2024–25 Liiga season

The 2024–25 Liiga season is the 50th season of the Liiga, the top level of Finnish ice hockey since 1975.

2024–25 SM-liiga
Liiga's 50th anniversary logo
LeagueLiiga
SportIce hockey
Defending championsTappara (2023–24)
DurationSeptember 2024 – April 2025
Number of games60
Number of teams16
TV partner(s)Telia
C More
Regular season
Playoffs
Liiga seasons

The Liiga expanded to 16 teams for the season with the addition of Kiekko-Espoo. The league also brought back the relegation to the Mestis and a reformed playoff system and new divisions that decide the number of games teams play against each other.[1][2]

Format

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The regular season starts in September 2024. As in previous seasons, 450 matches will be played in the regular season, 60 for each team and all teams are divided into four groups.[1][2]

As usual, the series is on break in November for a week and a half while the national teams play in the Euro Hockey Tour. The Christmas break lasts 5–7 days, depending on the team, with the exception of Kärpät, which participates on the 26th–31 December in the Spengler Cup in Switzerland.[3] For other teams, the Christmas break ends on Saint Stephen's day, 26 December. The regular season ends in April 2025.

Two outdoor games will be played in Pori between the rivals Porin Ässät and Rauman Lukko in January 2025. The games go by the name Satakunnan Talviklassikko or The Satakunta Winter Classic. The games are counted as normal regular season game. They will be played in the Amiko-areena [fi], which is normally used by the bandy club Narukerä. Temporary stands with a capacity of 9,000 spectators will be built for the two games.[4][5][6]

Teams

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Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
HIFK Helsinki Ville Peltonen Helsingin jäähalli 8,200
HPK Hämeenlinna Matias Lehtonen23 Sep 2024[7]
Mikko Manner
Pohjantähti Areena 5,360
Ilves Tampere Tommi Niemelä Nokia Arena 12,700
Jukurit Mikkeli Marko Tuomainen Ikioma Areena 4,200
JYP Jyväskylä Johan Pennerborn LähiTapiola Areena 4,437
KalPa Kuopio Petri Karjalainen Olvi Areena 5,300
Kiekko-Espoo Espoo Jyrki Aho Espoo Metro Areena 6,982
KooKoo Kouvola Jouko Myrrä Lumon Areena 5,950
Kärpät Oulu Ville Mäntymaa Oulun Energia Areena 6,300
Lukko Rauma Tomi Lämsä Kivikylän Areena 4,500
Pelicans Lahti Juhamatti Yli-Junnila Isku Areena 4,403
SaiPa Lappeenranta Raimo Helminen Lappeenrannan jäähalli 4,820
Sport Vaasa Juuso Hahl Vaasan Sähkö Areena 5,185
Tappara Tampere Rikard Grönborg Nokia Arena 12,700
TPS Turku Tommi Miettinen Gatorade Center 10,500
Ässät Pori Jarno Pikkarainen Enersense Areena 6,150 Jan-Mikael Järvinen

Regular season standings

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Top four advance straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 5th and 12th positions play a wild card round for the final four spots. The 15th and 16th placed teams play against each other to decide which team will play against the Mestis champion for a spot in the SM-liiga.[a]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 SaiPa 34 18 3 3 10 105 85 +20 63 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Tappara 34 16 5 3 10 109 86 +23 61
3 HIFK 35 15 5 6 9 106 103 +3 61
4 Kiekko-Espoo 34 14 7 4 9 100 91 +9 60
5 Ilves 32 17 3 1 11 97 82 +15 58 Advance to Wild-card round
6 Lukko 34 16 2 4 12 111 87 +24 56
7 Ässät 34 15 4 3 12 90 91 −1 56
8 KalPa 33 13 5 4 11 96 82 +14 53
9 Kärpät 36 12 5 6 13 112 117 −5 52
10 Sport 35 10 4 11 10 101 106 −5 49
11 KooKoo 35 9 9 2 15 104 106 −2 47
12 TPS 35 10 5 6 14 101 113 −12 46
13 HPK 34 10 3 7 14 81 107 −26 43
14 Pelicans 33 11 3 2 17 96 101 −5 41
15 JYP 32 10 2 6 14 85 107 −22 40 Advance to Playout round
16 Jukurit 34 7 4 1 22 80 110 −30 30
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: [1]


Broadcast rights

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For the 2023–2024 season, Telia had transferred the television rights of the SM-liiga to MTV, which it owns. Telia had acquired the broadcast rights starting from the 2018–2019 season, and with the new agreement MTV has the rights until the end of the 2026–2027 season. MTV pays more than 90 million euros for television rights over four seasons, and the company has admitted that the operation is loss-making.[8] The broadcasts are produced by MTV and during the season games can be seen live from C More, Discovery+, DNA, Elisa Viihde, MTV and Telia.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ If a Mestis team wins the qualification round, it can still be denied promotion if the team doesn't match SM-liiga's qualification criteria

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kommentti: SM-liiga poisti nyt ison murheenkryynin – kolikolla on kääntöpuolensa". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  2. ^ a b Suvinen, Teemu (2024-05-02). "Raivo repesi SM-liigan jättimuutoksista – näin pomo vastaa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  3. ^ "Kärpät osallistuu tämän vuoden Spengler Cupiin". Jatkoaika.com - Kaikki jääkiekosta (in Finnish). 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  4. ^ "Talviklassikko | Ässien ja Lukon miljoonaprojektin ensimmäiset liput myynnissä – Tällaiset ovat hinnat". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  5. ^ "Liigan veriviholliset ryhtyivät yhteistyöhön: "Mittaluokka on historiallinen"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  6. ^ "Satakunnan talviklassikko | Ässät ja Lukko jysäyttävät yhdessä yli miljoonan euron jättiprojektin – Uutinen paransi Vellu Ketolankin päivää". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  7. ^ "HPK vapautti Lehtosen tehtävästään – Manner HPK:n päävalmentajaksi" (in Finnish). HPK. 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  8. ^ "Telia siirsi kaikessa hiljaisuudessa kymmenien miljoonien eurojen tappiolliset Liiga-oikeudet MTV:lle – pian MTV aloitti muutosneuvottelut". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  9. ^ "Katso, mistä näet jääkiekon Liigaa halvimmalla – samalla lähetyksellä eri suoratoistopalveluissa täysin eri hinta". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2024-05-04.


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