Naisten SM-sarja 1998/99

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The 1998/99 season was the 17th edition of the highest Finnish women's ice hockey league , the Naisten SM-sarja . The league was carried out by the Finnish ice hockey association Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto .

mode

Each team played a preliminary round with 14 games. There were 2 points for a win and one for a draw. The first four teams in the preliminary round qualified for the play-off semi-finals. Then the first six played another round among themselves to determine who would take part in the semi-finals.

Kärpät Ilves Tappara blues JyP HT KalPa TPS IHK

Clubs of the Finnish Women's Ice Hockey League in the 1998/99 season

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, a single round (return leg) was played. The first six teams qualified for the main round, the last two were eliminated.

Crosstab

society	Kärpät			Ilves		IHK
Kärpät Oulu		5: 4	4-0	2: 1 V	13: 1	7: 1	8-0	14: 2
JyP HT	1: 1		2-0	2-0	8: 3	7: 1	6-0	11: 0
Espoo Blues	5: 4	4: 4		6: 1	11: 1	14: 0	7: 1	10-0
Tampereen Ilves	2: 5	2: 4	1: 8		3-0	4: 1	10-0	7: 1
Tappara Tampere	1: 8	1: 9	2: 7	1: 7		0: 3	3: 8	6-0
IHK Helsinki	0: 5	1: 7	2: 5	1: 2	3: 4		3: 3	2: 1
KalPa Kuopio	1: 7	1: 4	3: 8	0: 8	2: 3	3: 3		2: 4
TPS Turku	0:11	1: 4	0:10	1: 9	1: 4	1: 4	2: 3

table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	Points	Gates
1.	Kärpät Oulu	14th	12	1	1	25th	94:19
2.	JyP HT	14th	11	2	1	24	73:20
3.	Espoo Blues	14th	11	1	2	23	95:25
4th	Ilves Tampere	14th	8th	0	6th	16	57:32
5.	Tappara Tampere	14th	4th	0	10	8th	30:83
6th	IHK Helsinki	14th	3	2	9	8th	25:63
7th	KalPa Kuopio	14th	2	2	10	6th	27:76
8th.	TPS Turku	14th	1	0	13	2	14:97

Main round

Crosstab

society	Kärpät			Ilves		IHK
Kärpät Oulu		2: 3	4-0	2: 2	8: 1	6: 2
JyP HT	3: 3		3: 3	2: 2	6-0	13: 0
Espoo Blues	4: 1	1: 2		3: 2	4: 1	9-0
Tampereen Ilves	2: 7	2: 5	0: 4		4: 1	2: 1
Tappara Tampere	0: 6	4: 9	1: 8	2: 1 1		3: 5
IHK Helsinki	1: 8	2: 4	0: 7	2: 8	0: 3

Main round table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	Points	Gates
1.	JyP HT	10	7th	3	0	17th	50:19
2.	Espoo Blues	10	7th	1	2	15th	43:14
3.	Kärpät Oulu	10	6th	2	2	14th	45:18
4th	Ilves Tampere	10	3	2	4th	8th	25:29
5.	Tappara Tampere	10	2	0	8th	4th	16:51
6th	IHK Helsinki	10	1	0	9	2	13:63

Closing table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	Points	Gates
1.	JyP HT	24	18th	5	1	41	123: 039
2.	Kärpät Oulu	24	18th	3	3	39	141: 037
3.	Espoo Blues	24	18th	2	4th	38	138: 039
4th	Ilves Tampere	24	11	2	11	24	082: 061
5.	Tappara Tampere	24	6th	0	18th	12	046: 134
6th	IHK Helsinki	24	4th	2	18th	10	038: 126

Play-offs

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place from February 6 to 10, 1999.

			series	February 6, 1999	February 8, 1999	February 10, 1999
Espoo Blues	-	Ilves Tampere	2-0	8: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	2: 1 n.V. (-: -, -: -, - :-)	-
Kärpät Oulu	-	JyP HT	1: 2	6: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	4: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	1: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)

3rd place match

Only one game was played for third place.

February 13, 1999

Kärpät Oulu

1: 2 n.V. (-: -, -: -, - :-)

Ilves Tampere

final

The finals were played from February 13 to 20, 1999. The series in the best-of-five mode ended after four games.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5
Espoo Blues - JyP HT	3: 1	6: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	2: 3 n.V. (-: -, -: -, - :-)	4: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	4: 2 n.V. (-: -, -: -, - :-)	-

Finnish champions squad

Finnish champion Espoo Blues

Goalkeepers: Kati Ahonen , Mia Kataja Defenders: Päivi Halonen , Kati Kovalainen , Taru Lindström , Katri-Helena Luomajoki , Johanna Pelkonen , Emma Terho Forwards : Susanne Ceder , Marika Jestoi , Sanna Kanerva , Katja Lavonius , Vilja Lind , Laura Lönnqvist , Jonna Norppa-Rahkola , Marianne Ollikainen , Annika Pelkonen , Karoliina Rantamäki , Heli Romu , Maria Saarni , Petra Vaarakallio

Web links

• Championnat féminin de Finlande 1998/99 on passionhockey.com

Note: ¹ The game is incorrectly stated in the source (game partner swapped)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Blues (W) 1998-1999. In: eliteprospects.com. Retrieved September 20, 2017 .