2019–20 Liiga season

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The 2019–20 SM-liiga season was the 45th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The last two game days (12 and 14 March 2020) of the regular season were scheduled to be played in front of an empty arena due to the Finnish government advising that all public events with more than 500 attendees would be cancelled or postponed.[1] On 13 March, the rest of the season, which included the final round of the regular season and all of playoffs, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

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2019–20 SM-liiga
LeagueSM-liiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2019 – March 2020
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)Telia
Regular season
Best recordKärpät
  Runners-upLukko
Top scorerJustin Danforth (Lukko)
Playoffs
SM-liiga seasons
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The Finnish championship was not awarded for the first time since 1944 when the 1943–44 SM-sarja season was cancelled due to the Continuation War.

Teams

Regular season

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Lukko - Ässät 30.11.2019

Usually the top six advance straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions play wild card round for the final two spots. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the last game day of the season was not played and no playoffs were held. The top 4 teams of the unfinished regular season qualified for the Champions Hockey League and the 5th team to the Spengler Cup.[2] The SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Kärpät 59 36 7 5 11 185 114 +71 127 Qualify for 2020–21 Champions Hockey League
2 Lukko 59 32 8 6 13 190 121 +69 118[lower-alpha 1]
3 Tappara 60 30 11 7 12 188 128 +60 119[lower-alpha 1]
4 Ilves 59 32 6 6 15 182 133 +49 114
5 KooKoo 59 30 7 6 16 172 129 +43 110 Qualify for 2020 Spengler Cup
6 HIFK 59 26 8 9 16 174 143 +31 103
7 HPK 59 27 7 7 18 157 147 +10 102
8 JYP 59 25 6 4 24 177 159 +18 91
9 Ässät 59 20 4 8 27 141 170 29 76
10 KalPa 59 19 5 8 27 156 186 30 75
11 TPS 59 17 5 8 29 149 185 36 69
12 SaiPa 59 18 4 4 33 123 185 62 66
13 Jukurit 59 11 8 7 33 127 178 51 56
14 Pelicans 59 12 7 4 36 120 201 81 54
15 Sport 59 11 4 8 36 129 191 62 49
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Source: Liiga
Notes:
  1. Due to the regular season being cut short, the ranking of the regular season is based on point average.[24]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.[25]

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points.

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Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Justin Danforth Lukko 56 27 33 60 +26 26
Eemeli Suomi Ilves Tampere 57 26 31 57 +23 42
Julius Nattinen JYP 54 33 22 55 +19 22
Jesse Puljujarvi Karpat 56 24 29 53 +30 52
Kristian Kuusela Tappara 55 20 33 53 +19 16
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See also

References

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