SM-liiga 1975/76
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Master: | TPS Turku | ||
Relegated: | Vaasan Sport | ||
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The SM-liiga season 1975/76 was the first season of the Finnish SM-liiga . The first champion of the new league was the TPS Turku , which won the second Finnish championship in the club's history. Vaasan Sport finished last in relegation and was relegated to the second division.
Regular season
mode
The ten teams of the SM-liiga initially played two double rounds of 18 games each. While the first four teams qualified for the play-offs , the last two had to play against the two best second division teams to stay in the league. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
Main round
club | Sp | S. | U | N | T | GT | Points | |
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1. | TPS Turku | 36 | 25th | 5 | 6th | 194 | 113 | 55 |
2. | Tappara Tampere | 36 | 21st | 6th | 9 | 189 | 113 | 48 |
3. | Ässät Pori | 36 | 20th | 3 | 13 | 187 | 140 | 43 |
4th | HIFK Helsinki | 36 | 19th | 5 | 12 | 181 | 146 | 43 |
5. | Lukko Rauma | 36 | 19th | 3 | 14th | 175 | 142 | 41 |
6th | Jokerit Helsinki | 36 | 17th | 2 | 17th | 169 | 156 | 36 |
7th | Ilves Tampere | 36 | 14th | 6th | 16 | 147 | 160 | 34 |
8th. | Koo-Vee | 36 | 14th | 5 | 17th | 152 | 162 | 33 |
9. | FoPS | 36 | 6th | 4th | 26th | 126 | 243 | 16 |
10. | Vaasan Sport | 36 | 5 | 1 | 30th | 114 | 259 | 11 |
Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses
Play-offs
The play-offs were played in the "best-of-three" mode.
Tournament tree
Semifinals | final | |||||
TPS Turku | 2 | |||||
HIFK Helsinki | 0 | |||||
TPS | 2 | |||||
Tappara | 0 | |||||
Game for third place | ||||||
Tappara Tampere | 2 | Ässät | 2 | |||
Ässät Pori | 0 | HIFK | 0 |
Finnish champion
Finnish champion TPS Turku |
Goalkeeper: Urpo Ylönen Defenders: Pertti Ahokas , Hannu Jortikka , Arto Kaunonen , Seppo Lindström , Ilkka Mesikämmen , Timo Nummelin , Jouko Öystilä , Pertti Vaelma Attackers: Kari Hörkkö , Keijo Järvinen , Kari Johansson , Kari Kauppila , Jarmo Koivunen , Jukka Koskilahti , Reijo Leppänen , Matti Rautee , Pekka Rautee , Seppo Repo , Rauli Tammelin , Timo Viljanen , Bengt Wilenius Head coach: Raimo Määttänen |
SM liiga relegation
The last two placed in the SM-liiga main round and the two best second division teams played for promotion and relegation in return legs. Since Kiekko-Reipas and Kärpät each scored six points, they played against each other in a playoff, which Kieeko-Reipas won 4-3 afterwards.
table
club | Sp | S. | U | N | T | GT | Points | |
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1. | FoPS | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 29 | 7th |
2. | Kiekko-Reipas | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 30th | 6th |
3. | Kärpät Oulu | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 32 | 6th |
4th | Vaasan Sport | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26th | 25th | 5 |
Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses