The 2010âÂÂ11 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.
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 ÃÂssät.
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-ÃÂssät and HPK-JYP.
Source: Elite Prospects
HPK â Ilves 0âÂÂ2
Kärpät â Blues 1âÂÂ2
<br>JYP â Ilves 4âÂÂ0
<br>ÃÂssät â Blues 2âÂÂ4
<br>HIFK â Jokerit 4âÂÂ3
<br>Lukko â KalPa 4âÂÂ3
<br>JYP â Blues 1âÂÂ4
<br>HIFK â Lukko 4âÂÂ1
JYP-Lukko 2âÂÂ4
<br>HIFK-Blues 4âÂÂ0