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
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.

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga