SM-liiga 1977/78
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Master: | Ässät Pori | ||
Relegated: | none | ||
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The SM-liiga season 1977/78 was the third season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the fourth time overall and for the first time since the introduction of the SM-liiga Ässät Pori .
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 | 24 | 4th | 8th | 169 | 123 | 52 |
2. | Ässät Pori | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 194 | 121 | 50 |
3. | TPS Turku | 36 | 22nd | 3 | 11 | 180 | 123 | 47 |
4th | Ilves Tampere | 36 | 19th | 3 | 14th | 187 | 169 | 41 |
5. | HIFK Helsinki | 36 | 16 | 4th | 16 | 161 | 144 | 36 |
6th | Kiekko-Reipas | 36 | 17th | 2 | 17th | 150 | 167 | 36 |
7th | Kärpät Oulu | 36 | 13 | 4th | 19th | 176 | 209 | 30th |
8th. | Koo-Vee | 36 | 11 | 4th | 21st | 158 | 214 | 26th |
9. | Lukko Rauma | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21st | 176 | 219 | 25th |
10. | Jokerit Helsinki | 36 | 7th | 3 | 26th | 125 | 177 | 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 | |||||
Ilves Tampere | 1 | |||||
Tappara | 1 | |||||
Ässät | 3 | |||||
Game for third place | ||||||
Ässät Pori | 3 | TPS | 2 | |||
TPS Turku | 2 | Ilves | 1 |
Finnish champion
Finnish master Ässät Pori |
Goalkeepers: Antero Kivelä , Ben Schrey Defenders: Tapio Flinck , Antti Heikkilä , Tapio Levo , Jaakko Niemi , Harry Nikander , Pekka Rautakallio Attackers: Jaakko Honkanen , Arto Javanainen , Jari Kaski , Veli-Pekka Ketola , Tapio Koskinen , Jyrki Levonen , Rauli Levonen , Pekka Mäkelä , Tauno Mäkelä , Kari Makkonen , Martti Nenonen , Veli-Matti Ruisma , Erkki Väkiparta Head coach: Lasse Heikkilä |
SM liiga relegation
The last two placed in the SM-liiga main round, Lukko Rauma and Jokerit Helsinki, achieved relegation in relegation.