2025 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs

2025 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs

Auroraliigan pudotuspelit 2025 (Finnish) 2025 Auroraliiga playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22) – 29 March 2025 (2025-03-29)
Format	Best-of
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Kiekko-Espoo (17th title)
Runner-up	HPK Hämeenlinna
Third place	Ilves Tampere
Fourth place	Team Kuortane
Tournament statistics
Games played	29
Goals scored	120 (4.14 per game)
Attendance	4,864 (168 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Emma Nuutinen (15 pts)
All statistics correct as of 22 March 2025.

The 2025 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs or the 2025 Auroraliiga playoffs (Finnish: Auroraliigan pudotuspelit 2025) is the playoff tournament for the 2024–25 season of the Auroraliiga. The tournament began on 22 February and the Aurora Borealis Cup was awarded to Kiekko-Espoo on 29 March.

IFK Helsinki, winners of the 2024 Naisten Liiga playoffs, were the defending Aurora Borealis Cup champions until being eliminated in the 2025 quarterfinals.

Entering the playoffs, Kiekko-Espoo were the favorites for the 2025 Aurora Borealis Cup.

Season reviews

Kiekko-Espoo

Finishing thirteen points ahead of the competition, Kiekko-Espoo claimed the regular season title for the second consecutive season. Three of the season's top-five scorers were Kiekko-Espoo players, including the overall league points leader, Emma Nuutinen (27 goals+38 assists=65 points); the league's top goal scorer, Lisette Täks (30+25); and the league's top-scoring defenseman, Minttu Tuominen (14+35).

HPK

HPK ended the regular season ranked second in the league – the team's best finish since the 2010–11 season in which they won the Aurora Borealis Cup.

Team Kuortane

Team Kuortane achieved the best regular season finish in team history after overtaking HIFK and clinching the third seed on the last day of the regular season. The team was buoyed by aggressive offense, one of the league's strongest blue lines, and goaltending that displayed flashes of brilliance.

HIFK

Defending Aurora Borealis Cup champions IFK Helsinki saw an unusually high number of players leave the team following the 2024 Finnish Championship, with nine significant players not returning for the 2024–25 season. Departures ahead of the 2024–25 season included Michaela Pejzlová, Sanni Vanhanen, Julia Liikala, and Clara Rozier, four of the top-five point scorers in the league during the previous season; Kiia Lahtinen, the league's 2023–24 best goaltender by save percentage; Siiri Yrjölä, the team's 2023–24 top-scoring defenseman; and team captain Karoliina Rantamäki. HIFK's slide from second in the standings in 2023–24 to fourth in 2024–25 can be broadly attributed to the changes in roster composition.

Notable off-season signings included forwards Emma Lappalainen and Iida Lappalainen from RoKi and goaltender Tea Koljonen from Kiekko-Espoo, however, HIFK opted to fill most of the vacancies with young players from its own development system. The influx of youth players pushed the team's average age from 21 years, which had held steady across both of the previous seasons, to 19.7 years in 2024–25.

Across the 32-game season, HIFK recorded twenty wins and nine losses in regulation time and an additional win and two losses in overtime for 64 totals points. They scored 113 goals on the season, a total of 62 fewer goals than in 2023–24. Twenty year old center Pauliina Salonen narrowly led HIFK's scoring and placed ninth on the league scoring chart, with sixteen goals and eighteen assists for 34 points. Her linemates both notched 33 points, with Anni Pere (16 goals + 17 assists) ranking tenth in league scoring and Emmi Juusela (7+26) ranking thirteenth. Twelve players recorded ten or more points for HIFK on the season, with notable contributions from veteran forward Johanna Kemppainen (9+11=20) and the team's top-scoring defensemen, eighteen year old Heidi Holmberg (7+13=20) and newly appointed captain Athéna Locatelli (4+13=17).

With the departure of Lahtinen, netminder Miia Vainio was promoted from backup to starter and the twenty year old struggled with the increased workload. She recorded a decent but unremarkable save percentage of 90.1 and similarly middling goals against average of 2.51 across 23 appearances, which respectively ranked eighth and seventh of all goaltenders playing at least one-third of their team's minutes. Eighteen year old backup Nelli Nieminen was the league's top netminder of those playing less than one-third of their team's minutes, achieving a solid 91.5 save percentage and respectable 1.67 goals against average across six outings.

Bracket

As of 22 March 2025

	Quarterfinals										Semifinals												Finals
	1	Kiekko-Espoo	5	7	4	–	–	3
	8	Kärpät Oulu	2	2	0	–	–	0
											Kiekko-Espoo		4	3	2	3	–	–	–	4
											Ilves Tampere		0	1	1	2	–	–	–	0
	4	IFK Helsinki	4	2	2	1	2	2
	5	Ilves Tampere	0	4	1	5	3	3
																							Kiekko-Espoo		2	0	1					2
																							HPK Hämeenlinna		1	2	0					1
	2	HPK Hämeenlinna	3	1	4	3	–	3
	7	TPS Turku	0	4	1	0	–	1
											HPK Hämeenlinna		1	4	4	2	1	–	–	4			Bronze medal game
											Team Kuortane		2	2	2	1	1	–	–	1
	3	Team Kuortane	5	3	1	2	–	3																Ilves Tampere	4
	6	KalPa Kuopio	0	1	2	0	–	1															4	Team Kuortane	1

Quarterfinals

The best-of-five quarterfinals (Finnish: puolivälierät) began on Saturday, 22 February and concluded on Sunday, 2 March. The top eight teams from the regular season qualified for the quarterfinal round.

Each series alternated venue on a per-game basis, with home ice advantage granted to the higher seeded team for the first, third, and potential fifth game. Due to the substantial distance between Kiekko-Espoo and Kärpät's homes, the teams were scheduled to play back-to-back games at each venue rather than alternating on a per-game basis. Kiekko-Espoo was be granted home ice advantage for the first, second, and potential fifth game.

All times local, Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

(1) K-Espoo vs. (8) Kärpät

Abbreviations: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); PP2 = Power play goal (+2 advantage); SH1 = Short handed goal (–1 advantage)

22 February 2025 13:15

Kiekko-Espoo

5–2 (3–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Kärpät Oulu

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 102

	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Kati Asikainen	Referee: Johanna Oksanen Linesmen: Eleonoora Mikkonen Aleksis Koistinen
	Täks (Rantamäki, Nuutinen) – 04:05 1–0 1–1 10:02 – Mateičková (Ylitalo, Antti-Roiko) Nuutinen (Rantamäki, Täks) – 11:39 2–1 Täks (Nuutinen, Tuominen) – PP1 – 18:31 3–1 3–2 32:33 – PP1 – Puusaari (Kaijankoski, Korpi-Halkola) Virtanen (Montonen) – 34:21 4–2 Nuutinen (Rantamäki, Tuominen) – 43:09 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	25

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23 February 2025 14:45

Kiekko-Espoo

7–2 (0–1, 4–1, 3–0)

Kärpät Oulu

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 121

	Minja Drufva	Goalies	Kati Asikainen	Referee: Reetta-Kaisa Lusi Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Eleonoora Mikkonen
	0–1 01:00 – Hulanmäki Rantamäki (Nuutinen) – 20:10 1–1 Katajamäki (Villilä, Montonen) – 21:24 2–1 Talvitie (Koskipalo, Haukijärvi) – 22:05 3–1 Katajamäki (Villilä, Toivonen) – 29:24 4–1 4–2 39:06 – Antti-Roiko (Korpi-Halkola) Nuutinen (Rantamäki) – 40:14 5–2 Nuutinen (Rantamäki, Eronen) – 43:19 6–2 Eronen (Tuominen, Nuutinen) – PP1 – 58:16 7–2
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	11

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28 February 2025 17:45

Kärpät Oulu

0–4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Kiekko-Espoo

Raksilan jäähalli, Oulu Attendance: 283

	Kati Asikainen	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Veikka Hänninen Linesmen: Pietu Mustonen Juho Määttä
	0–1 20:26 – PP1 – Nuutinen (Tuominen, Eronen) 0–2 27:02 – Talvitie (Järvinen) 0–3 36:47 – SH1 – Rantamäki (Tuominen) 0–4 41:06 – PP2 – Rantamäki (Tuominen, Nuutinen)
	8 min	Penalties	27 min
	15	Shots	37

(2) HPK vs. (7) TPS

Abbreviations: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); PP2 = Power play goal (+2 advantage); SH1 = Short handed goal (–1 advantage); EN = Empty net goal

22 February 2025 14:00

HPK Hämeenlinna

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

TPS Turku

Hämeenlinnan harjoitushalli, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 120

	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Tiina Ranne	Referee: Reetta-Kaisa Lusi Linesmen: Kimi Känkänen Nooa Lahti
	K. Seikkula (Saukkonen, Lukkarila) – 31:29 1–0 Välikangas (Matejková) – 41:44 2–0 K. Seikkula (Stoltenberg) – EN – 57:40 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	24

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23 February 2025 14:20

TPS Turku

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Kupittaan jäähalli, Turku Attendance: 100

	Tiina Ranne	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referee: Joni Kohomäki Linesmen: Aino Ranki Ilona Silander
	Friederiksen – 25:46 1–0 Berg (Korpela) – PP2 – 36:48 2–0 2–1 43:40 – SH1 – Välikangas Haaranoja – 49:54 3–1 Metsä-Tokila (Korpela, Berg) – EN – 58:40 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	45

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26 February 2025 18:45

HPK Hämeenlinna

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

TPS Turku

Hämeenlinnan harjoitushalli, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 160

	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Tiina Ranne	Referee: Linnea Marin Linesmen: Kimi Känkänen Joonas Ryyppö
	Lukkarila (K. Seikkula, Saukkonen) – PP1 – 19:51 1–0 K. Seikkula (Lukkarila, Saukkonen) – 34:17 2–0 K. Seikkula (Tillman) – 42:36 3–0 3–1 55:00 – Mäkivaara (Berg) Välikangas (K. Seikkula) – EN – 58:26 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	25

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1 March 2025 13:20

TPS Turku

0–3 (0–3, 0–0, 0–0)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Kupittaan jäähalli, Turku Attendance: 103

	Tiina Ranne	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referee: Linnea Marin Linesmen: Nooa Lahti Ilona Silander
	0–1 01:07 – Välikangas 0–2 04:01 – Saukkonen (Matejková, K. Seikkula) 0–3 19:41 – Juříčková (K. Seikkula)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	28

(3) Kuortane vs. (6) KalPa

Abbreviations: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); EN = Empty net goal; DP = Delayed penalty

22 February 2025 15:00

Team Kuortane

5–0 (3–0, 0–0, 2–0)

KalPa Kuopio

Kuortaneen jäähalli, Kuortane Attendance: 80

	Lilia Huovinen	Goalies	Salla Sivula	Referee: Janne Silander Linesmen: Lauri Kangaspusu Julius Kyrkkö
	Kari (Tarkianen, Mustonen) – PP1 – 10:19 1–0 Kolmonen (Je. Ojala) – 16:01 2–0 Lehmus (Kokora) – 19:57 3–0 Byskata (Lehmus, Pelkonen) – 55:37 4–0 Kokora (Siekkinen) – EN – 57:16 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	18

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23 February 2025 16:00

KalPa Kuopio

1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Team Kuortane

Kuopion jäähalli, Kuopio Attendance: 180

	Salla Sivula	Goalies	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referee: Mia Järvinen Linesmen: Anni Kankkunen Miia Partanen
	0–1 14:44 – DP – Pelkonen (Tarkiainen, Mustonen) 0–2 22:00 – PP1 – Mustonen (Tarkiainen, Lehmus) Sano (Oksanen, Kivi) – 25:01 1–2 1–3 49:36 – PP1 – Krook (Byskata, Kankkunen)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	26

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26 February 2025 18:30

Team Kuortane

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

KalPa Kuopio

Kuortaneen jäähalli, Kuortane Attendance: 120

	Lilia Huovinen	Goalies	Salla Sivula	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Henni Rantala Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 19:06 – Keränen (Pohjala) Byskata (Kankkunen, Tarkiainen) 1–1 1–2 31:29 – PP1 – Jo. Juutilainen (Mäkelä, Keränen)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	16

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1 March 2025 12:30

KalPa Kuopio

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Team Kuortane

Kuopion jäähalli, Kuopio Attendance: 83

	Salla Sivula	Goalies	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referee: Kari-Matti Heinonen Linesmen: Arttu Riikonen Miia Partanen
	0–1 09:55 – Kolmonen (Tallinen, Siekkinen) 0–2 44:33 – Tallinen
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	27

(4) HIFK vs. (5) Ilves

Abbreviations: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); EN = Empty net goal; DP = Delayed penalty

22 February 2025 12:00

IFK Helsinki

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Ilves Tampere

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 157

	Miia Vainio	Goalies	Melisa Mörönen	Referee: Juha Antikainen Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Jesse Simula
	I. Lappalainen (Salonen) – 10:37 1–0 Pere (Holmberg, Lehikoinen) – 50:30 2–0 I. Lappalainen (E. Lappalainen) – 50:46 3–0 Vihervuori – PP1, EN, DP – 58:24 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	21

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23 February 2025 14:00

Ilves Tampere

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

IFK Helsinki

Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere Attendance: 96

	Melisa Mörönen	Goalies	Miia Vainio	Referee: Linnea Marin Linesmen: Tiina Saarimäki Julius Kyrkkö
	0–1 13:45 – Juusela (Salonen) Puputti (Ekoluoma, Ad. Makkonen) – 15:32 1–1 Kupari (Varpula, Sundman) – 37:08 2–1 Kupari (Varpula, Sundman) – 45:10 3–1 Nilsson (Melotindos, Kuusisto) – 46:05 4–1 4–2 55:37 – Korhonen (Kemppainen, Kylliäinen)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	28

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26 February 2025 18:00

IFK Helsinki

2–1 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Ilves Tampere

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 169

	Miia Vainio	Goalies	Melisa Mörönen	Referee: Juha Antikainen Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Aleksis Koistinen
	0–1 00:39 – Melotindos (Kuusisto, Ad. Makkonen) E. Lappalainen (Kylliäinen, Huotari) – 29:42 1–1 Kylliäinen (Salonen) – 65:05 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	32

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1 March 2025 16:00

Ilves Tampere

5–1 (1–0, 1–1, 3–0)

IFK Helsinki

Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere Attendance: 146

	Melisa Mörönen	Goalies	Miia Vainio	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Julius Kyrkkö Niko Åberg
	Siira (Mylläri, Ekoluoma) – 09:56 1–0 1–1 31:20 – Pere (Juusela, Salonen) Suoranta (Ekoluoma) – PP1 – 34:29 2–1 Melotindos (Mylläri, Parkkonen) – 48:41 3–1 Ekoluoma (Nilsson, Kuusisto) – 49:05 4–1 Nilsson (Riipinen, Lehtiniemi) – EN – 57:07 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	18 min
	46	Shots	18

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2 March 2025 14:30

IFK Helsinki

2–3 (2–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Ilves Tampere

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 249

	Miia Vainio	Goalies	Melisa Mörönen	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Julius Kyrkkö Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 01:38 – Mylläri (Puputti, Siira) Pere (Juusela, Salonen) – 04:01 1–1 Turunen (E. Lappalainen, Palin) – 04:22 2–1 2–2 25:19 – Ekoluoma (Lehtiniemi, Mylläri) 2–3 35:04 – PP1 – Mylläri (Melotindos, Parkkonen)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	30

Semifinals

The best-of-seven semifinals (Finnish: välierät) began on Tuesday, 4 March and concluded on Wednesday, 12 March.

All times local, Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

K-Espoo vs Ilves

Abbreviations: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); EN = Empty net goal

4 March 2025 18:45

Kiekko-Espoo

4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Ilves Tampere

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 142

	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Melisa Mörönen	Referee: Johanna Oksanen Linesmen: Helinä Anttila Aleksis Koistinen
	Nuutinen (Rantamäki, Tuominen) – PP1 – 21:44 1–0 Haukijärvi (Eronen, Talvitie) – 44:32 2–0 Haukijärvi (Koskipalo) – 47:48 3–0 Nuutinen – EN – 58:45 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	35

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6 March 2025 18:15

Ilves Tampere

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Kiekko-Espoo

Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere Attendance: 115

	Melisa Mörönen	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Reetta-Kaisa Lusi Linesmen: Julius Kyrkkö Aino Ranki
	0–1 17:46 – Täks (Nuutinen, Tuominen) Ekoluoma – 35:23 1–1 1–2 53:33 – Täks (Toivonen, Katajamäki) 1–3 55:17 – Täks (Eronen, Rantamäki)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	45

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8 March 2025 13:15

Kiekko-Espoo

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Ilves Tampere

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 201

	Minja Drufva	Goalies	Melisa Mörönen	Referee: Juha Antikainen Linesmen: Eleonoora Mikkonen Aleksis Koistinen
	Talvitie (Haukijärvi, Lehtopelto) – 09:02 1–0 1–1 41:49 – Suoranta (Nilsson, Riipinen) Täks (Katajamäki, Toivonen) – 50:59 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	24

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9 March 2025 14:45

Ilves Tampere

2–3 (0–0, 1–0, 1–3)

Kiekko-Espoo

Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere Attendance: 115

	Melisa Mörönen	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Linnea Marin Linesmen: Aino Ranki Ilona Silander
	Nilsson (Nurminen) – 39:38 1–0 Kuusisto (Nilsson) – 44:52 2–0 2–1 48:16 – Toivonen (Villilä, Virtanen) 2–2 54:22 – Rantamäki (Katajamäki, Nuutinen) 2–3 59:07 – Montonen (Toivonen, Villilä)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	31

HPK vs Kuortane

Abbreviations: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); EN = Empty net goal; EA = Extra attacker

4 March 2025 18:30

HPK Hämeenlinna

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Team Kuortane

Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 160

	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referee: Linnea Marin Linesmen: Joonas Ryyppö Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 29:22 – Kokora (Tallinen, Siivonen) Viitala (Lehto) – 41:34 1–1 1–2 41:56 – Pelkonen (Kari, Tallinen)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	26

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6 March 2025 18:30

Team Kuortane

2–4 (1–0, 0–2, 1–2)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Kuortaneen jäähalli, Kuortane Attendance: 150

	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Henni Rantala Tiina Saarimäki
	Mustonen – 01:49 1–0 1–1 34:12 – PP1 – K. Seikkula (Lukkarila, H. Seikkula) 1–2 34:36 – K. Seikkula (Juříčková, Stoltenberg) Kari (Pelkonen) – 53:34 2–2 2–3 54:41 – K. Seikkula (H. Seikkula, Lukkarila) 2–4 59:21 – EN – Lamberg
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	20

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8 March 2025 14:30

HPK Hämeenlinna

4–2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Team Kuortane

Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 210

	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Lilia Huovinen	Referee: Reetta-Kaisa Lusi Linesmen: Aino Ranki Ilona Silander
	Lehto (Viitala, Heidenberger) – 01:37 1–0 1–1 19:27 – Lehmus (Kankkunen) Saukkonen (Virtanen) – PP1 – 32:57 2–1 Lukkarila (Saukkonen) – 37:54 3–1 Juříčková (K. Seikkula) – 52:55 4–1 4–2 59:37 – PP1, EA – Kokora (Kari, Kolmonen)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	24

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9 March 2025 15:00

Team Kuortane

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Kuortaneen jäähalli, Kuortane Attendance: 120

	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Heini Rantala Tiina Saarimäki
	Mustonen (Kari) – 30:56 1–0 1–1 46:52 – Juříčková (Stoltenberg) 1–2 73:58 – Virtanen (Lukkarila, Välikangas)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	21

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12 March 2025 18:30

HPK Hämeenlinna

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Team Kuortane

Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 210

	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Aino Ranki Tiina Saarimäki
	Stoltenberg (Matejková, Juříčková) – 39:34 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

The Finnish Championship bronze medal game (Finnish: pronssiottelu) was played on Saturday, 22 March 2025. Ilves claimed the seventh Finnish Championship bronze medal in team history, in a 4–1 victory over Team Kuortane.

Game time local, Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Abbreviations: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); EN = Empty net goal

22 March 2025 15:00

Team Kuortane

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Ilves Tampere

Kuortaneen jäähalli, Kuortane Attendance: 240

	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Goalies	Melisa Mörönen	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Henni Rantala Julius Kyrkkö
	0–1 24:19 – PP1 – Kuusisto (Suoranta, Varpula) 0–2 39:41 – PP1 – Lehtiniemi (Melotindos) Mustonen (Tarkiainen, Kari) – PP1 – 50:20 1–2 1–3 54:11 – PP1 – Siira (Lehtiniemi, Mylläri) 1–4 59:34 – EN – Mylläri (Ekoluoma)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	28

Finals

The best-of-seven Finnish Championship finals (Finnish: Suomen mestaruus finaalit or SM-finaalit), also called the grand finale (Finnish: loppuottelut), began on Tuesday, 18 March. The Aurora Borealis Cup will be awarded no later than Sunday, 30 March.

All times local, Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Abbreviations: DP = Delayed penalty

18 March 2025 18:45

Kiekko-Espoo

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 215

	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referee: Reetta-Kaisa Lusi Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Helinä Anttila
	0–1 26:16 – Matejková (Tillman, Juříčková) Montonen (Katajamäki, Virtanen) – 49:52 1–1 Montonen – 72:50 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	24

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20 March 2025 18:30

HPK Hämeenlinna

2–0 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Kiekko-Espoo

Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 350

	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Tiina Saarimäki Aino Ranki
	H. Seikkula (K. Seikkula, Matejková) – 20:31 1–0 Juříčková (H. Seikkula) – DP – 29:46 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	32

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22 March 2025 14:45

Kiekko-Espoo

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 367

	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referee: Reetta-Kaisa Lusi Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Helinä Anttila
	Villilä (Rantamäki, Nuutinen) – 51:59 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	7

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25 March 2025 18:30

HPK Hämeenlinna

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Kiekko-Espoo

Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna

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27 March 2025 18:45

Kiekko-Espoo

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HPK Hämeenlinna

Tapiola 2, Espoo

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29 March 2025 15:00

HPK Hämeenlinna

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Kiekko-Espoo

Hämeenlinnan jäähalli, Hämeenlinna

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30 March 2025 13:15

Kiekko-Espoo

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HPK Hämeenlinna

Tapiola 2, Espoo

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in playoff points at the conclusion of games played on 22 March 2025.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Emma Nuutinen	K-Espoo	10	7	8	15	6
Kiti Seikkula	HPK	11	7	6	13	6
Karoliina Rantamäki	K-Espoo	10	4	8	12	0
Minttu Tuominen	K-Espoo	10	0	8	8	6
Lisette Täks	K-Espoo	10	6	1	7	12
Barbora Juříčková	HPK	12	4	3	7	0
Emma Ekoluoma	Ilves	10	3	4	7	8
Noora Mylläri	Ilves	10	3	4	7	4
Ines Lukkarila	HPK	12	2	5	7	6
Raili Mustonen	Kuortane	10	4	2	6	2
Matilda Nilsson	Ilves	10	3	3	6	4

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders had played at least sixty playoff minutes in net at the conclusion of the games played on 22 March 2025, sorted by save percentage.

^	Team eliminated in quarterfinals

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	SA	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Tiia Pajarinen	K-Espoo	8	490:12	7	1	197	8	3	95.9	0.98
Anni Keisala	HPK	12	740:03	8	4	312	14	4	95.5	1.14
Tiina Ranne^	TPS	4	234:27	1	3	153	9	0	94.1	2.30
Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Kuortane	7	429:35	3	4	145	11	1	92.4	1.54
Miia Vainio^	HIFK	5	296:50	1	3	157	12	1	92.4	2.43
Salla Sivula^	KalPa	4	238:58	1	3	129	10	0	92.2	2.51
Melisa Mörönen	Ilves	10	599:48	4	5	281	22	0	92.2	2.20
Minja Drufva	K-Espoo	2	120:00	2	0	35	3	0	91.4	1.50
Lilia Huovinen	Kuortane	3	178:42	1	2	61	6	1	90.2	2.01
Kati Asikainen^	Kärpät	3	180:00	0	3	117	16	0	86.3	5.33

External links

• Official statistics from the Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish)