Naisten SM-sarja 2009/10

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The 2009/10 season was the 28th 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 three teams of this preliminary round took part in the relegation with three representatives from the second highest league. The top six played another easy round among themselves. The two best of the final round reached the semifinals directly, the other four played the other two semifinal places among themselves. The play-offs were carried out in the best-of-five mode . There was only one game for third place.

Kärpät Ilves blues HPK JYP Salo LoKV APV

Clubs of the Finnish Women's Ice Hockey League for the 2009/10 season

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played with all participants in a simple round-trip round. The teams in the first six places qualified for the final round. The last three had to fight to stay in relegation.

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	Tampereen Ilves	14th	12	0	0	2	36	112: 19
2.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	14th	11	1	1	1	36	80:18
3.	Espoo Blues	14th	9	2	1	2	32	81:28
4th	Kärpät Oulu	14th	8th	1	1	4th	27	76:28
5.	LoKV Lohja	14th	5	0	1	8th	16	39:70
6th	Salo HT	14th	5	0	0	9	15th	23:59
7th	JYP Jyväskylä	14th	2	0	0	12	6th	21:82
8th.	APV Kuortane	14th	0	0	0	14th	0	11: 139

Relegation

In the relegation, the last two of the Naisten SM-sarja competed against the first three of the Divisioona in a double round trip. As a result, KalPa Kuopio rose to the highest Finnish women's ice hockey league, JYP Jyväskylä and APV Kuortane held the class.

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	KalPa Kuopio	16	11	2	2	1	39	75:35
2.	JYP Jyväskylä	16	11	2	1	2	38	67:27
3.	APV Kuortane	16	8th	0	2	6th	26th	52:55
4th	EKS Espoo	16	2	2	0	12	10	34:64
5.	OuHu Oulainen	16	2	0	1	13	7th	28:75

Main round

In the main round, the order of the places for the two groups in which the semi-finalists were determined was played out. The results of the preliminary round were taken with them. A 1.5 round, i.e. 15 games per team, was played.

Total cumulative table

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	29	24	3	1	1	79	164: 035
2.	Tampereen Ilves	29	24	0	0	5	59	186: 046
3.	Espoo Blues	29	17th	3	1	8th	58	127: 066
4th	Kärpät Oulu	29	14th	1	4th	10	48	113: 076
5.	Salo HT	29	7th	0	0	22nd	21st	038: 122
6th	LoKV Lohja	29	6th	0	1	22nd	19th	062: 156

Top scorer

Player	club	Gates	templates	Points
Linda Välimäki	Ilves	42	35	77
Satu Niinimäki	Ilves	26th	32	58
Riikka Noronen	HPK	21st	27	48
Anne Helin	Kärpät	28	19th	47
Kati Kovalainen	HPK	18th	28	46
Jenni Hiirikoski	Ilves	4th	39	43
Jenni Pitkänen	Kärpät	22nd	19th	41
Marjo Voutilainen	blues	22nd	17th	39
Christine Posa	blues	21st	18th	39
Katja Riipi	HPK	17th	22nd	39

Play-offs

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals on March 3, 6 and 7, 2010 were played in two groups. The teams in places 1 and 2 then played crosswise in the semi-finals.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Dutch	Gates	Points
1.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	2	2	0	0	13: 1	6th
2.	Kärpät Oulu	2	1	0	1	3: 6	3
3.	Salo HT	2	0	0	2	1:10	0
HPK Hämeenlinna - Kärpät Oulu					6-0	(3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)
Salo HT - HPK Hämeenlinna					1: 7	(1: 3, 0: 2, 0: 2)
Kärpät Oulu - Salo HT					3-0	(1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Dutch	Gates	Points
1.	Tampereen Ilves	2	2	0	0	11: 3	6th
2.	Espoo Blues	2	1	0	1	5: 7	3
3.	LoKV Lohja	2	0	0	2	5:11	0
Blues Espoo - LoKV Lohja					4: 3	(1: 2, 0: 0, 3: 1)
LoKV Lohja - Ilves Tampere					2: 7	(1: 3, 1: 1, 0: 3)
Ilves Tampere - Blues Espoo					4: 1	(1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Semifinals

The semi-final games took place on March 9, 10, 16, 18 and 20, 2010 in best-of-five mode.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5
HPK Hämeenlinna - Espoo Blues	2: 3	4: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0)	0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0)	0: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	4: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)	1: 4 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 0)
Ilves Tampere - Kärpät Oulu	3: 1	5: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 2: 0)	6: 1 (2: 1, 4: 0, 0: 0)	2: 3 a.d. (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) March 13, 2010	3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) March 14, 2010	-

3rd place match

Only one game was played for 3rd place on April 6, 2010.

April 6, 2010 7:15 pm

HPK Hämeenlinna Riikka Noronen (17:32) Eveliina Similä (30:02) Eveliina Similä (48:51) Sanna Lankosaari (50:45) Nora Liikanen (59:42)

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

Kärpät Oulu Riikka Lahtela (1:05) Anne Helin (9:57)

Harjoitushalli, Hämeenlinna Spectators: 392

final

The final series in the best-of-five mode lasted five games and was played on March 23, 27, 28, 31 and April 3, 2010. After two wins, Espoo had three chances to win the final but lost three games in a row. Four games in the series were decided in extra time. Linda Välimäki scored the decisive goal in the last game in the 77th minute.

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

Best scorers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Bold: best league value

Player	club	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Linda Välimäki	Ilves	11	6th	13	19th	6th
Kati Kovalainen	HPK	8th	5	9	14th	6th
Katja Riipi	HPK	8th	6th	5	11	4th
Satu Niinimäki	Ilves	11	6th	5	11	8th
Jenni Hiirikoski	Ilves	11	4th	7th	11	4th
Emma Terho	blues	12	2	9	11	12
Marjo Voutilainen	blues	12	4th	6th	10	4th
Steffi Gustavsen	Ilves	11	5	3	8th	8th
Tiia Reima	blues	11	4th	4th	8th	10
Eveliina Similä	HPK	8th	3	5	8th	4th

Awards

• Player of the year: Jenni Hiirikoski (Ilves)

Web links

• Championnat féminin de Finlande 2009/10 on passionhockey.com