2019-20_Liiga_season

2019–20 Liiga season

2019–20 Liiga season

Sports season


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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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

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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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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See also


References

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  10. "Pekka Virta jatkaa Lukon päävalmentajana vuoteen 2020 | Yle Urheilu | Yle.fi" (in Finnish). Yle.fi. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
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  12. "Uusi päävalmentaja nostanut joukkuetta kahdeksan sijaa - Sport teki jatkosopimuksen" (in Finnish). Iltalehti.fi. 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  13. "Sport vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – Risto Dufva palaa Liigaan | Uutiset | Liiga" (in Finnish). Liiga.fi. 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  14. "Jukka Rautakorpi jatkaa Tapparan päävalmentajana 2019–2020" (in Finnish). Aamulehti.fi. 2018-10-29. Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2019-04-03.

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