Sports season
The 2015–16 SM-liiga season was the 41st season of the SM-liiga , the top level of ice hockey in Finland , since the league's formation in 1975.
Teams
Location of teams in
2015–2016 SM-liiga
Team
City
Head coach
Arena
Capacity
Captain
Blues
Espoo
Jyrki Aho
Barona Areena
7,017
Jari Sailio
HIFK
Helsinki
Antti Törmänen
Helsingin jäähalli
8,200
Arttu Luttinen
HPK
Hämeenlinna
Pasi Arvonen
Patria-areena
5,360
Riku Hahl
Ilves
Tampere
Tuomas Toukkola
Tampereen jäähalli
7,300
Sami Sandell
JYP
Jyväskylä
Marko Virtanen
Synergia-areena
4,437
Tuomas Pihlman
KalPa
Kuopio
Pekka Virta
Niiralan monttu
5,064
Mikko Jokela
KooKoo
Kouvola
Petri Mattila
Lumon arena
6,000
Ari Vallin
Kärpät
Oulu
Lauri Marjamäki
Oulun Energia Areena
6,780
Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko
Rauma
Risto Dufva
Äijänsuo Arena
5,400
Ilkka Mikkola
Pelicans
Lahti
Petri Matikainen
Isku Areena
5,530
Antti Erkinjuntti
SaiPa
Lappeenranta
Pekka Tirkkonen
Kisapuisto
4,820
Ville Koho
Sport
Vaasa
Tomek Valtonen
Vaasa Arena
4,512
Mikko Pukka
Tappara
Tampere
Jussi Tapola
Tampereen jäähalli
7,300
Jukka Peltola
TPS
Turku
Ari-Pekka Selin
HK Arena
11,820
Tomi Kallio
Ässät
Pori
Pekka Rautakallio
Porin jäähalli
6,097
Juha Kiilholma [ 1]
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 SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Final Result
1
HIFK
60
37
6
4
13
186
131
+55
127
Advance to Quarterfinals
2
Kärpät
60
33
6
8
13
178
126
+52
119
3
Tappara
60
26
12
8
14
177
136
+41
110
4
JYP
60
29
7
5
19
156
139
+17
106
5
SaiPa
60
27
5
8
20
178
146
+32
99
6
Lukko
60
24
9
4
23
154
132
+22
94
7
TPS
60
23
6
9
22
150
152
−2
90
Advance to Wild-card round
8
KalPa
60
21
10
7
22
129
127
+2
90
9
Pelicans
60
24
4
7
25
145
171
−26
87
10
Sport
60
20
7
9
24
153
156
−3
83
11
KooKoo
60
16
10
10
24
129
159
−30
78
12
Ässät
60
20
5
7
28
143
162
−19
77
13
HPK
60
18
5
4
33
125
168
−43
68
14
Ilves
60
16
5
5
34
124
163
−39
63
15
Blues
60
13
6
8
33
108
168
−60
59
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.[ 2]
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
References
External links
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