2017–18 Liiga season

2017–18 Liiga
League	Liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2017 – April 2018
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	Nelonen
Regular season
Playoffs

The 2017–18 Liiga season is the 43rd season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.

Teams

Jukurit

HIFK

HPK

Ilves
Tappara

JYP

KalPa

KooKoo

Kärpät

Lukko

Pelicans

SaiPa

Ässät

Sport

TPS

Location of teams in 2015–2016 Liiga

Team	City	Head coach	Arena	Capacity	Captain
HIFK	Helsinki	Ari-Pekka Selin	Helsingin jäähalli	8,200	Lennart Petrell
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Antti Pennanen	Patria-areena	5,360	Otto Paajanen
Ilves	Tampere	Karri Kivi	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300	Tapio Laakso
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Risto Dufva	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	4,200	Miika Roine
JYP	Jyväskylä	Marko Virtanen	Synergia-areena	4,437	Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPa	Kuopio	Sami Kapanen	Niiralan monttu	5,064	Tommi Jokinen
KooKoo	Kouvola	Tuomas Tuokkola	Lumon arena	6,000	Toni Kähkönen
Kärpät	Oulu	Mikko Manner	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614	Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko	Rauma	Pekka Virta	Äijänsuo Arena	5,400	Janne Niskala
Pelicans	Lahti	Petri Matikainen	Isku Areena	5,530	Stefan Lassen
SaiPa	Lappeenranta	Tero Lehterä	Kisapuisto	4,820	Ville Koho
Sport	Vaasa	Tomek Valtonen	Vaasa Arena	4,512	Markus Kankaanperä
Tappara	Tampere	Jukka Rautakorpi	Tampereen jäähalli	7,300	Jukka Peltola
TPS	Turku	Kalle Kaskinen	HK Arena	11,820	Tomi Kallio
Ässät	Pori	Jyrki Aho	Porin jäähalli	6,280	Matti Kuparinen

Regular season

Top six advance straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions play wild card round for the final two spots. The Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.