The 2025–26 Auroraliiga season is the 43rd ice hockey season of the Auroraliiga. It is the second season since the league re-branded as Auroraliiga from Naisten Liiga, the name that had been in use since 2017. The regular season began on 6 September 2025 and concluded on 22 February 2026.
Kiekko-Espoo were the regular season champions for the third consecutive season. The team claimed the title by amassing an unbeatable points advantage on 25 January 2026, several weeks before the conclusion of the regular season.
The 2026 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs began on 28 February and the Aurora Borealis Cup was awarded to Kiekko-Espoo on 8 April.
Offseason Coaching changes TeamPrevious coachNew coach Details HPK Jari Risku Marko Peltoniemi Risku had taken the reins of HPK in the 2022–23 season, following eight seasons serving on the coaching staff of Team Kuortane. He also brought experience as a coach of the women's national teams of , , and , as well as the Finnish women's national under-18 team. Despite HPK's successful 2024–25 season, which culminated in a Finnish Championship silver medal, Risku selected not to continue as the team's head coach.On 3 April 2025 the club announced on its website that Marko Peltoniemi would take on the head coaching duties of the Auroraliiga team. Peltoniemi had served as head coach of HPK Akatemia in the Naisten Mestis since 2021 and had coached multiple of the club's women's junior teams since 2018. TPS Terhi Mertanen Tony Suoniemi On 15 January 2025, TPS announced via its official website that Terhi Mertanen would not continue as head coach of Turku for the 2025–26 season, bringing her four-season tenure at the helm of TPS to an end.On 29 March 2025, the club announced Tony Suoniemi as the new head coach of TPS. Suoniemi had served as head coach of Ilves Akatemia in the Naisten Suomi-sarja during the 2023–24 season and as the skills coach of Ilves in the Auroraliiga during the 2024–25 season.
Player movements Note: This section does not record all player signings. It is generally limited to player movements involving national team players from any country, international import players, and extra-league signings. Player nationality displayed is limited to primary nation of IIHF eligibility; some players may hold citizenship in more than one country. Player Nat Previous team 2025–26 team ref. Incoming players Hilda Arhammar Pakarinen (F) SDE HF (SDHL) IFK Helsinki Maddalena Bedont (D) EVB Eagles (EWHL/IHLW) TPS Turku Marie Chrastinová (D) (Extraliga žen) KalPa Kuopio Tereza Mašková (D) OHA Mavericks (OWHL U22) HPK Hämeenlinna Kiira Yrjänen (F) Leksands IF (SDHL) Kiekko-Espoo Intra-league transfers (F) Kärpät Oulu Ilves Tampere Johanna Juutilainen (F) KalPa Kuopio Ilves Tampere Anna Kalová (F) RoKi Rovaniemi HPK Hämeenlinna Dominika Malicka (F) RoKi Rovaniemi KalPa Kuopio Karolína Skořepová (F) Kärpät Oulu Ilves Tampere Departing players Maria Heinonen (F) RoKi Rovaniemi EHC Zunzgen-Sissach ( Tanja Koljonen (F) KalPa Kuopio (EWHL) Aino Laitinen (G) KalPa Kuopio (EWHL) (F) Team Kuortane Merrimack Warriors (NCAA D1) Júlia Matejková (F) HPK Hämeenlinna (DFEL) Elli Mäkelä (D) KalPa Kuopio HK Budapest (DFEL) Peppi Virtanen (F) HPK Hämeenlinna Saskatchewan Huskies (U Sports)
Teams
Team Location Home venue Head coach Captain HIFK Pirkkolan jäähalli HPK Hämeenlinna Jääliikuntakeskus Hakio Ilves Tampere KalPa Kuopio Niiralan Monttu Kiekko-Espoo Espoo Tapiolan harjoitusareena Kärpät Oulu Raksilan harjoitushalli RoKi Rovaniemi Lappi Areena Team Kuortane Kuortane Kuortaneen jäähalli TPS Turku Kupittaan jäähalli
Regular season The regular season began on Saturday, 6 September 2025. The season opening weekend was hosted in Oulu at the Raksilan harjoitushalli.
Standings The regular season concluded on Sunday, 22 February 2026. Kiekko-Espoo finished the season at least ten points ahead of any other team in the league and won the regular season title for the third consecutive year.
Results 2025–26 regular seasonSeptember Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap6 September HIFK 3–7 Ilves 105 Kärpät 2–0 HPK 318Shutout recorded by Ronja Pätsi TPS 12–1 RoKi 165 KalPa 0–7 117Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva 7 September Ilves 4–5 TPS 110 Kuortane 2–4 HIFK 90 HPK 6–2 KalPa 120 Kärpät 3–5 K-Espoo 250 12 September HPK 1–0 HIFK 70Shutout recorded by Anni Keisala Ilves 2–4 K-Espoo 90 13 September Kärpät 1–2 KalPa GWS 116 Ilves 0–2 HPK 85Shutout recorded by Anni Keisala Kuortane 3–1 TPS 30 14 September RoKi 1–11 Kärpät 105Hat-trick by Aino Kaijankoski , four goals totalHat-trick by Inna Korpi-Halkola , four goals total KalPa 0–3 Kuortane 106Shutout recorded by Kerttu Kuja-Halkola TPS 2–5 HIFK 79 20 September HIFK 4–1 Kärpät 100 RoKi 0–16 HPK 45Hat-trick by Eva Lamberg Shutout recorded by Pihla Ikonen 5–2 Kuortane 117Hat-trick by Emma Nuutinen , four goals total KalPa 2–11 Ilves 74Hat-trick by Emma Ekoluoma , six points total 21 September RoKi 0–11 HPK 42Hat-trick by Barbora Juříčková , seven points totalShutout recorded by Liisa Lindholm K-Espoo 7–0 Kärpät 130Hat-trick by Emma Nuutinen Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva KalPa 2–3 HIFK 85 TPS 2–3 Kuortane 75 27 September HIFK 3–4 K-Espoo GWS 102 Kärpät 3–7 Ilves 101 RoKi 0–9 TPS 44Shutout recorded by Miia Vainio Kärpät 5–2 TPS 108 KalPa 0–2 Kuortane 75Shutout recorded by Lilia Huovinen K-Espoo 3–2 HPK 151 RoKi 2–19 Ilves 105Hat-trick by Anna-Kaisa Antti-Roiko Hat-trick by Emma Ekoluoma , six points total 31 games played goals scored 9 hat-tricks10 shutouts October Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap 2 October K-Espoo 4–2 HIFK 127 3 October TPS 2–5 HPK 71 4 October HPK 4–1 TPS 110 HIFK 8–2 RoKi 55Hat-trick by Anni Pere Hat-trick by Ella Turunen Ilves 5–0 Kärpät 85Shutout recorded by Neea Pohjamo Kuortane 2–0 KalPa 50Shutout recorded by Kerttu Kuja-Halkola 5 October 11–0 RoKi 88Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva Ilves 4–3 KalPa 85 Kuortane 2–0 Kärpät 50Shutout recorded by Lilia Huovinen 8 October TPS 4–2 Ilves 50 11 October TPS 3–1 Kärpät 40 HPK 6–1 Kuortane 90 KalPa 1–6 HIFK 68 RoKi 0–12 53Hat-trick by Aliisa Toivonen , four goals totalShutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen 12 October RoKi 2–11 K-Espoo 51 KalPa 4–6 Ilves 58Hat-trick by Dominika Malicka HPK 12–3 Kärpät 70 17 October HPK 0–6 K-Espoo 367Shutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen 18 October Kuortane 1–5 K-Espoo 50Hat-trick by Anni Montonen TPS 0–4 Ilves 151Shutout recorded by Neea Pohjamo HPK 4–1 KalPa 170 RoKi 1–12 HIFK 55 19 October Ilves 4–1 KalPa 85 Kärpät 2–3 HIFK 209 RoKi 0–5 Kuortane 57Shutout recorded by Lilia Huovinen 24 October TPS 2–1 HPK OT 67 K-Espoo 3–0 Kuortane 105Shutout recorded by Tiia Pajarinen HPK 4–1 Ilves 70 HIFK 9–3 Kärpät 72Hat-trick by Pauliina Salonen KalPa 3–4 RoKi GWS 74 26 October K-Espoo 7–3 Kärpät 108Hat-trick by Emma Nuutinen KalPa 4–0 RoKi 63Shutout recorded by Salla Sivula Kuortane 6–5 Ilves OT 80 33 games played goals scored 2 OT1 GWS 2984 7 hat-tricks10 shutouts November Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap1 November 4–3 Ilves 103 KalPa 2–3 Kärpät GWS 57 TPS 11–1 RoKi 53 Kuortane 2–3 HPK OT 60 2 November K-Espoo 4–1 TPS 120 HPK 8–0 RoKi 80Shutout recorded by Liisa Lindholm HIFK 3–2 Kuortane 94 Kärpät 3–2 KalPa GWS 171 14 November HPK 5–0 TPS 60Shutout recorded by Anni Keisala HIFK 3–0 K-Espoo 69Shutout recorded by Lilli Packalen 15 November Ilves 10–2 RoKi 65 Kuortane 4–1 Kärpät 60 TPS 2–1 KalPa GWS 70 16 November Ilves 8–0 Kärpät 80Shutout recorded by Melisa Mörönen Kuortane 5–1 RoKi 50 HIFK 4–0 KalPa 115 21 November TPS 1–3 61 Ilves 3–1 HIFK 70 22 November Kuortane 2–0 TPS 60Shutout recorded by Kerttu Kuja-Halkola HIFK 12–1 RoKi 61 Kärpät 0–6 HPK 109Shutout recorded by Anni Keisala 23 November K-Espoo 18–2 RoKi 78 Kärpät 0–2 Kuortane 125Shutout recorded by Lilia Huovinen KalPa 0–3 HPK 114Shutout recorded by Pihla Ikonen 28 November HPK 2–1 HIFK GWS 70 29 November RoKi 0–12 TPS 39Shutout recorded by Miia Vainio K-Espoo 4–1 KalPa 62 Kärpät 2–5 Ilves 143 RoKi 3–11 Ilves 42Hat-trick by Emma Ekoluoma , six points total HPK 4–0 Kuortane 60Hat-trick by Eva Lamberg Shutout recorded by Anni Keisala HIFK 2–1 KalPa 69 Kärpät 3–4 TPS 115 32 games played goals scored 1 OT4 GWS 25858 hat-tricks10 shutouts December Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap3 December TPS 2–5 53 6 DecemberKuortane 4–2 HIFK 60 7 December KalPa 1–2 HPK OT 63 TPS 3–5 HIFK 79 Kuortane 4–5 Ilves OT 60 Kärpät 9–3 RoKi 175Hat-trick by Ella-Sofia Hautala Hat-trick by Emmi Puusaari 17 December HIFK 3–0 HPK 59Shutout recorded by Lilli Packalen 19 December HPK 2–4 K-Espoo 90 Ilves 4–0 Kuortane 65Shutout recorded by Neea Pohjamo RoKi 1–10 Kärpät 38Hat-trick by Emmi Loponen , six points total Ilves 1–2 TPS 95 Kuortane 6–1 KalPa 70 4–3 HIFK 115 13 games played goals scored 2 OT0 GWS 10223 hat-tricks2 shutouts January Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap8 January K-Espoo 1–3 HPK 102 10 January Ilves 1–2 HIFK 558 4–2 TPS 115Hat-trick by Emma Nuutinen KalPa 2–1 Kärpät 68 11 January HPK 4–0 Ilves 80Shutout recorded by Anni Keisala 17 January Ilves 2–4 HPK 110 RoKi 0–2 KalPa 105Shutout recorded by Salla Sivula 18 January RoKi 0–4 KalPa 105Shutout recorded by Salla Sivula 23 January HIFK 4–5 Ilves OT 93 24 January Kuortane 1–6 HPK 40 Ilves 9–0 RoKi 70Hat-trick by Linnea Melotindos , four goals totalShutout recorded by Neea Pohjamo Kärpät 2–3 K-Espoo 101 25 January KalPa 0–6 K-Espoo 45Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva HPK 9–3 RoKi 80 HIFK 3–0 TPS 111Shutout recorded by Janika Järvikari Kärpät 2–3 Kuortane 151 HIFK 4–2 TPS 56 31 January Kuortane 5–0 RoKi 50Shutout recorded by Lilia Huovinen TPS 4–3 KalPa OT 320 19 games played goals scored 2 OT0 GWS 23602 hat-tricks7 shutouts February Date Home Score Visitor OT Attn Notes Recap1 February 5–0 KalPa 105Shutout recorded by Minja Drufva HIFK 3–1 Kuortane 106 Kärpät 8–3 RoKi 205Hat-trick by Sari Wäänänen , four goals total 14 February Kuortane 3–2 K-Espoo GWS 50Aino Krook scored two goals in regulation and the game-winning shootout goal KalPa 4–3 TPS GWS 85 RoKi 2–10 HIFK 58Hat-trick by Emmi Juusela , six points total 15 February KalPa 1–3 TPS 53 Ilves 1–4 70 RoKi 0–9 Kuortane 66Hat-trick by Erika Kankkunen Shutout recorded by Kerttu Kuja-Halkola Kärpät 2–8 HIFK 195Hat-trick by Julia Kuhta 21 February HIFK 2–3 HPK 75 Ilves 2–5 Kuortane 80 TPS 2–3 Kärpät 67 22 February K-Espoo 4–3 Ilves OT 112 HPK 7–1 Kärpät 70 TPS 2–3 Kuortane 59 16 games played goals scored 1 OT2 GWS 14564 hat-tricks2 shutouts Player statistics Scoring leaders The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season on 22 February 2026.
PlayerTeamK-Espoo 28 27 36 63 16HIFK 32 26 34 60 6HIFK 32 26 28 54 30HPK 30 22 31 53 16K-Espoo 32 6 42 48 16Ilves 32 22 25 47 8Ilves 32 23 23 46 10K-Espoo 32 16 29 45 34HPK 32 23 17 40 12Kuortane 31 22 18 40 55K-Espoo 30 22 17 39 4Ilves 32 12 27 39 2Ilves 30 16 22 38 4K-Espoo 30 14 22 36 6K-Espoo 28 17 18 35 37Kärpät 32 17 17 34 18K-Espoo 31 17 13 30 35Kärpät 31 10 19 29 69TPS 31 14 13 27 2HIFK 21 13 14 27 8 The following skaters were the top point scorers of teams not represented on the scoring leader table at the conclusion of the regular season on 22 February 2026, noted with their overall league scoring rank: 51. Moona Keskisarja, RoKi: 26 GP, 11 G, 5 A, 16 Pts, 8 PIM 63. Emilia Pekkarinen, KalPa: 31 GP, 4 G, 10 A, 14 Pts, 31 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 22 February 2026, sorted by save percentage.