Naisten SM-sarja 2007/08

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Master:	Espoo Blues
Relegated:	Tappara Tampere
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The 2007/08 season was the 26th edition of the highest Finnish women's ice hockey league , the Naisten SM-sarja . The league is organized by the Finnish ice hockey association Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto . SM is an abbreviation for suomenmestaruus (German: Finnish championship).

mode

Initially, all teams played a simple round with a return leg. The last two teams of this preliminary round took part in the relegation with four representatives from the second highest league. The best four reached the semi-finals. The play-offs were carried out in best-of-seven mode . There was only one game for third place.

IHK

Clubs of the Finnish Women's Ice Hockey League for the 2007/08 season

Main round

In the main round, a double round (two home and away games) was played.

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	Tampereen Ilves	20th	16	1	1	2	51	144: 030
2.	Espoo Blues	20th	15th	1	1	3	48	137: 028
3.	Kärpät Oulu	20th	14th	0	1	5	43	154: 049
4th	Hockey Cats Jyväskylä	20th	7th	2	0	11	25th	106: 087
5.	IHK Helsinki	20th	4th	0	1	15th	13	92: 098
6th	Tappara Tampere	20th	0	0	0	20th	0	5: 346

Best scorers of the main round

Player	club	Gates	templates	Points
Eini Lehtinen	Kärpät	29	50	79
Michelle Karvinen	blues	30th	32	62
Jenni Pitkänen	Kärpät	29	32	61
Marjo Voutilainen	blues	20th	38	58
Anne Helin	IHK	34	21st	55
Mari Saarinen	Ilves	28	26th	54
Mira Jalosuo	Kärpät	27	27	54
Piia Lallukka	blues	18th	31	49
Linda Välimäki	Ilves	27	20th	47
Oona Parviainen	blues	20th	26th	46
Riikka Noronen	Cats	26th	19th	45

Relegation

In the relegation, the last two of the Naisten SM-sarja competed against the four best of the Divisioona in a simple round trip. As a result, the teams from Salo , Lohja and Hämeenlinna rose. The team Tappara Tampere could not keep up with the competition at any time and left the league with zero points and 14 goals in 30 games.

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	IHK Helsinki	10	9	0	1	0	28	81: 018
2.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	10	5	1	2	2	19th	54: 032
3.	Salo HT	10	5	1	1	3	18th	44: 028
4th	LoKV Lohja	10	5	1	0	4th	17th	42: 032
5.	APV Kuortane	10	2	1	0	7th	8th	36: 042
6th	Tappara Tampere	10	0	0	0	10	0	09: 114

Play-offs

Semifinals

In the semi-finals on February 20, 23, 24, 27 and March 1, 2008, the teams competed against each other in the first four places according to the best-of-seven mode; The 1st played against the 4th and the 2nd against the 3rd. The better placed team first had home rights.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Ilves Tampere	-	Hockey Cats Jyväskylä	4-0	5: 1 (3: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1)	3: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1)	6: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)	4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)	-
Espoo Blues	-	Kärpät Oulu	4: 1	3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0) February 22, 2008	4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	3: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0)	2: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) February 29, 2008	4: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)

3rd place

Only one game was played for 3rd place.

March 8, 2008

Kärpät Oulu

5: 2
(1: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0)

Hockey Cats Jyväskylä

final

The final series in best-of-seven mode ended with a sweep after the team from Espoo had won four times on March 8, 9, 11 and 15, 2008. With a savescore of 97% in the play-offs, goalkeeper Noora Räty improved her value from the previous year and won the Finnish championship with the Blues.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Ilves Tampere	-	Espoo Blues	0: 4	0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)	0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	1: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)	0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 0)	-

Best scorers of the play-offs

Player	club	Gates	templates	Points
Michelle Karvinen	blues	8th	10	18th
Piia Lallukka	blues	5	9	14th
Marjo Voutilainen	blues	3	10	13
Eini Lehtinen	Kärpät	4th	4th	8th
Mari Saarinen	Ilves	3	5	8th
Jenni Hiirikoski	Ilves	2	6th	8th

Web links

Championnat féminin de Finlande 2007/08 on passionhockey.com