7 	25	145	171	87
Vaasan Sport 	60	20	7 	9 	24	153	156	83
KooKoo 	60	16	10	10	24	129	159	78
Ässät 	60	20	5 	7 	28	143	162	77
HPK 	60	18	5 	4 	33	125	168	68
Ilves 	60	16	5 	5 	34	124	163	63
Espoo Blues 	60	13	6 	8 	33	108	168	59
==Playoffs==
===Bracket===
===Wild card round (best-of-three)===
====(7) TPS vs. (10) Sport====
TPS wins the series 2-0.
====(8) KalPa vs. (9) Pelicans====
Pelicans wins the series 2-1.
===Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)===
====(1) HIFK vs. (9) Pelicans====
HIFK wins the series 4-2.
====(2) Kärpät vs. (7) TPS====
Kärpät wins the series 4-2.
====(3) Tappara vs. (6) Lukko====
Tappara wins the series 4-1.
====(4) JYP vs. (5) SaiPa====
JYP wins the series 4-2.
===Semifinals (best-of-seven)===
====(1) HIFK vs. (4) JYP====
HIFK wins the series 4-2.
====(2) Kärpät vs. (3) Tappara====
Tappara wins the series 4-3.
===Bronze medal game===
===Finals (best-of-seven)===
Tappara wins the finals 4–2.
==Final rankings==
align="center"	Tappara
align="center"	HIFK
align="center"	Kärpät
4 	JYP
5 	SaiPa
6 	Lukko
7 	TPS
8 	Pelicans
9 	KalPa
10 	Sport
11 	KooKoo
12 	Ässät
13 	HPK
14 	Ilves
15 	Blues
==References==
==External links==
*Official site of the Liiga
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