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
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
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

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga