2017–18 Liiga season
The 2017–18 SM-liiga season was the 43rd season of the SM-liiga (branded simply as "Liiga"), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. Tappara was the season as a defending champion. This season included a record number of matches played on Fridays and Saturdays. In autumn, there was a national team break from 5 November until 13 November.
| 2017–18 SM-liiga | |
|---|---|
| League | SM-Liiga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | September 2017 – April 2018 |
| Number of teams | 15 |
| TV partner(s) | Nelonen |
| Regular season | |
| Best record | Oulun Kärpät |
| Runners-up | TPS |
| Season MVP | Julius Junttila (Kärpät) |
| Top scorer | Antti Suomela (JYP) |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Julius Junttila (Kärpät) |
| Finals champions | Oulun Kärpät |
| Runners-up | Tappara |
The specialties of the season included, for the first time in SM-liiga history, double games between KooKoo and Vaasan Sport. Teams met twice in October in consecutive evenings in Kouvola and in February twice in succession in Vaasa. In December, HIFK and Kärpät met in the hockey outdoor show at Kaisaniemi, Helsinki.
In 2018, the SM-liiga continued on Wednesday, 3 January. Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea's Pyeongchang start with the Finland men's national ice hockey team on February 14, 2018. In SM-liiga, a full round was played on Saturday 17 February, after which the Olympic Games started. Liiga games resumed on Tuesday, February 27.
Kärpät won the championship by winning Tappara in the final series 4–2.