The 2013–14 Liiga season is the 39th season of the
Liiga
The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...
(formerly SM-liiga), the top level of
ice hockey
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in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by
Kärpät who defeated
Tappara
Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at '' Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979 ...
in the finals.
This was the first season in which the league was officially known as "Liiga", having dropped the "SM" prefix. It was also the last season in the Liiga for
Jokerit, which joined the Russia-based
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...
after the season.
Teams
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.
Playoffs
Bracket
Wild card round (best-of-three)
(7) Jokerit vs. (10) HPK
HPK wins the series 2-0.
(8) Pelicans vs. (9) HIFK
Pelicans wins the series 2-0
Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)
(1) Kärpät vs. (10) HPK
Kärpät wins the series 4-0
(2) Tappara vs. (8) Pelicans
Tappara wins the series 4-2
(3) Lukko vs (6) Blues
Lukko wins the series 4–3.
(4) SaiPa vs. (5) JYP
SaiPa wins the series 4–3.
Semifinals (best-of-seven)
(1) Kärpät vs. (4) SaiPa
Kärpät wins the series 4–1.
(2) Tappara vs. (3) Lukko
Tappara wins the series 4–3.
Bronze medal game
Finals (best-of-seven)
Kärpät wins the finals 4–3.
Final rankings
External links
Official site of the Liiga
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