2023–24 Liiga season

2023–24 Liiga
League	Liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Defending champions	Tappara (2022–23)
Duration	September 2023 – April 2024
Number of games	60
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	Telia C More
Regular season
Season champions	TBD
Runners-up	TBD
Season MVP	TBD
Top scorer	TBD
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	TBD
Finals champions	TBD
Runners-up	TBD

The 2023–24 Liiga season is the 49th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since its formation in 1975.

Teams

Jukurit

HIFK

HPK

Ilves
Tappara

JYP

KalPa

KooKoo

Kärpät

Lukko

Pelicans

SaiPa

Ässät

Sport

TPS

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Liiga

Team	City	Head coach	Arena	Capacity	Captain
HIFK	Helsinki	Ville Peltonen	Helsingin jäähalli	8,200	Ilari Melart
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Maso Lehtonen	Pohjantähti Areena	5,360	Juuso Hietanen
Ilves	Tampere	Antti Pennanen	Nokia Arena	13,000	Niklas Friman
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Olli Jokinen	Ikioma Areena	4,200	Pekka Jormakka
JYP	Jyväskylä	Jukka Rautakorpi	LähiTapiola Areena	4,437	Robert Rooba
KalPa	Kuopio	Petri Karjalainen	Olvi Areena	5,300	Tuomas Kiiskinen
KooKoo	Kouvola	Olli Salo	Lumon Areena	5,950	Otto Paajanen
Kärpät	Oulu	Lauri Marjamäki	Oulun Energia Areena	6,400	Atte Ohtamaa
Lukko	Rauma	Tomi Lämsä	Kivikylän Areena	4,700	Julius Mattila
Pelicans	Lahti	Tommi Niemelä	Isku Areena	5,371	Miika Roine
SaiPa	Lappeenranta	Ville Hämäläinen	Lappeenrannan jäähalli	4,820	Miska Siikonen
Sport	Vaasa	Risto Dufva	Vaasan Sähkö Areena	5,185	Sebastian Stålberg
Tappara	Tampere	Rikard Grönborg	Nokia Arena	13,000	Otto Rauhala
TPS	Turku	Tommi Miettinen	Gatorade Center	11,820	Juhani Jasu
Ässät	Pori	Jere Härkälä	Enersense Areena	6,150	Jesse Joensuu

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Tappara	14	10	3	0	1	55	28	+27	36	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	HIFK	14	6	3	3	2	45	33	+12	27
3	Ilves	15	7	1	3	4	45	41	+4	26
4	Ässät	14	6	3	2	3	39	30	+9	26
5	Lukko	16	7	1	1	7	40	41	−1	24
6	Kärpät	13	6	1	1	5	36	36	0	21
7	KooKoo	16	5	2	2	7	43	49	−6	21	Advance to Wild-card round
8	Jukurit	13	5	0	4	4	38	32	+6	19
9	Sport	14	5	1	2	6	38	36	+2	19
10	HPK	16	5	1	2	8	35	46	−11	19
11	JYP	13	4	3	1	5	36	36	0	19
12	TPS	15	3	5	0	7	35	40	−5	19
13	KalPa	14	4	2	2	6	35	44	−9	18
14	Pelicans	14	4	1	2	7	35	45	−10	16
15	SaiPa	13	2	1	3	7	31	49	−18	11

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: [1]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players leading the league in points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Jerry Turkulainen	JYP	13	7	13	20	+3	6
Anton Levtchi	Tappara	14	6	14	20	+3	2
Sami Niku	JYP	13	6	12	18	+4	8
Sebastian Repo	Lukko	16	10	7	17	+2	8
Kristian Vesalainen	HIFK	14	7	9	16	+9	4
Ben Tardif	KooKoo	16	5	9	14	+5	10
Reid Gardiner	JYP	13	4	10	14	0	4
Colby Sissons	KalPa	14	2	12	14	-3	10
Jori Lehterä	HIFK	14	1	13	14	+5	6
Ryan Lasch	Pelicans	13	0	14	14	-3	8