The Liiga season 2024-2025 will start on Tuesday, September 10. The final round of the regular season will be played on Saturday, March 15, 2025. The reigning champion is Tappara.

On this page, you will find the latest news from Liiga, the match schedule, information about broadcasting, and much more.

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Liiga playoffs

First round

  • SaiPa – TPS – match wins 3-2 (1-2, 2-6, 3-0, 2-1, 3-2 1st ot)
  • KooKoo – Sport – match wins 1-3 (1-3, 3-0, 1-2, 2-4)
  • Ässät – HPK – match wins 3-0 (3-2, 2-1 1st ot, 5-1)
  • K-Espoo – Tappara – match wins 2-3 (1-0, 1-6, 5-2, 1-2, 3-4 1st ot)

The series of the first round of the playoffs is decided in a best of five format. The team that wins three matches advances to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

  • Lukko – Sport – match wins 4-0 (6-2, 4-1, 5-1, 3-1)
  • Ilves – Tappara – match wins 4-0 (4-0, 2-1, 3-2, 6-1)
  • KalPa – Ässät – match wins 4-3 (1-2 1st ot, 3-1, 4-1, 2-1 1st ot, 0-5, 3-2)
  • HIFK – SaiPa – match wins 0-4 (1-4, 2-1 1st ot, 0-2, 2-6)

Semi-finals

  • Lukko – SaiPa 2-4 (1-2, 5-3, 1-2 2nd ot, 2-5, 3-2 1st ot, 1-2 1st ot)
  • Ilves – KalPa 2-4 (2-3, 2-3 1st ot, 3-0, 0-1, 3-1, 4-5 1st ot)

Finals

  • KalPa – SaiPa 1-1 (2-6, 5-2)

Bronze match

  • Lukko – Ilves 0-1 (4-5 1st ot)

Playoff scoring leaders

1.Otto Kivenmäki3+12=15SaiPa
2.Mikko Petman6+6=12SaiPa
3.Juuso Mäenpää5+7=12KalPa
4.Juuso Heikkilä7+4=11SaiPa
5.Jakob Stenqvist2+9=11Lukko

Liiga standings

Liiga standings
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1Lukko Rauma LUK60326418202-147112
2Ilves Tampere ILV60324717176-145111
3KalPa Hockey KAL60297618196-149107
4HIFK Helsinki IFK60279816173-165107
5SaiPa Lappeenranta SAI60306420178-170106
6KooKoo KOO602313420206-16999
7Assat Pori ASP60264921160-15995
8Kiekko-Espoo KIE6020101119160-17191
9Tappara Tampere TAP60246624178-16890
10HPK Hameenlinna HPK602151024154-17883
11Vaasan Sport VAA601791420172-17783
12TPS Turku TPS60189726173-19079
13Karpat Oulu KOU60197628172-19377
14JYP Jyvaskyla JYP60196728167-19776
15Pelicans Lahti PEL60204729171-17975
16Jukurit Mikkeli JUK60126141134-21549

Liiga regular season scoring leaders

Liiga scoring leaders

Liiga results

Liiga results
DateMatchResult
03.05.2025SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI – KalPa HockeyKAL2-3 ot.
02.05.2025KalPa HockeyKAL – SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI2-4
30.04.2025SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI – KalPa HockeyKAL0-2
28.04.2025KalPa HockeyKAL – SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI8-1
26.04.2025SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI – KalPa HockeyKAL2-5
25.04.2025KalPa HockeyKAL – SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI2-6
25.04.2025Lukko RaumaLUK – Ilves TampereILV4-5 ot.
21.04.2025KalPa HockeyKAL – Ilves TampereILV5-4 ot.
21.04.2025SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI – Lukko RaumaLUK2-1 ot.
18.04.2025Ilves TampereILV – KalPa HockeyKAL3-1
18.04.2025Lukko RaumaLUK – SaiPa LappeenrantaSAI3-2 ot.

Liiga match schedule

You can find the complete Liiga regular season match schedule here.

Liiga broadcasting

MTV Katsomo and Telia Play

In Finland, the broadcasting rights for Liiga are owned by MTV Oy. The current contract is valid until spring 2027. In the 2024-25 season, all Liiga matches will be shown live on MTV Katsomo’s streaming service and Telia Play.

You can access Liiga matches by purchasing the MTV Katsomo+ Sports package, which costs 36.95 euros per month (with ads). For Telia subscription customers, the discounted price is 31.95€/month. You can also buy a single Liiga match, which can be viewed on the Telia Play app and box or in a browser for 9.90 euros.

Through Telia, you can also subscribe to the MTV Katsomo+ Sports package without entertainment, which does not include ads. This way, you can pay just for sports at a lower price of 34.53€/month.

In addition to television, you can follow Liiga matches on a computer, tablet, or even a phone. Viewing on mobile devices requires MTV Katsomo or Telia Play credentials (depending on your subscription) and the MTV Katsomo or Telia Play app (depending on your subscription), which you can download from the App Store/Google Play Store.

You can use the services of MTV Katsomo and Telia Play simultaneously on two different devices, but you can only watch the same sports broadcast on one device at a time. You can find more information about the packages mentioned above on MTV’s and Telia’s websites.

For more information: MTV, Telia

MTV3 and MTV Sub

In the 2024-25 season, Liiga matches will also be shown on free-to-air channels. Throughout the season, there will be 23 Hockey Night Friday broadcasts on the free channels.

The free matches of the Liiga season 2024-25 are:

September 13: K-Espoo – HIFK
September 20: Tappara – HIFK
September 27: Pelicans – Ilves
October 4: HIFK – Kärpät
October 11: K-Espoo – Tappara
October 18: Ilves – Tappara
October 25: Ässät – Lukko
November 1: JYP – KalPa
November 15: KooKoo – HIFK
November 22: K-Espoo – Kärpät
November 29: Lukko – TPS
December 13: HPK – Kärpät
December 20: Ilves – HIFK
January 3: KalPa – Tappara
January 10: KooKoo – Kärpät
January 17: Pelicans – JYP
January 24: Lukko – Ässät
January 31: Kärpät – Ilves
February 14: TPS – Ässät
February 21: HIFK – TPS
February 28: Lukko – Kärpät
March 7: Tappara – Ilves
March 14: Match selection will be confirmed later

Liiga information package

How to play?

The 50th season of the Finnish Ice Hockey League will start on September 10, 2024. The reigning champion is Tappara, which won last season’s finals against Pelicans.

Instead of the previous six teams, the top four teams of the regular season will advance directly to the quarter-finals. Teams placed 5–12 will play in the first round of the playoffs in four matchups.

A completely new line will be added to the standings table between places 14 and 15: the two last teams of Liiga will play a playout series, the winner of which will end their season, while the loser will continue in a relegation series against the champion of Mestis in spring 2025. The relegation series will be played in a best of seven format.

The winner of the relegation series will play in Liiga next season, while the loser will play in Mestis.

For more information: Liiga

Where and who?

There are a total of 15 Liiga teams from different cities. Only Tampere has two teams, Ilves and Tappara. A new team, Kiekko-Espoo, has been promoted.

In the 2024-25 season, there will be 16 teams in Liiga. All teams will play a total of 60 regular season matches. In total, there will be 480 matches played in the Liiga regular season.

The largest arena in Liiga is located in Tampere. The Nokia Arena, completed in 2021, can hold up to 12,700 spectators.

TeamArenaHead Coach
HIFK (Helsinki)Helsinki Ice Hall (8200)Ville Peltonen
HPK (Hämeenlinna)Pohjantähti Arena (5360)Maso Lehtonen
Ilves (Tampere)Nokia Arena (12700)Tommi Niemelä
Jukurit (Mikkeli)Let’s Go Arena (4200)Marko Tuomainen
JYP (Jyväskylä)LähiTapiola Arena (4437)Johan Pennerborn
KalPa (Kuopio)Olvi Arena (5300)Petri Karjalainen
Kiekko-Espoo (Espoo)Metro Arena (6982)Jyrki Aho
KooKoo (Kouvola)Lumon Arena (5200)Jouko Myrrä
Kärpät (Oulu)Oulun Energia Arena (6485)Ville Mäntymaa
Lukko (Rauma)Kivikylä Arena (4700)Tomi Lämsä
Pelicans (Lahti)Isku Arena (4403)Juhamatti Yli-Junnila
SaiPa (Lappeenranta)Kisapuisto Ice Hall (4820)Raimo Helminen
Sport (Vaasa)Vaasan Sähkö Arena (5000)Juuso Hahl
Tappara (Tampere)Nokia Arena (12700)Rikard Grönborg
TPS (Turku)Gatorade Center (10500)Tommi Miettinen
Ässät (Pori)West Arena (6350)Jarno Pikkarainen

Liiga player budgets

Below you can find the player budgets of Liiga clubs from recent years. Please note that the budgets are reported before the start of the season.

ClubIn the 2024-25 seasonIn the 2023-24 seasonIn the 2022-23 seasonIn the 2021-22 season
Kärpät3.25 million euros3.25 million euros3.0 million euros2.5 million euros
Tappara3.25 million euros3.25 million euros2.95 million euros2.8 million euros
HIFK3.35 million euros3.2 million euros3.0 million euros2.6 million euros
Ilves3.10 million euros3.1 million euros2.8 million euros2.2 million euros
Lukko2.95 million euros2.9 million euros2.9 million euros2.5 million euros
TPS2.40 million euros2.8 million euros2.45 million euros2.2 million euros
Pelicans3.00 million euros2.65 million euros2.3 million euros1.75 million euros
JYP2.40 million euros2.5 million euros2.3 million euros1.6 million euros
KooKoo2.00 million euros2.1 million euros1.85 million euros1.6 million euros
Ässät2.35 million euros2.1 million euros2.0 million euros1.55 million euros
KalPa2.30 million euros2.1 million euros1.95 million euros1.75 million euros
Jukurit1.5 million euros2.0 million euros1.75 million euros1.45 million euros
HPK1.9 million euros1.95 million euros1.9 million euros1.75 million euros
SaiPa2.00 million euros1.9 million euros1.9 million euros1.6 million euros
Sport1.85 million euros1.836 million euros1.85 million euros1.65 million euros

Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ

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