SM-liiga 1976/77
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Master: | Tappara Tampere | ||
Relegated: | FoPS | ||
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The SM-liiga season 1976/77 was the second season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champions were for the fifth time overall and for the first time since the introduction of the SM-liiga Tappara Tampere , while FoPS was relegated to the second division.
Regular season
mode
The ten teams of the SM-liiga initially played against each other in 36 seasonal games. 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. | Tappara Tampere | 36 | 25th | 5 | 6th | 216 | 110 | 55 |
2. | TPS Turku | 36 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 187 | 129 | 49 |
3. | HIFK Helsinki | 36 | 20th | 1 | 15th | 159 | 136 | 41 |
4th | Koo-Vee | 36 | 20th | 1 | 15th | 175 | 156 | 41 |
5. | Ässät Pori | 36 | 19th | 2 | 15th | 167 | 144 | 40 |
6th | Ilves Tampere | 36 | 14th | 6th | 16 | 171 | 173 | 34 |
7th | Jokerit Helsinki | 36 | 14th | 5 | 17th | 137 | 153 | 33 |
8th. | Kiekko-Reipas | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20th | 169 | 222 | 27 |
9. | Lukko Rauma | 36 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 166 | 223 | 23 |
10. | FoPS | 36 | 7th | 3 | 26th | 136 | 237 | 17th |
Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses
Play-offs
The semi-finals and finals were played in the “best-of-five” mode, the game for third place in the “best-of-three” mode .
Tournament tree
Semifinals | final | |||||
Tappara Tampere | 3 | |||||
Koo-Vee | 0 | |||||
Tappara | 3 | |||||
TPS | 0 | |||||
Game for third place | ||||||
TPS Turku | 3 | HIFK | 0 | |||
HIFK Helsinki | 0 | Koo-Vee | 2 |
Finnish champion
Finnish champion Tappara Tampere |
Goalkeepers: Petri Karjalainen , Antti Leppänen Defenders: Antti Anero , Hannu Haapalainen , Jorma Kallio , Lasse Litma , Pekka Mäkinen , Pekka Marjamäki , Pertti Valkeapää Attackers: Jukka Alkula , Pertti Ansakorpi , Martti Jarkko , Torsti Järvenpää , Tapio Kallio , Pertti Koivulahti , Vesa Lehtoranta , Mikko Leinonen , Tuomas Leinonen , Keijo Männistö , Jukka Porvari , Oiva Oijennus , Juha Silvennoinen Head coach: Kalevi Numminen |
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 Kärpät and FoPS each scored six points, they played against each other in a decision game, which Kärpät won 9: 3.
table
club | Sp | S. | U | N | T | GT | Points | |
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1. | Lukko Rauma | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 25th | 7th |
2. | Kärpät Oulu | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 26th | 6th |
3. | FoPS | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 30th | 6th |
4th | Vaasan Sport | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 45 | 5 |
Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses