The regular season started on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, with a match between Rauman Lukko and Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho in Rauma.
[1] As usual, the series is on break in November for a week and a half while the national teams play in the Euro Hockey Tour.
The Christmas break lasts 5–7 days, depending on the team, with the exception of KalPa, which participates on the 26th–31st of December in the Spengler Cup in Switzerland.
[1] Top six advanced straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions play a wild card round for the final two spots.
MTV pays more than 90 million euros for television rights over four seasons, and the company has admitted that the operation is loss-making.