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2010–11 SM liiga season

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League
  
SM-liiga

Number of teams
  
14

Best record
  
JYP

Sport
  
Ice hockey

TV partner(s)
  
UrhoTV, Nelonen

Duration
  
September 2010 – April 2011

The 2010–11 SM-liiga season the 36th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by HIFK who defeated Espoo Blues in the finals. The title was 7th in team history.

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Teams

  • Head coaches listed with asterisk (*) were mid-season replacements.
  • Regular season

    Each team played four times against every other team (twice home and twice away), getting to 52 games. Additionally, the teams were divided to two groups, where teams would play one extra game. One group included Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans and SaiPa, while other had HPK, Ilves, Kärpät, Lukko, Tappara, TPS and Ässät.

    New addition to schedule was two games where teams could choose the opponents. These were played back-to-back in late January and the choices were made in December, with team with lowest point total to that date was able to choose first. These pairs were: TPS-Ilves, Pelicans-KalPa, SaiPa-Tappara, Kärpät-Blues, Jokerit-HIFK, Lukko-Ässät and HPK-JYP.

    Wild card round (best-of-three)

    HPK - Ilves 0-2

    HPK-Ilves 3-5 Ilves-HPK 5-2

    Kärpät - Blues 1-2

    Kärpät-Blues 2-3 (OT) Blues-Kärpät 3-5 Kärpät-Blues 1-2 (OT)

    Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)


    JYP - Ilves 4-0

    JYP-Ilves 7-3 Ilves-JYP 1-2 JYP-Ilves 4-3 Ilves-JYP 2-3


    Ässät - Blues 2-4

    Ässät-Blues 3-4 (OT) Blues-Ässät 3-0 Ässät-Blues 1-2 Blues-Ässät 1-5 Ässät-Blues 2-0 Blues-Ässät 3-0


    HIFK - Jokerit 4-3

    HIFK-Jokerit 0-1 Jokerit-HIFK 4-2 HIFK-Jokerit 2-1 Jokerit-HIFK 2-3 (OT) HIFK-Jokerit 1-3 Jokerit-HIFK 1-2 (OT) HIFK-Jokerit 5-1


    Lukko - KalPa 4-3

    Lukko-KalPa 2-3 KalPa-Lukko 3-0 Lukko-KalPa 2-1 KalPa-Lukko 2-5 Lukko-KalPa 5-0 KalPa-Lukko 3-2 (2OT) Lukko-KalPa 5-1

    Semifinals (best-of-seven)


    JYP - Blues 1-4

    JYP-Blues 1-3 Blues-JYP 4-3 JYP-Blues 4-2 Blues-JYP 2-0 JYP-Blues 1-3


    HIFK - Lukko 4-1

    HIFK-Lukko 2-3 (3OT) Lukko-HIFK 1-3 HIFK-Lukko 5-2 Lukko-HIFK 0-3 HIFK-Lukko 7-1

    Bronze medal game

    JYP-Lukko 2-4

    Finals (best-of-seven)


    HIFK-Blues 4-0

    HIFK-Blues 3-2 Blues-HIFK 1-5 HIFK-Blues 5-3 Blues-HIFK 2-4

    References

    2010–11 SM-liiga season Wikipedia