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2012–13 SM liiga season

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League
  
SM-liiga

TV partner(s)
  
UrhoTV, Nelonen

Runners-up
  
Tappara

Top scorer
  
Juha-Pekka Haataja

Number of teams
  
14

Finals champion
  
Ässät

Sport
  
Ice hockey

Best record
  
Jokerit

Dates
  
13 Sep 2012 – 24 Apr 2013

Champion
  
Ässät

Season MVP
  
Antti Raanta

Season champion
  
Jokerit

Duration
  
September 2012 – April 2013

The 2012–13 SM-liiga season was the 38th 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 Ässät Pori who defeated Tappara Tampere in the finals.

Contents

Teams

  • Head coaches marked with ‡ took their jobs mid-season.

    • 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 Ässät, Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, Kärpät, Lukko and TPS, while other had HPK, Ilves, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans, SaiPa and Tappara.

    Additionally, there were two games where teams could choose the opponents. These were played back-to-back in 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: Pelicans-Ilves, TPS-Lukko, Ässät-Blues, HIFK-HPK, Tappara-Jokerit, Kärpät-KalPa and SaiPa-JYP.

    Top six advanced straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played wild card round for the final two spots. The last-placed team Ilves had to play best-of-seven series against Mestis winner Jukurit.

    Wild card round (best-of-three)

    Kärpät-Lukko 1-2

    Kärpät-Lukko 4-5 Lukko-Kärpät 2-4 Kärpät-Lukko 2-3 (OT)

    HIFK-SaiPa 2-1

    HIFK-SaiPa 2-3 (OT) SaiPa-HIFK 2-3 (OT) HIFK-SaiPa 5-2

    Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)

    Jokerit-Lukko 2-4

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


    Tappara-HIFK 4-1

    Tappara-HIFK 3-1 HIFK-Tappara 1-4 Tappara-HIFK 3-2 HIFK-Tappara 3-2 Tappara-HIFK 3-1


    JYP-HPK 4-1

    JYP-HPK 3-1 HPK-JYP 3-2 JYP-HPK 4-2 HPK-JYP 2-3 (OT) JYP-HPK 5-1


    Ässät-KalPa 4-1

    Ässät-KalPa 2-1 KalPa-Ässät 0-2 Ässät-KalPa 5-2 KalPa-Ässät 5-0 Ässät-KalPa 3-0

    Semifinals (best-of-seven)


    Tappara-Lukko 4-0

    Tappara-Lukko 3-2 (OT) Lukko-Tappara 3-4 (OT) Tappara-Lukko 3-0 Lukko-Tappara 0-5


    JYP-Ässät 1-4

    JYP-Ässät 3-4 (OT) Ässät-JYP 2-0 JYP-Ässät 1-4 Ässät-JYP 1-2 JYP-Ässät 0-1

    Bronze Medal Game

    JYP-Lukko 2-0

    Finals (best-of-seven)

    Tappara-Ässät 2-4

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

    Relegation (best-of-seven)


    Ilves-Jukurit 4-1

    Ilves-Jukurit 2-0 Jukurit-Ilves 1-3 Ilves-Jukurit 2-1 (OT) Jukurit-Ilves 7-4 Ilves-Jukurit 4-2

    References

    2012–13 SM-liiga season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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