Naisten SM-sarja 2005/06

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The 2005/06 season was the 24th 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

Initially, all teams played a double round (two home and return legs). There were also two games against the Chinese national team, which served as preparation for the Olympic Games. The games were rated, but the team itself was outside of the rating. The first two teams in the preliminary round qualified directly for the play-off semi-finals, while the other four participants in the quarter-finals played off two other participants in the semi-finals. The two quarter-final losers played off the participants in the relegation in the play-downs.

The play-offs were carried out in the best-of-five mode . There was only one game for third place.

IHK

JYP

Clubs of the Finnish Women's Ice Hockey League for the 2005/06 season

Main round

In the main round, a double round (two home and away games) and two other games were played. The first two teams qualified directly for the semi-finals. The Chinese national team took part as the visiting team and - outside of the rating - played two games against the other six participants as part of their preparation for the Olympics. The two best players on the national team were then given the opportunity to play for the Espoo Blues until the end of the season.

table

space	Surname	Games	S.	SnV	U	NnV	N	Points	Gates
1.	Ilves Tampere	22nd	18th	0	1	0	3	37	101: 032
2.	Espoo Blues	22nd	17th	0	0	0	5	34	113: 031
3.	Kärpät Oulu	22nd	12	1	4th	0	5	30th	081: 051
4th	IHK Helsinki	22nd	12	0	2	0	8th	26th	111: 052
5.	Jyväskylän Hockey Cats	22nd	3	0	1	2	16	9	033: 117
6th	Tappara Tampere	22nd	0	0	2	1	19th	3	027: 148
	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	12	2	2	0	0	8th	8th	031: 066

Best scorers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Karoliina Rantamäki	blues	22nd	23	20th	43	3	6th
Petra Vaarakallio	blues	22nd	13	26th	39	1	6th
Saara Tuominen	Ilves	21st	21st	17th	38	0	8th
Anne Helin	IHK	22nd	22nd	11	33	0	2
Piia Lallukka	blues	22nd	16	17th	33	3	20th
Sari fisk	blues	20th	17th	13	30th	3	6th
Sun Rui ¹	Blues / China	20th	15th	14th	29	0	14th
Henna Savikuja	IHK	18th	12	17th	29	0	12
Marja-Helena Pälvilä	Kärpät	21st	15th	11	26th	0	8th
Johanna Koivula	Ilves	22nd	9	17th	26th	0	16
Saija Sirviö	Kärpät	22nd	8th	18th	26th	0	40

Note: ¹ The two Chinese players Sun Rui and Jin Fengling had played eight games with the Espoo Blues by the end of the season.

Play-offs

Quarter finals

			series	March 9, 2006	March 11, 2006
Kärpät Oulu	-	Tappara Tampere	2-0	10: 0 (6: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) February 8, 2006	5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)
IHK Helsinki	-	Hockey cats	2-0	6: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 4: 0)	10: 1 (1: 0, 6: 0, 3: 1)

Semifinals

In the semi-finals on March 18, 19, 21, 25 and 26, 2006, the qualified teams competed against each other according to the best-of-five mode; The 1st played against the worse placed quarter-final winner and the 2nd against the better placed. The better placed team had home rights first.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Ilves Tampere	-	IHK Helsinki	3: 1	2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1)	2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1)	4: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0)	3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)	-
Espoo Blues	-	Kärpät Oulu	1: 3	1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)	1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2)	6: 1 (3: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0)	4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0)	1: 2 n.P. (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2)

3rd place match

Only one game was played for third place.

April 1, 2006

Espoo Blues

3: 2
(1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)

IHK Helsinki

final

The final series in the best-of-five mode was over after three games.

			series	March 30, 2006	April 1, 2006	April 2, 2006	4th	5
Ilves Tampere	-	Kärpät Oulu	3-0	3: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)	4: 2 (0: 0, 4: 2, 0: 0)	4: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0)	-

Best scorers

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Terhi Mertanen	Kärpät	10	3	7th	10	8th
Jenni Pitkänen	Kärpät	10	2	8th	10	2
Marja-Helena Pälvilä	Kärpät	10	2	8th	10	4th
Eini Lehtinen	Kärpät	10	6th	3	9	6th
Nina Tikkinen	Kärpät	10	6th	3	9	14th
Satu Hoikkala	Kärpät	10	4th	4th	8th	0
Henna Savikuja	IHK	7th	4th	4th	8th	2
Anne Helin	IHK	7th	6th	1	7th	8th
Saara Tuominen	Ilves	6th	4th	3	7th	2
Johanna Koivula	Ilves	7th	2	5	7th	12

Play-downs

In the play-downs, the two losers of the quarter-finals competed against each other. The winner had managed to stay in the league, the loser had to fight for the remaining place in the SM-sarja in the relegation against the first place in the I-Divisioona.

			series	March 18, 2006	March 18, 2006	March 25, 2006
Cats Jyväskylä	-	Tappara Tampere	2: 1	3: 2 (0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)	2: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1)	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Relegation

The team Tappara Tampere was able to assert itself against the winner of the I-Divisioona, EVU Vantaa , so that there were neither promoted nor relegated.

			series	April 1, 2006	April 2, 2006
Tappara Tampere	-	EVU Vantaa	2-0	8: 1 (2: 0, 5: 0, 1: 1)	3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

I-divisioona

space	Surname
1.	EVU Vantaa
2.	APV Kuortane
3.	TPS Turku
4th	LoKV Lohja
5.	HPK Hämeenlinna
6th	IHK Helsinki 2
7th	KS Noux
8th.	KalPa Kuopio

The EVU Vantaa team qualified for relegation to the top league.

Web links

Championnat féminin de Finlande 2005/06 on passionhockey.com