2022–23 Naisten Liiga season

The 2022–23 Naisten Liiga season was the fortieth season of the Naisten Liiga, the premier level of women's ice hockey in Finland, since the league's establishment as the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982. The regular season began on 10 September 2022 and concluded on 19 February 2023.

2022–23 Naisten Liiga season
League	Naisten Liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Defending champions	Kiekko-Espoo (2021–22)
Duration	10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) – 19 February 2023 Playoffs 25 February 2023 – 21 March 2023 Qualification 18 March 2023 – 2 April 2023
Number of games	36
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Leijonat.tv
Regular Season
Season champions	HIFK Helsinki
Runners-up	KalPa Kuopio
Top scorer	Michaela Pejzlová (HIFK)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Sanni Vanhanen (HIFK)
Aurora Borealis Cup
Champions	HIFK Helsinki
Runners-up	Kiekko-Espoo

HIFK Helsinki and KalPa Kuopio both finished the regular season at the top of the league, tied with 93 points in 36 games. HIFK were granted the regular season championship title by virtue of a higher goal difference, marking the first regular season victory in team history. Kiekko-Espoo, the reigning regular season champions from the previous four seasons (2018–19 to 2021–22), finished in third place.

HIFK swept all three rounds of the 2023 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs to win the Aurora Borealis Cup for the first time in team history. Kiekko-Espoo, the reigning Finnish Champions from the 2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs, claimed the franchise's third Finnish Championship silver medal and KalPa won Finnish Championship bronze for the fourth time.

In the qualification, RoKi Rovaniemi and Rauman Lukko overcame Naisten Mestis teams HIFK Akatemia and Kiekko-Espoo Akatemia to save themselves from relegation.^[1]

League business

Season format

The Finnish Ice Hockey Association chose to streamline the Naisten Liiga season format after the 2021–22 season. Instead of the previous twenty-game preliminary series and ten-game divisional series, the ten teams play a single-series, four-cycle round-robin. For each team, the regular season comprises 36 games.^[2]

The top eight teams at the end of the season qualify for the Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs. The teams finishing the season ranked ninth and tenth play a promotion/relegation series against the top two teams of the Naisten Mestis.^[2]

The format change adds six games per team to the regular season schedule and matches the season structure of the league's closest neighbor, the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).

Offseason

Coaching changes

Team	2021–22	2022–23	Details
Off–season
HPK	Harri Nummela	Jari Risku	Appointed in April 2022, Risku is the fifth HPK head coach in as many seasons. He succeeds Nummela, who piloted the team to a playoff berth from the lower division series.[3] Risku most recently served as head coach of the Austrian national team for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A and was previously head coach of KMH Budapest in the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL). He was the inaugural head coach of Team Kuortane, from the team's creation in 2010 until 2018, and coached the Finnish national under-18 team during 2014 to 2018.[4][5]
Ilves	Linda Leppänen	Marjo Voutilainen	Leppänen announced in early April that she was stepping away from her head coaching position after two seasons in role to spend more time with her family.[6] In early May, Ilves revealed that Voutilainen had been selected as her successor.[7] Voutilainen previously coached KalPa Naiset for six seasons, 2016 to 2022, and the team won their first Finnish Championship silver medal and made it to the Aurora Borealis Cup finals twice with her at the helm.[8] Prior to her coaching career, she was a forward with the Finnish national team and an Olympic and World Championship medalist.[9]
KalPa	Marjo Voutilainen	Mika Väärälä	Following a challenging season in which KalPa narrowly secured the bottom seed of the playoffs after winning Finnish Championship silver one season before, the club opted not to resign Voutalainen as head coach and to instead pursue a new direction with the hire of Väärälä.[10] Väärälä joined KalPa after serving as head coach of KMH Budapest for three seasons, during which the team won the EWHL Championship three times and the EWHL Super Cup twice.[11] He has been an assistant coach to the Hungarian national team since 2016.[12]
Kärpät	Samuli Hassi	Sanna Lankosaari	Hassi vacated the Kärpät head coach position after accepting a director of coaching position with Vaasan Sport U18 in the U18 SM-sarja. Lankosaari was promoted to head coach from assistant coach, a position she had held since 2018.[13] Prior to her coaching career, Lankosaari was a forward with the Finnish national team and won a bronze medal in the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She was also a three-time IIHF Women's World Championship bronze medalist and was Finland’s leading scorer at the 1996 IIHF European Women Championships.[14] She played seven seasons with Oulun Kärpät Naiset in the Naisten SM-sarja during 1994 to 2001.

Player signings

Note: This section does not record all player signings. It is limited to player movements involving national team players (from any country), international import players, and extra-league signings.

Pre-season

The 2022 Aurora Borealis Cup champions, Kiekko-Espoo, saw the single largest number of pre-season player departures, with a majority of departures involving Finnish national team players. Players from Kiekko-Espoo departing for other leagues included reigning Päivi Halonen Award winner and Playoff MVP Nelli Laitinen, who left to pursue a college ice hockey career with the Minnesota Golden Gophers;^[15] Ella Viitasuo and Kiira Yrjänen, who signed in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with HV71 Dam;^[16][17] and Minttu Tuominen, who began the 2021–22 season as captain of Kiekko-Espoo but concluded the season in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays and signed in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Metropolitan Riveters for the 2022–23 season.^[18] Several high-impact Kiekko-Espoo players signed with other Naisten Liiga teams, including reigning Best Forward for four consecutive seasons Elisa Holopainen and All-Star Sanni Rantala, who both signed with KalPa;^[18][19] Emilia Vesa, who signed with HIFK; and Emmi Leinonen, who retired from playing and joined HPK as an assistant coach.^[20]

HPK celebrated the career of all-time Naisten Liiga top point scorer and most games played record holder Riikka Noronen, who retired from playing in 2022 after 27 consecutive seasons in the league. The vacancy left by Noronen’s departure and other player movements made it possible for HPK to attract a number of international players, including Olympic medalist in speed skating and Czech national team forward Karolína Erbanová, Czech national under-18 team forward Barbora Juříčková, and Slovak national team centre Lucia Záborská.^[21] French national team goaltender Margaux Mameri was signed to replace Canadian Kassidy Sauvé, who departed HPK to sign in the PHF with the Buffalo Beauts.^[22][23] Sauvé had signed in the middle of the 2021–22 season as successor to starting netminder Noora Räty, who left HPK in January to rejoin the KRS Vanke Rays in the ZhHL.

KalPa also bid farewell to a franchise star with the retirement of their captain, the 2020 Player of the Year winner and a three-time All-Star, Tanja Niskanen. In addition to signing national team players Holopainen and Rantala from Kiekko-Espoo, KalPa attracted Finnish goaltender Aino Laitinen from the Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia of the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL).

TPS boasted both the 2021–22 regular season top point scorer in French national team centre Estelle Duvin, and the player with the most regular season assists in Maija Otamo (three-way tied with Elisa Holopainen and Michaela Pejzlová). In a major loss to the team's offensive production, the linemates both signed in the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) with EV Bomo Thun for the 2022–23 season.^[24][25] Continuing the pattern of signing at least one French national team player to the roster in each season since 2020, TPS inked defenseman Raphaëlle Grenier.

Ilves goaltender Anni Keisala was named 2022 Naisten Liiga Player of the Year and Best Goaltender – in addition to being named Best Goaltender of the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship – making her a highly sought after addition to a number of international teams. Her decision to sign in the SDHL with HV71 was one of the most significant moves of the pre-season.^[26][27] Ilves recruited internationally to fill Keisala's roster spot and brought in Canadian goaltender Camille Scherger from the UPEI Panthers women's ice hockey program of U Sports. Top defenceman Anna Kilponen, who began the 2021–22 season as captain of Ilves before concluding the season in the ZhHL with the KRS Vanke Rays, opted not to return to Finland and instead signed in the PHF with the Metropolitan Riveters.^[28][29]

Kiekko-Espoo’s Laitinen was not the only Naisten Liiga defenseman to embark on a college ice hockey career in the NCAA Division I, as Krista Parkkonen of HIFK, the 2020 Naisten Liiga Rookie of the Year and a two-time All-Star, joined the Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program. HIFK saw relatively little turnover in comparison to their close neighbors in Espoo, with the departure of just Parkkonen and Czech forward Veronika Lorencová, who left for the EVB Eagles Südtirol of the EWHL and Italian Hockey League Women.^[30] The team acquired two Finnish national team players: Sanni Vanhanen, the youngest active member of the national team and the top Finnish scorer at the 2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship, who had previously played with the Tappara boys' under-17 teams in Finland's top U17 league and had been loaned to Ilves Naiset for a handful of games over the previous several seasons, and Emilia Vesa, a standout winger and former captain of Team Kuortane, who had played with Kiekko-Espoo since 2020.^[31]

Player	Previous team	2022–23 team	ref.
Incoming players
Karolína Erbanová (F)	Almtuna IS (Damettan)	HPK Hämeenlinna	[21]
Raphaëlle Grenier (D)	Clermont-Lyon-Roanne U17 (France U17)	TPS Turku
Sydney Harris (D)	Elmira Soaring Eagles (NCAA D3)	RoKi Rovaniemi	[32]
Eliška Hotová (D)	HC Příbram (Extraliga)	TPS Turku
Barbora Juříčková (F)	HC Uničov (1. liga žen)	HPK Hämeenlinna	[21]
Anna Kalová (F)	HC Litvínov (Extraliga)	RoKi Rovaniemi
Aino Laitinen (G)	Budapest JA (EWHL)	KalPa Kuopio
Margaux Mameri (G)	ACBB-Meudon U17 (France U17)	HPK Hämeenlinna	[22]
Camille Scherger (G)	UPEI Panthers (U Sports)	Ilves Tampere
Karolína Skořepová (F)	HC Kobra Prague (1. liga žen)	Kärpät Oulu
Jenna Silvonen (G)	Mercyhurst Lakers (NCAA D1)	Kiekko-Espoo	[33]
Sanni Vanhanen (F)	Tappara U16 (Finland U16)	HIFK Helsinki	[31]
Ellie Wallace (F)	Queen Bees IHC (WNIHL Elite)	TPS Turku	[34]
Lucia Záborská (F)	Hammarby IF (Damettan)	HPK Hämeenlinna
Intra-league transfers
Elisa Holopainen (F)	Kiekko-Espoo	KalPa Kuopio	[35]
Sanni Rantala (D)	Kiekko-Espoo	KalPa Kuopio	[19]
Emilia Vesa (F)	Kiekko-Espoo	HIFK Helsinki
Departing players
Megan Delay (D)	HPK Hämeenlinna	Buffalo Beauts (PHF)	[36]
Estelle Duvin (F)	TPS Tampere	EV Bomo Thun (SWHL A)	[37]
Ana Kahlhammer (F)	Lukko Rauma	Maryville University Saints (ACHA)
Aino Karppinen (D)	RoKi Rovaniemi	AIK Hockey (SDHL)
Anni Keisala (G)	Ilves Tampere	HV71 (SDHL)	[26][27]
Anna Kilponen (F)	Ilves Tampere → KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL)	Metropolitan Riveters (PHF)	[38]
Nelli Laitinen (D)	Kiekko-Espoo	Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)	[15]
Emmi Leinonen (F)	Kiekko-Espoo	retired	[20]
Veera Lindroth (F)	Ilves Tampere	ESC Planegg-Würmtal (DFEL)
Veronika Lorencová (F)	HIFK Helsinki	EVB Eagles Südtirol (EWHL/IHLW)	[30]
Matilda Nilsson (F)	HIFK Helsinki	Brynäs IF Dam (SDHL)	[39][40]
Tanja Niskanen (F)	KalPa Kuopio	retired	[41]
Riikka Noronen (F)	HPK Hämeenlinna	retired	[42]
Maija Otamo (F)	TPS Tampere	EV Bomo Thun (SWHL A)	[37]
Krista Parkkonen (D)	HIFK Helsinki	Vermont Catamounts (NCAA)	[43]
Noora Räty (G)	HPK Hämeenlinna → KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL)	unsigned
Kassidy Sauvé (G)	HPK Hämeenlinna	Buffalo Beauts (PHF)	[23]
Minttu Tuominen (D)	Kiekko-Espoo → KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL)	Metropolitan Riveters (PHF)	[18]
Ella Viitasuo (D)	Kiekko-Espoo	HV71 (SDHL)	[44][16]
Kiira Yrjänen (F)	Kiekko-Espoo	HV71 (SDHL)	[17]

Teams

2022–23 season

HIFK

HPK

Ilves

KalPa

K-Espoo

Kärpät

Lukko

RoKi

Kuortane

TPS

Location of teams in the Naisten Liiga

Team	Location	Home venue	Head coach	Captain
HIFK	Helsinki	Pirkkolan jäähalli	Saara Niemi	Karoliina Rantamäki
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Jääliikuntakeskus Hakio	Jari Risku	Heta Seikkula
Ilves	Tampere	Tesoman jäähalli	Marjo Voutilainen	Jenna Lehtiniemi
KalPa	Kuopio	Niiralan Monttu	Mika Väärälä	Johanna Juutilainen
Kiekko-Espoo	Espoo	Tapiolan harjoitusareena	Sami Haapanen	Emmi Rakkolainen
Kärpät	Oulu	Raksilan jäähalli	Sanna Lankosaari	Aino Kaijankoski
Lukko	Rauma	Westinghouse Areena	Sami Piilikangas	Maija Koski
RoKi	Rovaniemi	Lappi Areena	Tuomas Liitola	Eveliina Ollila
Team Kuortane	Kuortane	Kuortaneen jäähalli	Mira Kuisma	Nea Tervonen
TPS	Turku	Kupittaan jäähalli	Terhi Mertanen	Elina Heikkinen

Naisten Mestis teams participating in the qualification series

Team	Location	Home venue	Head coach	Captain
HIFK Akatemia	Helsinki	Pirkkolan jäähalli	Antti Borgenström	Anniina Koskinen
Kiekko-Espoo Akatemia	Espoo	Matinkylän jäähalli	Casimir Öhman	Linda Österlund

Regular season

The 180-game regular season began on 10 September 2022 and concluded on 19 February 2023.

Standings

HIFK Helsinki claimed first place in the regular season for the first time in team history. They tied KalPa Kuopio in points, with 93 points each, but HIFK were awarded top rank by virtue of a higher goal difference.^[45] Kiekko-Espoo, the first place team from the 2021–22 regular season, finished in third place with 74 points. HPK Hämeenlinna improved from seventh place (first in the lower division series) in the 2021–22 regular season to fourth in 2022–23, amassing 67 points. Though Tampereen Ilves outperformed their 1.43 points per game (Pts/G) average from 2021–22, with a 1.64 Pts/G, they moved down the rankings from fourth to fifth place, season over season. Team Kuortane finished in sixth place for the second consecutive season, however, like Ilves, they notably improved their points per game from 1.15 to 1.53, season over season. TPS Turku fell from fifth to seventh place and Oulun Kärpät suffered the most dramatic fall in the standings, going from third to eighth place.^[46]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Postseason
1	HIFK	36	29	3	0	4	197	57	+140	93	Playoffs
2	KalPa	36	29	2	2	3	197	65	+132	93
3	Kiekko-Espoo	36	23	2	1	10	142	70	+72	74
4	HPK	36	20	3	1	12	116	78	+38	67
5	Tampereen Ilves	36	16	4	3	13	105	98	+7	59
6	Team Kuortane	36	15	3	4	14	91	89	+2	55
7	TPS	36	14	2	3	17	124	140	−16	49
8	Oulun Kärpät	36	7	1	5	23	92	150	−58	28
9	Rauman Lukko	36	1	4	1	30	59	227	−168	12	Qualification
10	RoKi	36	2	0	4	30	44	193	−149	10

Source: Leijonat^[47]

Schedule

Regular Season
September 2022 Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 10 September TPS 2–6 HIFK 70 Ilves 2–3 Kuortane SO 80 K-Espoo 2–3 KalPa 60 HPK 4–5 Kärpät 190 Hat-trick scored by Tilli Keränen (1) Lukko 3–2 RoKi OT 70 11 September Kärpät 0–1 K-Espoo 30 Shutout recorded by Jenna Silvonen (1) HPK 4–3 RoKi 80 KalPa 7–1 Lukko 60 Kuortane 4–3 TPS 90 HIFK 5–2 Ilves 70 17 September HIFK 3–1 HPK 82 Lukko 2–9 TPS 60 K-Espoo 6–2 Ilves 72 Hat-trick scored by Lisette Täks (1) RoKi 0–4 Kuortane 53 Shutout recorded by Emilia Kyrkkö (1) KalPa 9–3 Kärpät 81 Hat-trick scored by Jenna Hietala (1) 18 September TPS 5–3 HPK 51 Lukko 1–11 HIFK 50 Hat-trick scored by Sanni Vanahanen (1) RoKi 2–3 KalPa OT 67 Ilves 1–4 K-Espoo 110 Kärpät 1–3 Kuortane 213 Highest attended game of month 24 September Ilves 0–3 HIFK 47 Shutout recorded by Kiia Lahtinen (1) TPS 4–3 Kärpät SO 40 HPK 3–2 Kuortane OT 60 Lukko 4–16 KalPa 50 Hat-trick scored by Jenna Hietala (2; five goals total) Hat-trick scored by Elisa Holopainen (1; four goals total) K-Espoo 9–2 RoKi 54 25 September HPK 1–5 K-Espoo 55 Lukko 3–6 Kärpät 50 Hat-trick scored by Oona Havana (1) HIFK 7–2 RoKi 84 Kuortane 4–1 Ilves 80 TPS 2–3 KalPa SO 92
October 2022 Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 1 October K-Espoo 2–1 HPK SO 68 Kärpät 1–9 HIFK 105 Hat-trick scored by Sanni Vanhanen (2) Ilves 1–7 KalPa 46 Hat-trick scored by Elisa Holopainen (2; four goals total) RoKi 3–7 TPS 131 Kuortane 7–2 Lukko 50 2 October KalPa 4–3 HIFK 181 Highest attended match of the month RoKi 0–5 TPS 101 Shutout recorded by Mila Houni (1) Ilves 1–0 HPK 56 Shutout recorded by Juuli Kivimäki (1) Kärpät 4–5 Lukko OT 93 K-Espoo 2–1 Kuortane 61 8 October Kärpät 3–4 Ilves OT 84 TPS 3–2 Lukko 50 Kuortane 1–3 KalPa 80 HIFK 5–3 K-Espoo 157 RoKi 1–3 HPK 60 9 October Kärpät 1–3 HPK 125 K-Espoo 6–3 TPS 48 RoKi 0–4 Ilves 47 Shutout recorded by Melisa Mörönen (1) Lukko 1–11 KalPa 50 HIFK 6–0 Kuortane 69 Shutout recorded by Miia Vainio (1) 15 October TPS 3–2 Kuortane 30 Ilves 5–1 RoKi 75 HPK 0–2 KalPa 50 Shutout recorded by Tiina Ranne (1) K-Espoo 7–0 Lukko 26 Shutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen (1) HIFK 6–0 Kärpät 49 Shutout recorded by Lumi Jääskeläinen (1) 16 October KalPa 6–1 Ilves 126 Hat-trick recorded by Elisa Holopainen (3) HPK 2–0 TPS 70 Shutout recorded by Noora Räty (1) Lukko 1–6 HIFK 50 Kuortane 4–0 RoKi 70 Shutout recorded by Lilia Huovinen (1) K-Espoo 3–0 Kärpät 54 Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva (1) 22 October Kärpät 2–3 TPS 86 [Recap 1] Ilves 3–0 Kuortane 55 Shutout recorded by Melisa Mörönen (2) [Recap 2] KalPa 15–2 Lukko 168 Hat-trick recorded by Jenna Kaila (1) Hat-trick recorded by Liisa Kastikainen (1) Hat-trick recorded by Kaisla Kortelainen (1; four goals total) [Recap 3] HPK 5–4 HIFK 60 [Recap 4] RoKi 0–4 K-Espoo 50 Shutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen (2) [Recap 5] 23 October Kärpät 6–1 Lukko 115 [Recap 6] RoKi 0–5 K-Espoo 56 Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva (2) [Recap 7] KalPa 6–1 TPS 118 [Recap 8] HPK 3–1 Kuortane 60 [Recap 9] HIFK 10–1 Ilves 85 Hat-trick recorded by Julia Liikala (1) Hat-trick recorded by Emilia Vesa (1; four goals total) [Recap 10] 26 October Kärpät 3–4 Kuortane SO 93 [Recap 11] 29 October KalPa 5–2 HPK 82 [Recap 12] TPS 4–5 K-Espoo 40 [Recap 13] RoKi 2–6 HIFK 105 Hat-trick recorded by Julia Liikala (2) [Recap 14] Kuortane 3–1 Kärpät 50 [Recap 15] Ilves 9–0 Lukko 62 Shutout recorded by Juuli Kivimäki (2) [Recap 16] 30 October RoKi 0–12 HIFK 47 Hat-trick recorded by Johanna Kemppainen (1; 4 goals total) Hat-trick recorded by Julia Liikala (3) [Recap 17] Lukko 2–8 TPS 50 Hat-trick recorded by Pauliina Salonen (1) [Recap 18] Kuortane 6–3 HPK 70 [Recap 19] Kärpät 2–9 KalPa 128 Hat-trick recorded by Elisa Holopainen (4) [Recap 20] K-Espoo 2–1 Ilves OT 52 [Recap 21]
November 2022 Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 5 November Ilves 4–0 Kärpät 85 Shutout recorded by Melisa Mörönen (3) [Recap 22] Lukko 1–5 Kuortane 75 [Recap 23] HIFK 5–2 HPK 65 [Recap 24] TPS 6–3 RoKi 35 [Recap 25] KalPa 3–2 K-Espoo 63 [Recap 26] 6 November Kuortane 2–1 K-Espoo 40 [Recap 27] HPK 6–0 RoKi 50 No shutout recorded (goaltender change) [Recap 28] Lukko 2–5 Ilves 50 [Recap 29] HIFK 7–1 TPS 78 [Recap 30] KalPa 7–2 Kärpät 100 [Recap 31] 16 November HPK 1–2 Ilves 40 [Recap 32] K-Espoo 1–3 HIFK 73 [Recap 33] 19 November HIFK 6–2 Lukko 60 [Recap 34] Kuortane 1–0 Kärpät 30 Shutout recorded by Venla Varis (1) [Recap 35] TPS 1–9 HPK 54 [Recap 36] RoKi 0–7 KalPa 31 Shutout recorded by Tiina Ranne (2) [Recap 37] 20 November Lukko 3–2 Ilves OT 40 [Recap 38] RoKi 1–4 Kuortane 31 [Recap 39] TPS 8–5 K-Espoo 25 Hat-trick recorded by Ines Lukkarila (1) Hat-trick recorded by Pauliina Salonen (2) [Recap 40] Kärpät 3–5 KalPa 107 Highest attended match of the month [Recap 41] 26 November HIFK 8–0 RoKi 55 Shutout recorded by Lumi Jääskeläinen (2) [Recap 42] TPS 2–1 Kuortane SO 35 [Recap 43] Ilves 0–4 KalPa 60 Hat-trick recorded by Jenna Juutilainen (1) Shutout recorded by Tiina Ranne (3) [Recap 44] HPK 6–1 Lukko 30 [Recap 45] K-Espoo 3–1 Kärpät 59 [Recap 46] 27 November K-Espoo 7–1 RoKi 52 [Recap 47] Lukko 1–2 HPK OT 40 [Recap 48] TPS 2–6 Ilves 40 [Recap 49] HIFK 4–1 Kärpät 70 [Recap 50] Kuortane 1–7 KalPa 40 Hat-trick recorded by Jenna Kaila (2) Hat-trick recorded by Elisa Holopainen (5) [Recap 51]
December 2022 Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 3 December Kärpät 2–4 Ilves 68 [Recap 52] TPS 4–1 Lukko 34 Hat-trick recorded by Susanna Viitala (1) [Recap 53] RoKi 1–8 HPK 35 Hat-trick recorded by Kiti Seikkula (1) [Recap 54] K-Espoo 5–1 Kuortane 45 [Recap 55] HIFK 2–3 KalPa 98 [Recap 56] 4 December Kärpät 3–4 HPK 77 [Recap 57] Lukko 1–8 K-Espoo 40 [Recap 58] TPS 2–10 KalPa 47 [Recap 59] RoKi 1–5 Ilves 37 [Recap 60] HIFK 2–1 Kuortane OT 74 [Recap 61] 6 December KalPa 4–0 Kuortane 112 Shutout recorded by Aino Laitinen (1) Highest attended match of the month [Recap 62] RoKi 3–2 Kärpät 25 [Recap 63] HPK 4–2 TPS 40 [Recap 64] 7 December K-Espoo 6–0 HIFK 74 Shutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen (3) [Recap 65] Ilves 4–0 Lukko 70 Shutout recorded by Juuli Kivimäki (3) [Recap 66] 10 December Kärpät 6–5 TPS 91 [Recap 67] Ilves 2–4 HIFK 42 [Recap 68] HPK 4–3 KalPa SO 50 HPK snapped KalPa's 26-game win-streak in the shootout [Recap 69] Kuortane 3–0 RoKi 40 Shutout recorded by Emilia Kyrkkö (2) [Recap 70] K-Espoo 7–0 Lukko 52 Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva (3) [Recap 71] 11 December Ilves 5–2 RoKi 45 [Recap 72] KalPa 6–3 TPS 66 [Recap 73] HPK 5–1 K-Espoo 50 [Recap 74] HIFK 7–0 Lukko 50 Shutout recorded by Lumi Jääskeläinen (3) [Recap 75]
January 2023 Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 21 January KalPa 2–1 K-Espoo 121 [Recap 76] Ilves 5–4 TPS OT 65 [Recap 77] Kuortane 1–2 HPK 50 [Recap 78] Kärpät 1–10 HIFK 260 Highest attended match of the season (tied with Kärpät @ TPS, 19 February) [Recap 79] RoKi 2–3 Lukko 40 [Recap 80] 22 January RoKi 2–3 Lukko SO 53 [Recap 81] Kärpät 1–5 K-Espoo 93 [Recap 82] KalPa 1–3 HPK 82 League point leader Elisa Holopainen suffered a season-ending leg injury after taking a fall mid-game.[48] [Recap 83] TPS 5–2 Ilves [Recap 84] Kuortane 0–6 HIFK 60 Shutout recorded by Kiia Lahtinen (2) [Recap 85] 28 January TPS 1–5 HIFK 75 [Recap 86] KalPa 5–0 RoKi 72 Shutout recorded by Jenna Juutilainen (2) [Recap 87] Kuortane 2–3 K-Espoo 50 [Recap 88] HPK 4–0 Ilves 70 Shutout recorded by Noora Räty (2) [Recap 89] Lukko 3–4 Kärpät 40 [Recap 90] 29 January KalPa 8–1 RoKi 78 Hat-trick recorded by Jenna Hietala (3) [Recap 91] HPK 0–5 HIFK 70 Shutout recorded by Iina Kuusela (1) [Recap 92] Lukko 3–8 K-Espoo 50 [Recap 93] Ilves 4–3 Kärpät OT 75 [Recap 94] Kuortane 3–2 TPS OT 70 [Recap 95]
February 2023 Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 4 February Kuortane 5–0 Lukko 60 Shutout recorded by Emilia Kyrkkö (3) Hat-trick recorded by Sofia Kari (1) [Recap 96] Ilves 2–1 HPK 62 [Recap 97] HIFK 6–5 KalPa OT 96 Hat-trick recorded by Jenna Kaila (3) [Recap 98] K-Espoo 6–0 TPS 72 Shutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen (4) Hat-trick recorded by Anni-Elina Montonen (1) [Recap 99] Kärpät 6–2 RoKi 121 Hat-trick recorded by Tilli Keränen (2) [Recap 100] 5 February Lukko 0–7 HPK 45 Shutout recorded by Salla Sivula (1) [Recap 101] Kuortane 2–3 Ilves OT 80 [Recap 102] K-Espoo 3–0 KalPa 88 Shutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen (5) [Recap 103] RoKi 2–3 Kärpät OT 33 [Recap 104] HIFK 5–1 TPS 89 [Recap 105] 18 February KalPa 0–3 HIFK 158 Shutout recorded by Kiia Lahtinen (3) [Recap 106] Ilves 7–1 K-Espoo 35 Hat-trick recorded by Anniina Kaitala (1) [Recap 107] Lukko 2–8 Kuortane 45 [Recap 108] HPK 3–2 Kärpät 70 [Recap 109] TPS 7–0 RoKi 83 Shutout recorded by Tea Koljonen (1) [Recap 110] 19 February Lukko 2–3 RoKi 50 [Recap 111] TPS 5–1 Kärpät 260 Highest attended match of the season (tied with HIFK @ Kärpät, 21 January) [Recap 112] K-Espoo 0–2 HPK 64 Shutout recorded by Salla Sivula (2) [Recap 113] KalPa 2–1 Ilves 60 [Recap 114] Kuortane 2–3 HIFK 50 [Recap 115]

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season on 19 February 2023.^[49]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Michaela Pejzlová	HIFK	31	32	50	82	2
Elisa Holopainen	KalPa	28	41	34	75	4
Julia Liikala	HIFK	30	28	38	66	10
Jenna Kaila	KalPa	36	28	31	59	14
Emilia Vesa	HIFK	28	22	31	53	18
Jenna Hietala	KalPa	35	29	21	50	6
Johanna Juutilainen	KalPa	36	14	36	50	8
Clara Rozier	HIFK	34	24	25	49	22
Júlia Matejková	HPK	34	15	28	43	20
Anni-Elina Montonen	K-Espoo	34	21	21	42	6
Siiri Yrjölä	HIFK	31	16	26	42	20
Pauliina Salonen	TPS	36	23	17	40	36
Sanni Vanhanen	HIFK	22	18	22	40	2
Tereza Pištěková	TPS	34	14	26	40	8
Sofia Nuutinen	K-Espoo	34	14	25	39	16
Sanni Rantala	KalPa	30	7	32	39	6
Emmi Rakkolainen	K-Espoo	29	13	25	38	10
Oona Havana	Kärpät	36	23	13	36	24
Emilia Varpula	Ilves	34	11	25	36	4
Johanna Kemppainen	HIFK	36	16	19	35	10
Kiti Seikkula	HPK	32	18	16	34	10

The following skaters were the top point scorers of teams not represented in the scoring leader table at the conclusion of the regular season on 19 February 2023, noted with their overall league scoring rank:

• 25. Nea Tervonen (F), Kuortane: 33 GP, 12 G, 20 A, 32 Pts, 4 PIM
• 39. Aliisa Toivonen (F), Lukko: 33 GP, 12 G, 12 A, 24 Pts, 28 PIM
• 63. Iida Lappalainen (F), RoKi: 33 GP, 11 G, 6 A, 17 Pts, 26 PIM

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders had played at least one-third of their team's minutes in net at the conclusion of the regular season on 19 February 2023, sorted by save percentage.^[50]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	S	GA	SO	S-%	GAA
Tiina Ranne	KalPa	20	1186:55	16	2	501	33	3	93.8	1.67
Kiia Lahtinen	HIFK	18	1080:31	17	1	349	24	4	93.6	1.33
Salla Sivula	HPK	26	1482:59	15	8	611	49	2	92.6	1.98
Emilia Kyrkkö	Kuortane	24	1430:18	9	12	692	56	3	92.5	2.35
Tiia Pajarinen	K-Espoo	21	1229:49	13	6	389	34	5	92.1	1.66
Juuli Kivimäki	Ilves	15	837:31	7	5	384	33	3	92.1	2.36
Melisa Mörönen	Ilves	19	947:58	10	9	415	44	3	90.4	2.78
Kati Asikainen	Kärpät	29	1740:11	6	21	892	106	0	89.4	3.65
Sari Saarinen	TPS	13	778:32	4	7	374	46	0	89.0	3.55
Janika Järvikari	RoKi	21	1121:41	1	18	740	95	0	88.6	5.08
Minja Drufva	K-Espoo	13	750:57	8	5	224	30	3	88.2	2.40
Olivia Last	RoKi	19	1037:02	1	15	701	95	0	88.1	5.50
Tea Koljonen	TPS	15	786:10	7	3	308	44	1	87.5	3.36
Katriina Saarenmaa	Lukko	16	906:25	2	12	501	87	0	85.2	5.76
Johanna Niemi	Lukko	15	805:46	2	11	447	80	0	84.8	5.96

Top backup goaltenders

The following goaltenders recorded the highest save percentages of those who had played a minimum of ten percent but fewer than one-third of their team’s minutes in net at the conclusion of the regular season on 19 February 2023.^[51]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	S	GA	SO	S-%	GAA
Noora Räty	HPK	9	499:01	5	3	217	13	2	94.3	1.56
Miia Vainio	HIFK	6	360:00	5	1	121	11	1	91.7	1.83
Jenna Juutilainen	KalPa	10	563:48	9	0	142	14	2	91.0	1.49
Aino Laitinen	KalPa	7	421:41	5	2	156	17	1	90.2	2.42
Lumi Jääskeläinen	HIFK	9	541:22	7	2	146	16	3	90.1	1.77
Venla Varis	Kuortane	10	570:47	5	4	228	25	1	90.1	2.63

Player movements

Player	Previous team	Active team	Date
Incoming players
Noora Räty (G)	KRS Vanke Rays	HPK Hämeenlinna	30 September 2022
Anna Zíková (D)	Göteborg HC (SDHL)	HPK Hämeenlinna	26 January 2023
Sarah Knee (D)	no team	KalPa Kuopio	15 February 2023
Esther Väärälä (F)	no team	KalPa Kuopio	16 February 2023
Departing players
Camille Scherger (G)	Ilves Tampere	Skellefteå AIK (Damettan)	11 September 2022
Margaux Mameri (G)	HPK Hämeenlinna	Jets d’Evry-Viry (FFHG Division 2)	11 November 2022
Tuva Schall Mikkelsen (D)	Ilves Tampere	Hasle-Løren (NIHF Kvinner Elite)	5 December 2022

Loans

Player	Signed team	Loaned team	Notes
Alexandra Väyrynen (G)	Kiekko-Espoo	RoKi Rovaniemi	2-game loan, 10–11 September 2022
Heta Paasilinna (D)	Kiekko-Espoo	RoKi Rovaniemi	1-game loan, 25 September 2022
Rosa-Marie Ojala (G)	APV	Team Kuortane	2-game loan, began 4 February 2023

Playoffs

Main article: 2023 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs

HIFK swept all three rounds of the 2023 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs to win the Aurora Borealis Cup for the first time in team history. Kiekko-Espoo, the reigning Finnish Champions from the 2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs, claimed the franchise's third Finnish Championship silver medal and KalPa won Finnish Championship bronze for the fourth time.

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
	1	IFK Helsinki	12	8	6	/	3
	8	Kärpät Oulu	0	0	0	/	0
										1	IFK Helsinki	2	6	6	/	3
										4	HPK Hämeenlinna	0	1	2	/	0
	4	HPK Hämeenlinna	5	1	5	4	3
	5	Ilves Tampere	0	5	3	2	1
																				IFK Helsinki	9	4	3	3
																				Kiekko-Espoo	2	0	2	0
	2	KalPa Kuopio	4	5	4	/	3
	7	TPS Turku	1	4	3	/	0
										2	KalPa Kuopio	2	3	1	0	1			Bronze medal game
										3	Kiekko-Espoo	3	2	2	2	3
	3	Kiekko-Espoo	3	2	4	3	3													KalPa Kuopio	3
	6	Team Kuortane	4	1	3	0	1												4	HPK Hämeenlinna	1

Source: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto^[52]

Qualification

The qualification series (Finnish: karsintasarja) began on 18 March and concluded on 2 April 2023. It was played as a double round-robin in which each team will face every opponent once at home and once away.

Two teams from the 2022 qualification series returned to the promotion/relegation tournament in 2023: Lukko and RoKi. In the 2022 series, RoKi successfully defended their place in the league and, after having been relegated to the Naisten Mestis in the 2021 Naisten Liiga qualification, Lukko earned promotion back to the Naisten Liiga via the relegation of Vaasan Sport Naiset.

Lukko and RoKi were joined by the top two teams of the Naisten Mestis regular season, HIFK Akatemia and Kiekko-Espoo Akatemia, the respective developmental squad of HIFK Naiset and Kiekko-Espoo Naiset, the Aurora Borealis Cup finalists. Both teams made their debut in the Naisten Liiga qualification and the series was the first in league history to feature the developmental squads of two teams active in the Naisten Liiga.

The series concluded with RoKi and Lukko overcoming HIFK Akatemia and Kiekko-Espoo Akatemia to save themselves from relegation. Both teams will remain in the Naisten Liiga for the 2023–24 season, while HIFK Akatemia and Kiekko-Espoo Akatemia will play in the season in the Naisten Mestis.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	2022–23 season
1	RoKi	6	4	0	1	1	18	12	+6	13	Naisten Liiga
2	Lukko	6	3	0	1	2	22	14	+8	10
3	HIFK Ak	6	2	1	0	3	16	14	+2	8	Naisten Mestis
4	K-Espoo Ak	6	1	1	0	4	8	24	−16	5

Source: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto^[53]

Results

18 March 2023 11:00

Lukko Rauma

9 – 0 (0–0, 3–0, 6–0)

Kiekko-Espoo Ak

Eurajoen jäähalli, Eurajoki Attendance: 30

[Game reference 1]
	Saara Rintamaa	Goalies	Lilli Packalen	Referee: Juho Suominen Linesmen: Jaakko Myllyniemi Teemu Kantola
	Toivonen (Laine) – 26:35 1–0 Hyytiä (Koski, Ukkola) – 30:09 2–0 Karru – 31:18 3–0 Laine (P. Koskinen) – 49:32 4–0 Kangasniemi (Koski, Ukkola) – 49:46 5–0 Toivonen (Laine) – 50:25 6–0 Koski (Kangasniemi, Laaksonen) – 52:13 7–0 Koski – 55:37 8–0 Julkunen (Ukkola) – 58:09 9–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	48	Shots	16

18 March 2023 12:00

RoKi Rovaniemi

3 – 2 (0–0, 0–0, 3–2)

HIFK Helsinki Ak

Lappi Areena, Rovaniemi Attendance: 44

[Game reference 2]
	Janika Järvikari	Goalies	Miia Vainio	Referee: Eemi Kaarlela Linesmen: Atte Mathlin Lauri Alamartin
	Heikonen (Kalová, Jatkola) (PP) – 48:14 1–0 1–1 49:36 – Holmberg (Malinen, E. Andersson) I. Lappalainen (Kalová, Heikonen) (PP) – 53:11 2–1 2–2 56:38 – Hintikka (Ne. Karlberg, M. Järvinen) Felcmanová – 58:38 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	32

19 March 2023 14:30

RoKi Rovaniemi

4 – 2 (1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Lukko Rauma

Lappi Areena, Rovaniemi Attendance: 60

[Game reference 3]
	Janika Järvikari	Goalies	Saara Rintamaa	Referee: Tomi Pirttijärvi Linesmen: Atte Mathlin Lauri Alamartin
	0–1 11:33 – Toivonen (PP) Lepola (Iso-Kouvola, Lassila) (PP) – 16:42 1–1 1–2 29:24 – Se. Siivonen (R. Lehikoinen) Felcmanová (Heinonen) – 36:17 2–2 I. Lappalainen (Felcmanová, Kalová) – 39:18 3–2 Lepola (Iso-Kouvola, Heinonen) (PP) – 52:04 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	38

19 March 2023 17:30

HIFK Helsinki Ak

0 – 3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Kiekko-Espoo Ak

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 65

[Game reference 4]
	Miia Vainio	Goalies	Alexandra Väyrynen	Referee: Akos Berger Linesmen: Ilona Silander Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 06:24 – Grönlund (Eli. Kemppainen, Saarni) 0–2 27:00 – Matomäki (Österlund, Leino) 0–3 56:46 – Grönlund (Matomäki) (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	18

24 March 2023 19:20

Kiekko-Espoo Ak

0 – 6 (0–1, 0–4, 0–1)

HIFK Helsinki Ak

Matinkylä I, Espoo Attendance: 50

[Game reference 5]
	Lilli Packalen Alexandra Väyrynen	Goalies	Miia Vainio	Referee: Akos Berger Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 09:09 – Holmberg (N. Andersson, A. Lehikoinen) (PP) 0–2 34:50 – Kuuluvainen (Huttunen, A. Koskinen) (PP) 0–3 36:12 – Malinen (Holmberg, N. Andersson) (PP) 0–4 39:10 – Holmberg (Hintikka) 0–5 39:58 – Malinen (A. Lehikoinen) 0–6 50:26 – N. Andersson (Loikkanen, Turunen)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	47

25 March 2023 14:50

HIFK Helsinki Ak

5 – 4 (2–0, 2–3, 1–1)

Lukko Rauma

Töölö 2, Helsinki Attendance: 15

[Game reference 6]
	Miia Vainio	Goalies	Saara Rintamaa	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Ilona Silander Johanna Oksanen
	N. Andersson (Järvinen) – 10:55 1–0 Turunen (Ne. Karlberg, A. Koskinen) – 12:41 2–0 2–1 29:36 – Julkunen (Laine) 2–2 35:05 – Koski 2–3 35:19 – Koski (Se. Siivonen, Hyytiä) Turunen (A. Koskinen) – 36:08 3–3 A. Lehikoinen – 38:54 4–3 Holmberg (Turunen) – 50:39 5–3 5–4 59:05 – Toivonen (P. Koskinen, Koski)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	43

25 March 2023 18:50

Kiekko-Espoo Ak

0 – 3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

RoKi Rovaniemi

Leppävaara D, Espoo Attendance: 45

[Game reference 7]
	Lilli Packalen	Goalies	Janika Järvikari	Referee: Akos Berger Linesmen: Tomas Ramu Rasmus Hellman
	0–1 31:12 – Kalová (Felcmanová) 0–2 42:49 – I. Lappalainen (Kalová, Felcmanová) 0–3 58:36 – Kalová (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	29

26 March 2023 14:15

Lukko Rauma

3 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

RoKi Rovaniemi

Eurajoen jäähalli, Eurajoki Attendance: 50

[Game reference 8]
	Katriina Saarenmaa	Goalies	Janika Järvikari	Referee: Niko Rautavuori Linesmen: Lassi Koivunen Jussi Hirsimäki
	0–1 05:01 – Felcmanová (Kalová) Lundström (Grönroos, Toivonen) (PP) – 28:38 1–1 1–2 45:07 – Lassila (Sa. Siivonen, Iso-Kouvola) (PP) Karru (Toivonen, Se. Siivonen) (PP) – 48:09 2–2 Toivonen (Lundström) – 54:07 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	14

1 April 2023 12:00

RoKi Rovaniemi

3 – 4 OT (1–1, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Kiekko-Espoo Ak

Lappi Areena, Rovaniemi Attendance: 53

[Game reference 9]
	Janika Järvikari	Goalies	Alexandra Väyrynen	Referee: Elias Klytseroff Linesmen: Pete Saarinen Tommi Rissanen
	0–1 02:41 – Grönlund (Ell. Kemppainen) I. Lappalainen (Kalová) – 04:02 1–1 I. Lappalainen (Kalová) – 24:40 2–1 2–2 29:24 – Grönlund (Ell. Kemppainen, Helin) 2–3 33:25 – Österlund (K. Eronen) Iso-Kouvola (Jatkola) – 40:36 3–3 3–4 60:08 – Grönlund (Ell. Kemppainen)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	46

1 April 2023 16:00

Lukko Rauma

1 – 2 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

HIFK Helsinki Ak

Eurajoen jäähalli, Eurajoki Attendance: 60

[Game reference 10]
	Katriina Saarenmaa	Goalies	Miia Vainio	Referee: Toni Lehtinen Linesmen: Jaakko Myllyniemi Teemu Kantola
	P. Koskinen (Se. Siivonen) – 50:13 1–0 1–1 54:18 – Loikkanen (Hintikka, Päkkilä)
	Karru P. Koskinen Hyttiä Toivonen	Shootout	Päkkilä Malinen Ne. Karlberg
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	21

2 April 2023 15:00

HIFK Helsinki Ak

1 – 3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

RoKi Rovaniemi

Pirkkola 2, Helsinki Attendance: 48

[Game reference 11]
	Miia Vainio	Goalies	Janika Järvikari	Referee: Akos Berger Linesmen: Rasmus Hellman Ilona Silander
	0–1 01:02 – Iso-Kouvola (E. Lappalainen, Heinonen) 0–2 06:52 – I. Lappalainen (Felcmanová) Hintikka (Ne. Karlberg) (PP) – 14:35 1–2 1–3 55:26 – Kalová (Felcmanová)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	23

2 April 2023 16:50

Kiekko-Espoo Ak

1 – 3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Lukko Rauma

Leppävaara D, Espoo Attendance: 38

[Game reference 12]
	Lilli Packalen	Goalies	Katriina Saarenmaa	Referee: Petri Uotila Linesmen: Tapio Heikkola Leo Oksman
	Eli. Kemppainen (Sa. Yrjölä, Österlund) (PP) – 08:20 1–0 1–1 33:29 – Toivonen (Lundström) (SH) 1–2 51:08 – Toivonen (Lundström) 1–3 56:53 – Toivonen (Lundström)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	37

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players were the qualification point leaders at the conclusion of the series on 2 April 2023.^[54]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aliisa Toivonen	Lukko	6	8	2	10	0
Anna Kalová	RoKi	6	3	7	10	2
Magdaléna Felcmanová	RoKi	6	3	5	8	4
Maija Koski	Lukko	4	4	3	7	0
Iida Lappalainen	RoKi	6	6	0	6	6
Erica Grönlund	K-Espoo Ak	6	5	0	5	4
Heidi Holmberg	HIFK Ak	6	4	1	5	4
Viivi Iso-Kouvola	RoKi	6	2	3	5	4
Charlotta Lundström	Lukko	6	1	4	5	4
Nelly Andersson	HIFK Ak	5	2	2	4	2

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders had played a minimum of one qualification game at the conclusion of the series on 2 April 2023, sorted by save percentage.^[55]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	S	GA	SO	S-%	GAA
Alexandra Väyrynen	K-Espoo Ak	3	140:08	2	0	80	4	1	95.2	1.71
Miia Vainio	HIFK Ak	6	361:48	2	3	166	13	1	92.7	2.16
Janika Järvikari	RoKi	6	360:08	4	2	151	12	1	92.6	2.00
Katriina Saarenmaa	Lukko	3	185:00	2	0	47	4	0	92.2	1.30
Lilli Packalen	K-Espoo Ak	4	217:06	0	4	125	19	0	86.8	5.25
Saara Rintamaa	Lukko	3	177:27	1	2	37	9	1	80.4	3.04

Awards and honours

Finnish Ice Hockey Association awards

• Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year): Elisa Holopainen, KalPa
• Tuula Puputti Award (Goaltender of the Year): Emilia Kyrkkö, Team Kuortane
• Päivi Halonen Award (Defender of the Year): Siiri Yrjölä, HIFK
• Katja Riipi Award (Forward of the Year): Elisa Holopainen, KalPa
• Marianne Ihalainen Award (Top point scorer): Michaela Pejzlová, HIFK
• Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer): Elisa Holopainen, KalPa
• Sari Fisk Award (Best plus–minus): Michaela Pejzlová, HIFK
• Noora Räty Award (Rookie of the Year): Sanni Vanhanen, HIFK
• Emma Laaksonen Award (Fair-play player): Jenna Hietala, KalPa
• Karoliina Rantamäki Award (Playoff MVP): Sanni Vanhanen, HIFK^[56]
• Hannu Saintula Award (Coach of the Year): Saara Niemi, HIFK
• Student Athlete Award: Michaela Pejzlová, HIFK
• U18 Student Athlete Award: Kerttu Lehmus, Team Kuortane
• Anu Hirvonen Award (Best Referee): Anniina Nurmi
• Johanna Suban Award (Best Linesman): Salla Raitala

Source: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto^[57][58]

Player of the Month

• September 2022: Emilia Kyrkkö (G), Team Kuortane^[59]
• October 2022: Julia Liikala (F), HIFK^[60]
• November 2022: Elisa Holopainen (F), KalPa^[61]
• December 2022: Kiti Seikkula (F), HPK^[62]
• January 2023: Emilia Vesa (F), HIFK^[63]
• February 2023: Pauliina Salonen (F), TPS^[64]