Naisten SM-sarja 2010/11

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The 2010/11 season was the 29th 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.

HPK

JYP

Salo

LoKV

Oriflame

Clubs of the Finnish Women's Ice Hockey League for the 2010/11 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	16	13	1	0	2	41	83:31
2.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	16	12	2	0	2	40	81:19
3.	Espoo Blues	16	9	1	1	5	30th	61:36
4th	Kärpät Oulu	16	7th	2	1	6th	26th	65:52
5.	JYP Jyväskylä	16	7th	2	1	6th	26th	41:41
6th	Kalevan Pallo Kuopio	16	7th	1	2	6th	25th	43:44
7th	Lohjan Kisaveikot	16	5	0	2	9	17th	32:60
8th.	Salo HT	16	1	1	1	13	6th	17:85
9.	Team Oriflame	16	1	0	2	13	5	22:77

Relegation

In the relegation, the three last placed Naisten SM-sarja competed against the top three from the Divisioona. All three teams of SM-sarja achieved relegation.

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	Team Oriflame	15th	11	0	1	3	34	75: 030
2.	Lohjan Kisaveikot	15th	11	0	0	4th	33	70: 031
3.	Salo HT	15th	10	1	1	3	33	52: 022
4th	IHK Helsinki	15th	8th	1	0	6th	26th	72: 031
5.	Kiekko-Oulu	15th	2	0	0	13	6th	30: 108
6th	Pelicans Hollola	15th	1	0	0	14th	3	16: 093

Final round

The first two in the final round qualified directly for the semi-finals, while the other four teams played against each other for participation in the semi-finals.

Table of the games among themselves

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	Espoo Blues	10	9 ¹	0	-1 ¹	1 ¹	27 ¹	44:20
1.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	10	8th	0	0	2	24	41:13
3.	Kärpät Oulu	10	3	1	1	5	12	29:32
4th	Tampereen Ilves	10	3	0	1	6th	10	18:18
5.	Kalevan Pallo Kuopio	10	2	1	1	6th	9	19:51
6th	JYP Jyväskylä	10	2	0	0	8th	6th	15:32

Note ¹ : Inexplicable differences between the data in the preliminary round table and the overall table.

Cumulative overall table (including preliminary round)

space	Surname	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Points	Gates
1.	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	26th	20th	2	0	4th	64	122: 032
2.	Espoo Blues	26th	19th	1	0	6th	59	105: 056
3.	Tampereen Ilves	26th	16	1	1	8th	51	101: 049
4th	Kärpät Oulu	26th	10	3	2	11	38	094: 084
5.	Kalevan Pallo Kuopio	26th	9	2	3	12	34	062: 095
6th	JYP Jyväskylä	26th	9	2	1	14th	32	056: 073

Best scorers

Player	club	Gates	templates	Points
Anne Helin	Kärpät	35	16	51
Riikka Noronen	HPK	18th	15th	33
Emma Terho	blues	9	29	38
Annina Rajahuhta	HPK	17th	20th	37
Pia Lund	blues	14th	22nd	36
Sari Kärnä	Ilves	15th	20th	35
Henna Savikuja	Kärpät	14th	18th	32
Johanna Koivula	Ilves	11	18th	29
Linda Välimäki	blues	19th	9	28
Christine Posa	blues	17th	11	28

Play-offs

Quarter finals

In the quarter-finals on March 8, 10 and 12, 2011, the teams from Tampere and Oulu qualified alongside the teams already seeded .

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Ilves Tampere	-	JYP Jyväskylä	3-0	2: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)	5: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)	3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	-	-
Kärpät Oulu	-	Kalevan Pallo Kuopio	3-0	5: 2 (2: 0, 3: 1, 0: 1)	5: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 3: 1)	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	-	-

Semifinals

The semi-final games took place on March 17th, 19th and 20th, 2011. The series ended in both comparisons after three games.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
HPK Hämeenlinna	-	Kärpät Oulu	3-0	5: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0)	5: 4 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0)	5: 2 (2: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)	-	-
Espoo Blues	-	Ilves Tampere	0: 3	2: 8 (1: 2, 1: 3, 0: 3)	3: 4 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)	2: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 2: 1)	-	-

3rd place

Only one game was played for 3rd place on March 26, 2011.

Espoo Blues

2: 4
(1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2)

Kärpät Oulu

final

The final series was won by the new champion HPK Hämeenlinna after a sweep in three close games on March 26th, 27th and 29th 2011.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
HPK Hämeenlinna	-	Ilves Tampere	3-0	2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	2: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2)	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	-	-

Best scorers

Player	club	Gates	templates	Points
Saara Tuominen	Ilves	6th	7th	13
Annina Rajahuhta	HPK	8th	2	10
Anne Helin	Kärpät	8th	2	10
Henna Savikuja	Kärpät	4th	5	9
Sari Kärnä	Ilves	4th	4th	8th
Mira Huhta	HPK	0	8th	8th

Annina Rajahuhta (HPK Hämeenlinna) was chosen as the best player in the play-offs .

Awards

Best player: Anne Helin (Kärpät Oulu)
Best goalkeeper Maija Hassinen (HPK Hämeenlinna)
Best Defender: Emma Laaksonen (Espoo Blues)
Best striker: Anne Helin (Kärpät Oulu)
Most physical player: Riikka Noronen (HPK Hämeenlinna)
Best newcomer: Venla Kotkaslahti (Ilves Tampere)
Fair Play Trophy: Christine Posa (Blues Espoo)
Best coach: Jarkko Julkunen (HPK Hämeenlinna)
All-Star-Team: Goal: Maija Hassinen (HPK), Defense: Anna Kilponen (Ilves), Emma Laaksonen (Blues), Forward: Anne Tuomanen (HPK), Anne Helin (Kärpät), Annina Rajahuhta (HPK)
Best referee: Ulla Sipilä

Web links

Championnat féminin de Finlande 2010/11 on passionhockey.com