2020–21 Naisten Liiga season

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2020–21 Naisten Liiga season
LeagueNaisten Liiga
SportIce hockey
DurationPreliminaries
5 September – 29 November
Regular season
8 January – 28 February
Playoffs
3 March – 25 March
Number of games25–29
Number of teams11 in Preliminary series
6 in Regular season, 6 in Lower division series
TV partner(s)Ruutu+
Regular Season
Season championsKiekko-Espoo
Runners-upKalPa Kuopio
Season MVPElisa Holopainen (KalPa)
Top scorerMichaela Pejzlová (HIFK)
Promoted to Lower division seriesJYP Jyväskylä
Relegated to 2021–22 Naisten MestisJYP Jyväskylä
Lukko Rauma
Aurora Borealis Cup Playoffs
Aurora Borealis Cup Playoffs MVP
Finals championsKiekko-Espoo
  Runners-upKalPa Kuopio
Seasons

The 2020–21 Naisten Liiga season was the thirty-eighth season of the Naisten Liiga, Finland's elite women's ice hockey league, since the league’s creation in 1982. The season began, as scheduled, on 5 September 2020, making the Naisten Liiga the first women's national ice hockey league in Europe and, quite likely, in the world to return to play for the 2020–21 season.

League business[]

Number of teams[]

When the 2019–20 Naisten Liiga season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league qualification series (Finnish: karsintasarja) had not been completed. At the time of cancellation, Lukko Naiset had amassed an unreachable points advantage and secured their place in the Naisten Liiga and APV Naiset had been mathematically relegated to the Naisten Mestis but is was still possible for either RoKi Naiset or TPS Naiset to qualify. Recognizing that it would be unfair to relegate either RoKi or TPS, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association announced that both teams would participate in the 2020–21 Naisten Liiga season, increasing the number of teams in the preliminary round from ten to eleven.[1]

League placement rankings[]

In an effort to account for expected cancellations of some matches due to COVID-19 safety protocols, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association announced league rankings would be determined by the average points per game of each team rather than the absolute point total traditionally used. For example, a team with two wins in two games played (6 points total, average 3.0) ranks higher in the league table than a team with four wins, one overtime loss, and one regulation loss (13 points total, average 2.17).[2]

Coaching changes[]

Team 2019–20 2020–21 Details
Off–season
HPK Kiekkonaiset Mari Saarinen Pasanen was fired by GM Jorma Hassinen after HPK lost in the 2019–20 Naisten Liiga quarterfinals, despite having what Hassinen believed to be the fourth-best roster in team history. Saarinen was promoted from assistant coach to head coach shortly thereafter.[3] Saarinen retired from playing in 2012 and previously served as head coach of Ilves Naiset during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons.[4]
Tampereen Ilves Naiset Linda Välimäki Leppänen In February 2020, Ilves announced Välimäki Leppänen had signed as head coach of Ilves Naiset for the 2020–21 season. Välimäki Leppänen retired from playing in 2019 and served as director of Ilves' girls' hockey department for several years prior to her appointment as head coach of the women's team.[5]
Mid-season
Lukko Naiset Toivonen resigned in late November and assistant coach Piilikangas assumed head coaching duties on 24 November.[6]
Vaasan Sport Naiset Health issues prompted Haapala to step away from his role as head coach and assistant coach Uppgård took his place on 1 December 2020.[7]
TPS Naiset Kai Ortio Tähkäpää was relieved and replaced by assistant coach Kai Ortio on 11 February 2021. At the time of the coaching change, TPS had five remaining games in the regular season and were guaranteed a playoff birth. Ortio previously served as head coach to men's junior teams of TUTO Hockey in the U18 Mestis and U20 Mestis.[8]

Teams[]

Location of teams in the Naisten Liiga
   Green pog.svg: Upper division; Purple pog.svg: Lower division
Team Location Home venue Head coach Captain
Stadin Gimmat
or HIFK Naiset 		Helsinki.vaakuna.svg Helsinki Helsingin jäähalli Saara Niemi Karoliina Rantamäki
HPK Kiekkonaiset Hämeenlinna.vaakuna.svg Hämeenlinna Mari Saarinen Riikka Noronen
Ilves Naiset Tampere.vaakuna.svg Tampere Linda Leppänen Anna Kilponen
KalPa Naiset Kuopio.vaakuna.svg Kuopio Marjo Voutilainen
Kiekko-Espoo Naiset Espoo.vaakuna.svg Espoo Tapiolan harjoitussareena Annina Rajahuhta
Kärpät Naiset Oulu.vaakuna.svg Oulu Oulun Energia Areena
Lukko Naiset Rauma.vaakuna.svg Rauma Kivikylän Areena
RoKi Naiset Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg Rovaniemi Lappi Areena
Sport Naiset Vaasa.vaakuna.svg Vaasa Vaasan Sähkö Arena Pauliina Suoniemi
Team Kuortane Kuortane.vaakuna.svg Kuortane Mira Kuisma
TPS Naiset Turku.vaakuna.svg Turku Kai Ortio
Team promoted from the Naisten Mestis to the lower division
JYP Naiset Jyväskylä.vaakuna.svg Jyväskylä

Preliminary series[]

The addition of another team necessitated slight modification of the season format introduced for the 2019–20 season. With eleven participating teams, the twenty-game preliminary series (Finnish: alkusarja) was played strictly as a double round-robin without the addition of the two extra Opening Weekend Tournament games typically needed. The preliminaries were scheduled to be played during 5 September to 13 December 2020.[1][9]

The season began as scheduled on 5 September 2020, making the Naisten Liiga the first women's national ice hockey league in Europe – and, quite possibly, in the world – to return to play for the 2020–21 season. The first game of the season saw Ilves Tampere beat TPS Turku 4–3 in overtime at Tesoman jäähalli.

On 1 December 2020, an emergency meeting of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association was held in response to a significant rise in cases and hospitalizations related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland during the preceding weeks. It was ultimately determined that all leagues under the Association’s administration would suspend play from 2 to 31 December 2020, including the Naisten Liiga.[10] The Naisten Liiga was expected to begin the regular season and lower division series in January, as outlined in the original season schedule, though the Finnish Ice Hockey Association expressed a desire to stage the games postponed during the period of suspended activity when play resumed.[11]

Later in December, it was decided that Naisten Liiga teams would not attempt to play the games missed during the pause and would instead proceed directly to the regular season. With this determination, 29 November 2020 retroactively became the last day of the preliminary series, as it was the last day in which Naisten Liiga games were contested before the suspension.

Standings[]

Kiekko-Espoo and KalPa, the two teams from the cancelled 2020 Aurora Borealis Cup final, continued to dominate the league in the preliminaries, ranking first and second at the conclusion of the series. Less expected were the third and fourth ranked teams, HIFK and TPS, which had both played in the lower division during the previous season and TPS had very nearly been eliminated in the 2020 qualifiers. Both teams were bolstered in the 2020–21 season by an influx of international talent.

Kiekko-Espoo were the regular season champions for the third consecutive season.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Placement
1 Kiekko-Espoo 18 15 0 0 3 88 24 +64 45 Regular season
2 KalPa 18 14 1 0 3 94 34 +60 44
3 HIFK 19 11 4 0 4 77 42 +35 41
4 TPS 18 10 1 2 5 75 55 +20 34
5 Ilves 19 9 2 3 5 60 42 +18 34
6 HPK 19 10 1 2 6 62 48 +14 34
7 Team Kuortane 17 7 0 1 9 50 52 −2 22 Lower division
8 Kärpät 19 7 0 2 10 65 56 +9 23
9 RoKi 19 6 1 0 12 34 82 −48 20
10 Lukko 17 1 0 0 16 26 108 −82 3
11 Sport 17 0 0 0 17 16 104 −88 0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2020. Source: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto[12]

Official ranking

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the preliminaries on 29 November 2020.[13]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
1 Elisa Holopainen KalPa 18 32 22 54 4
2 Estelle Duvin TPS 18 18 22 40 51
3 Emmanuelle Passard HIFK 19 15 20 35 4
4 Matilda Nilsson KalPa 15 11 20 31 6
5 Nelli Laitinen K-Espoo 16 11 19 30 10
6 Jenna Suokko Ilves 19 17 11 28 20
7 Riikka Noronen HPK 19 9 18 27 6
8 TPS 17 15 11 26 6
9 Clara Rozier HIFK 19 10 15 25 22
10 Annina Rajahuhta K-Espoo 17 12 12 24 16
11 Michaela Pejzlová HIFK 14 10 14 24 0

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage at the conclusion of the preliminaries on 29 November 2020, while starting at least one third of matches.[14]

Player Team GP TOI W L SA GA SO SV% GA60
1 K-Espoo 6 317:15 4 2 108 5 3 .956 0.95
2 Anni Keisala Ilves 14 849:58 8 4 450 27 2 .943 1.91
3 Tiina Ranne KalPa 9 543:33 7 1 226 16 2 .934 1.77
4 HPK 8 480:59 5 3 245 18 0 .932 2.25
5 Kuortane 10 568:11 5 4 368 29 1 .927 3.06
6 KalPa 7 420:00 5 2 172 14 2 .925 2.00
7 Kuortane 8 450:49 2 6 271 23 1 .922 3.06
8 RoKi 8 408:24 4 4 253 22 0 .920 3.23
9 HIFK 10 608:46 7 3 302 27 1 .918 2.66
10 Kärpät 12 721:12 4 8 355 32 1 .917 2.66
10 Meeri Räisänen HPK 8 484:45 3 4 244 22 0 .917 2.72

Regular season[]

The ten-game Naisten Liiga regular season, also called the upper division series (Finnish: ylempi jatkosarja), is played by the six top-ranked teams from the preliminary series.

Following the December stoppage, play resumed on 8 January 2021. The decision was made to begin the regular season (upper and lower divisional series) rather than attempt to makeup the games missed during the pause, resulting in teams with seventeen to nineteen games played at the conclusion of the preliminaries. As the league had already adopted the use of points per game for league rankings, the impact of dropping the missed games on the remainder of the season was negligible.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Postseason placement
1 Kiekko-Espoo 27 21 1 0 5 124 46 +78 65 Playoff quarterfinals
2 KalPa 25 18 1 0 6 121 51 +70 56
3 HIFK 27 16 4 1 6 104 59 +45 57
4 Ilves 28 12 3 5 8 83 66 +17 47
5 HPK 29 13 2 3 11 85 78 +7 46
6 TPS 27 11 2 2 12 91 97 −6 39
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2021. Source: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto[15]

Official ranking

Pos Team PpG
1 K-Espoo 2.41
2 KalPa 2.24
3 HIFK 2.11
4 Ilves 1.68
5 HPK 1.59
6 TPS 1.44

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season on 28 February 2021.[16]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
1 Michaela Pejzlová HIFK 8 7 6 13 0
2 KalPa 7 3 10 13 0
3 Matilda Nilsson KalPa 7 8 4 12 4
4 Emilia Vesa K-Espoo 8 7 4 11 2
5 Karoliina Rantamäki HIFK 8 3 8 11 0
6 Elisa Holopainen KalPa 7 7 3 10 6
7 Ilves 9 3 6 9 0
8 Jenna Suokko Ilves 9 5 3 8 8
9 HPK 7 4 4 8 2
10 Ilves 9 5 2 7 8
11 K-Espoo 9 4 3 7 2

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage at the conclusion of the regular season on 27 February 2021, while starting at least one third of matches.[17]

Player Team GP TOI W L SA GA SO SV% GA60
1 Tiina Ranne KalPa 5 296:40 3 2 156 10 1 .940 2.02
2 Anni Keisala Ilves 8 485:54 3 3 293 19 0 .939 2.35
3 Meeri Räisänen HPK 5 304:20 1 3 218 16 0 .932 3.15
4 HIFK 5 298:34 3 2 133 10 1 .930 2.01
5 HPK 5 304:12 2 2 168 13 0 .928 2.56
6 TPS 6 337:01 0 3 190 19 0 .909 3.38
7 K-Espoo 8 440:30 5 1 151 16 1 .904 2.18
8 TPS 5 205:30 1 4 104 23 0 .819 6.72

Lower division series[]

The lower division series (Finnish: Alempi jatkosarja) was modified to be played by the five lowest-ranked teams from the preliminary series, rather than the standard four, and the top team from the cross-qualifiers (Finnish: Ristiinkarsinta) of the Naisten Mestis, rather than the top-two from the cross-qualifiers, to account for the additional Naisten Liiga team. The series was originally scheduled to be played during 16 January to 21 February 2021 but was ultimately played during 9 January to 28 February 2021.[1]

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Postseason placement
1 Kärpät 10 8 0 0 2 47 12 +35 24 Playoff quarterfinals
2 Team Kuortane 10 7 1 0 2 33 17 +16 23
3 RoKi 10 7 0 1 2 31 21 +10 22 Qualifiers
4 Lukko 10 3 0 0 7 21 37 −16 9
5 Sport 10 2 1 0 7 28 44 −16 8
6 JYP 10 1 0 1 8 23 52 −29 4
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2021. Source: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto[18]

Official ranking

Pos Team PpG
1 Kärpät 2.40
2 Kuortane 2.30
3 RoKi 2.20
4 Lukko 0.90
5 Sport 0.80
6 JYP 0.40

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders

The following players led the lower division in points at the conclusion of the series on 28 February 2021.[19]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
1 Kuortane 10 8 8 16 2
2 Sport 10 9 6 15 2
3 Sofianna Sundelin Kuortane 10 6 9 15 4
4 Kärpät 7 7 6 13 0
5 RoKi 10 5 8 13 2
6 Kiira Yrjänen Kuortane 9 9 3 12 14
7 Kärpät 10 4 8 12 0
8 Kärpät 9 4 7 11 8
9 Sport 10 4 7 11 4
10 Kärpät 10 3 8 11 4
11 Lukko 10 7 3 10 0

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the lower division in save percentage at the conclusion of the series on 28 February 2021, while starting at least one third of matches.[20]

Player Team GP TOI W L SA GA SO SV% GA60
1 Kärpät 6 357:22 5 1 132 5 3 .964 0.84
2 Kuortane 5 298:33 3 1 151 8 0 .950 1.61
3 Kuortane 4 237:05 3 1 94 6 1 .940 1.52
4 RoKi 9 527:10 6 3 248 18 1 .932 2.05
5 Kärpät 4 239:22 3 1 71 7 1 .910 1.75
6 Lukko 7 378:10 2 5 203 22 0 .902 3.49
7 Lukko 4 220:00 1 2 127 14 0 .901 3.82
8 JYP 6 320:33 1 5 211 25 0 .894 4.68
9 JYP 4 236:09 0 4 160 21 0 .884 5.34
10 Sport 9 536:16 3 6 269 39 1 .873 4.36

Playoffs[]

Main article: 2021 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs

International travel restrictions and quarantine protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated extended travel schedules for national teams competing in the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, originally scheduled to begin on 4 April 2021, and the Naisten Liiga playoff structure was modified to conclude a week earlier than expected to accommodate a training camp within the quarantine period for the Finnish national team. On 27 February, it was announced that, in order to name the Finnish Champion by 27 March at the latest, the quarterfinal series were to be reduced from the standard best-of-five system to best-of-three. The best-of-five semifinals and finals and the bronze medal match remain unchanged.[21][22]

In an unexpected twist, on 4 March the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced that the 2021 Women's Worlds were to be postponed until 6–16 May 2021.[23] As the first games of the Naisten Liiga quarterfinals had already been played the day before, the playoff structure announced on 27 February remained in place following announcement of the postponement.

  Quarterfinal                    
  1 Kiekko-Espoo 2  
  8 Team Kuortane 0   Semifinal
      1 Kiekko-Espoo 3  
  Quarterfinal   4 Ilves Tampere 1  
  4 Ilves Tampere 2
  5 HPK Hämeenlinna 0         Finals
              1st place, gold medalist(s) Kiekko-Espoo 3
  Quarterfinal             2nd place, silver medalist(s) KalPa Kuopio 1
  2 KalPa Kuopio 2      
  7 Kärpät Oulu 0   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      2 KalPa Kuopio 3   3rd place, bronze medalist(s) HIFK Helsinki 2
  Quarterfinal   3 HIFK Helsinki 2     SF4 Ilves Tampere 1
  3 HIFK Helsinki 2
  6 TPS Turku 0  
As of 25 March 2021

Qualification series[]

Two teams from the 2020 qualification series, RoKi and Lukko, returned to the relegation tournament in 2021, joined by Vaasan Sport, the eighth seed of the 2020 playoffs, and JYP, the team promoted mid-season to the lower division series.

After amassing 22 points and a 2.20 points average in the lower division series, RoKi needed just one three-point (regulation) victory in the qualification series to amass an unbeatable point advantage and retain their place in the Naisten Liiga. They earned the necessary three points in the first match of the series, against JYP.[24] Skaters and both ranked in the top ten of the series for point totals and their goaltender with the best save percentage was , at .910, and best goals against average was , with 2.50.

JYP had very little hope of qualifying for the 2021–22 Naisten Liiga season, after concluding the lower division series with just four points in ten games. Over the six games of the qualification series, they were able to collect points only in one overtime victory and two overtime losses and were conclusively relegated to the Naisten Mestis. Their top point scorer was , one of four remaining players from 2015–16 JYP roster that won the Finnish Championship, and their best goaltender was .

The second qualifying position was hotly contested by Lukko and Sport, as the teams came out of the lower division series with only one point separating them.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Postseason placement
1 RoKi 16 9 1 2 4 55 42 +13 31 Qualify for Naisten Liiga
2 Sport 16 7 2 0 7 53 59 −6 25
3 Lukko 16 3 2 2 9 40 60 −20 15 Relegated to Naisten Mestis
4 JYP 16 1 1 3 11 38 76 −38 8
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2021. Source: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto[25]

Official ranking

Pos Team Pld Pts PpG
1 RoKi 16 31 1.94
2 Sport 16 25 1.56
3 Lukko 16 15 0.94
4 JYP 16 8 0.50

Results[]

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)
12:15		RoKi Rovaniemi5–1
(0-1, 3-0, 2-0)		JYP JyväskyläLappi Areena, Rovaniemi
6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)
16:00		Sport Vaasa5–4 OT
(1-2, 2-2, 1-0, 1-0)		Lukko RaumaVaasa harjoitusjäähalli 2, Vaasa
7 March 2021 (2021-03-07)
16:15		Lukko Rauma2–1 SO
(1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)		JYP JyväskyläÄijänsuon jäähalli II, Rauma
10 March 2021 (2021-03-10)
18:45		Sport Vaasa2–1
(2-1, 0-0, 0-0)		RoKi RovaniemiVaasa harjoitusjäähalli 2, Vaasa
11 March 2021 (2021-03-11)
17:45		Lukko Rauma5–4 SO
(1-0, 0-3, 3-1, 0-0, 1-0)		RoKi RovaniemiÄijänsuon jäähalli II, Rauma
12 March 2021 (2021-03-12)
16:30		JYP Jyväskylä4–5 OT
(0-2, 2-0, 2-2, 0-1)		RoKi RovaniemiHarjoitusjäähalli 2, Jyväskylä
13 March 2021 (2021-03-13)
14:15		JYP Jyväskylä1–4
(0-1, 0-3, 1-0)		Sport VaasaHarjoitusjäähalli 2, Jyväskylä
14 March 2021 (2021-03-14)
17:30		Lukko Rauma1–4
(1-2, 0-1, 0-1)		Sport VaasaÄijänsuon jäähalli II, Rauma
20 March 2021 (2021-03-20)
12:15		RoKi Rovaniemi6–5
(1-0, 2-4, 3-1)		Lukko RaumaLappi Areena, Rovaniemi
20 March 2021 (2021-03-20)
12:45		Sport Vaasa6–5
(2-1, 1-1, 3-3)		JYP JyväskyläVaasa harjoitusjäähalli 2, Vaasa
21 March 2021 (2021-03-21)
12:15		RoKi Rovaniemi3–4
(2-1, 0-1, 1-2)		Sport VaasaLappi Areena, Rovaniemi
21 March 2021 (2021-03-21)
16:45		JYP Jyväskylä3–2 SO
(1-2, 1-0, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)		Lukko RaumaHarjoitusjäähalli 2, Jyväskylä

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders

The following players led scoring in the qualification series at the conclusion of the series on 21 March 2021.[19]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
1 Sport 6 8 6 14 2
2 Lukko 6 4 6 10 2
3 Sport 6 1 9 10 2
4 Lukko 6 3 6 9 0
5 Sport 6 4 4 8 2
5 Sport 6 4 4 8 6
7 RoKi 6 3 5 8 0
8 JYP 6 6 1 7 0
8 RoKi 6 6 1 7 18
10 Lukko 6 3 4 7 0

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders played at least one match in the qualification series, sorted by save percentage.[20]

Player Team GP TOI W L SA GA SO SV% GA60
1 Lukko 1 65:00 0 0 35 2 0 .946 1.85
2 Sport 5 300:31 5 0 145 12 0 .924 2.40
3 JYP 4 252:16 0 2 156 13 0 .923 3.09
4 Sport 1 60:00 1 0 31 3 0 .912 3.00
5 RoKi 2 119:40 1 1 71 7 0 .910 3.51
6 JYP 1 57:20 0 1 38 4 0 .905 4.19
7 Lukko 5 310:04 0 3 175 19 0 .902 3.68
8 RoKi 2 120:06 2 0 42 5 0 .894 2.50
9 RoKi 2 123:29 0 1 58 8 0 .879 3.89
10 JYP 1 57:24 0 1 34 6 0 .850 6.27

Awards and honours[]

Finnish Ice Hockey Association awards[]

Source: Finnish Ice Hockey Association[27]

Czech forward Michaela Pejzlová of HIFK Naiset claimed the Marianne Ihalainen Award as regular season scoring champion, the first international player to ever win a league award. KalPa Naiset winger Matilda Nilsson was the top goalscorer of the regular season and became the second KalPa player to receive the Tiia Reima Award.

All-Star Teams[]

All-Star Team

  • Goaltender: Anni Keisala, Ilves
  • Defenceman: Nelli Laitinen, Kiekko-Espoo
  • Defenceman: Anna Kilponen, Ilves
  • Winger: Elisa Holopainen, KalPa
  • Center: Estelle Duvin, TPS
  • Winger: Matilda Nilsson, KalPa

All-Star Team II

Source: Finnish Ice Hockey Association[27]

Player of the Month[]

  • September 2020: Elisa Holopainen (F), KalPa Kuopio[28]
  • October 2020: Nelli Laitinen (D), Kiekko-Espoo[29]
  • November 2020: Estelle Duvin (F), TPS Turku[30]
  • December 2020: not awarded (no games played)
  • January 2021: Anni Keisala (G), Ilves Tampere[31]
  • February 2021: Emilia Vesa (F), Kiekko-Espoo[32]

Milestones[]

  • On 19 September 2020, HPK forward and captain Riikka Noronen played her 600th game in the Naisten Liiga, becoming the first player in league history to reach the milestone.[33]
  • On 17 January 2021, Ilves forward Emilia Varpula and KalPa defenceman Eveliina Nurmi played their 200th games in the Naisten Liiga.

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