2010–11 SM-liiga
LeagueSM-liiga
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2010 – April 2011
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)UrhoTV, Nelonen
Regular season
Best recordJYP
  Runners-upÄssät
Season MVPVille Peltonen
Top scorerPerttu Lindgren
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPToni Söderholm
Finals championsHIFK
  Runners-upBlues

The 2010–11 SM-liiga season was the 36th 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 HIFK who defeated Espoo Blues in the finals. The title was 7th in team history.

Teams

TeamCityHead coachArenaCapacityCaptain
ÄssätPoriPekka RautakallioPorin jäähalli6,481Matti Kuparinen
BluesEspooPetri MatikainenBarona Areena6,798Toni Kähkönen
HIFKHelsinkiKari JalonenHelsingin jäähalli8,200Ville Peltonen
HPKHämeenlinnaHarri RindellPatria-areena5,360Marko Tuulola
IlvesTampereJuha PajuojaTampereen jäähalli7,600Pasi Määttänen
JokeritHelsinkiErkka Westerlund*Hartwall Areena13,506Ossi Väänänen
JYP JyväskyläRisto DufvaJyväskylän jäähalli4,618Juha-Pekka Hytönen
KalPaKuopioPekka VirtaNiiralan monttu5,224Tommi Miettinen
KärpätOuluHannu Aravirta*Oulun Energia Areena6,768Ilkka Mikkola
LukkoRaumaRauli UramaÄijänsuo Arena5,400Tomi Pettinen
PelicansLahtiPari Räsänen*Isku Areena5,530Jan Latvala
SaiPaLappeenrantaAri-Pekka SelinKisapuisto4,825Ville Koho
TapparaTampereSami HirvonenTampereen jäähalli7,600Pekka Saravo
TPSTurkuJukka Koivu*Turkuhalli11,820Ville Vahalahti
  • Head coaches listed with asterisk (*) were mid-season replacements.

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

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

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA +/− P
JYP 6039441318697+89129
Ässät 603011712176132+44119
HIFK 603161211199140+59117
Lukko 60276522175157+1898
KalPa 60269223150141+998
Jokerit 60256920165150+1596
HPK 60254922154151+392
Kärpät 60238425151161−1089
Blues 60218724142151−986
Ilves 60217428161192−3181
Tappara 60177630142181−3971
SaiPa 60164931137186−4969
TPS 60128832134186−5260
Pelicans 60172437133180−4759

Playoffs

Wild card round (best-of-three)

HPK – Ilves 0–2

HPK-Ilves 3–5
Ilves-HPK 5–2

Kärpät – Blues 1–2

Kärpät-Blues 2–3 (OT)
Blues-Kärpät 3–5
Kärpät-Blues 1–2 (OT)

Quarterfinals (best-of-seven)


JYP – Ilves 4–0

JYP-Ilves 7–3
Ilves-JYP 1–2
JYP-Ilves 4–3
Ilves-JYP 2–3


Ässät – Blues 2–4

Ässät-Blues 3–4 (OT)
Blues-Ässät 3–0
Ässät-Blues 1–2
Blues-Ässät 1–5
Ässät-Blues 2–0
Blues-Ässät 3–0


HIFK – Jokerit 4–3

HIFK-Jokerit 0–1
Jokerit-HIFK 4–2
HIFK-Jokerit 2–1
Jokerit-HIFK 2–3 (OT)
HIFK-Jokerit 1–3
Jokerit-HIFK 1–2 (OT)
HIFK-Jokerit 5–1


Lukko – KalPa 4–3

Lukko-KalPa 2–3
KalPa-Lukko 3–0
Lukko-KalPa 2–1
KalPa-Lukko 2–5
Lukko-KalPa 5–0
KalPa-Lukko 3–2 (2OT)
Lukko-KalPa 5–1

Semifinals (best-of-seven)


JYP – Blues 1–4

JYP-Blues 1–3
Blues-JYP 4–3
JYP-Blues 4–2
Blues-JYP 2–0
JYP-Blues 1–3


HIFK – Lukko 4–1

HIFK-Lukko 2–3 (3OT)
Lukko-HIFK 1–3
HIFK-Lukko 5–2
Lukko-HIFK 0–3
HIFK-Lukko 7–1

Bronze medal game

JYP-Lukko 2–4

Finals (best-of-seven)


HIFK-Blues 4–0

HIFK-Blues 3–2
Blues-HIFK 1–5
HIFK-Blues 5–3
Blues-HIFK 2–4
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